I'm back

Ok, let's see where to start... Friday morning we got up early and got ready. I called my sister (@ 7 am) b/c I remembered that she wasn't working and convinced her to come to our house and dog sit all weekend. She agreed. We finished getting ready and she arrived shortly after 9 and we gave her the "rules & regulations". We left around 10, grabbed breakfast and was on our way to Eric's parents house. When we got there we chatted a bit then headed to lunch. We had lunch at this mexican place that was great. I wish they had one around there! Anyway, after lunch we did a few other things then headed north. We arrived at the Fox River Resort around 4:30 pm. SIL & BIL arrived shortly thereafter. After checking the place out, unpacking, etc., we headed to Ottawa for dinner. We went to this pizza place, but apparenly its not like it used to be. They had pizza and pizza only. I had hoped to eat a little healthier, but I had no choice about dinner. After dinner, we headed to get ice cream, got some groceries for the weekend, then headed back to the resort. We played a game of Uno then headed to bed.

Saturday morning we got up and started getting ready. Eric & I were the first ones to get ready. After we got ready we headed over to play a game of putt-putt while the others got ready. On our way down to get putters and balls we decided that most of the people at this place had "won" a weekend stay there to try to lure them into buying a timeshare there. Most of these people were lower income people and sorta white-trashy. Anyway, we got our stuff and headed to the course. It was just your basic course, but we noticed that could be seen as a bit on the sexual side. I'm sure part of it was b/c we hadn't BD'd for a few weeks, but still. Several of the holes were shaped like a penis. When we were almost finished (I ended up winning), SIL & BIL showed up so we played around round w/ them. We showed them our discovery and they agreed. After a few holes we even noticed this! It couldn't get any better. We ended up beating SIL & BIL, too. After that we headed back to the room and headed to Boling Brook. We had pre-ordered tickets for Star Wars so we picked them up then went to eat at Red Robin. Let me say, if you EVER see one of these places STOP AND EAT THERE! I was skeptical at first, but they have the absolute BEST gourmet burgers & chicken there. They have bottomless fries & drinks (non-alcoholic), too. Yum! I got Teriyaki Chicken and it was to die for! After dinner we still had some time to kill so we hit some balls in the batting cage near there and then played mine & Eric's third game of putt-putt. The course was a lot of fun, too. We finished earlier than expected and headed back to the theater. We were there pretty early, so we asked if we could switch to 6:30 movie instead of 7:00 and they let us. We watched the movie which was good (now I have to watch the first two) and headed home and to bed.

On Sunday morning we got up and got ready. The girls headed to the stables and the guys played golf. I had joked w/ Eric before we left that I was going to find me a saddle boy or cowboy while I was there and wouldn't you know it, I rode a cowboy. ha ha ha My horse was named cowboy! It was quite funny! When we got done we headed to Starved Rock. This place is gorgeous. SIL & BIL got married there Oct 2003. We walked down to St. Louis Canyon and messed around. We were quite surprised to find that just the day before (Saturday) part of the canyon had fallen. It was eery, too b/c we took pics where all the rubble was back during the wedding. Anyway, it was quite nice to see. We wondered around Starved Rock for a while then headed back home. When we got home we made dinner, then SIL opened her presents since it was her birthday and we had cake & ice cream. We also drove around the resort and found this little waterfall and ate some s'mores near the waterfall. Then we headed up to the stables to show the guys. (Eric wanted to see his competition) hee hee We played another game of Uno, then got ready for bed. We called sister before we got ready to go to bed only to find out she has just hit a deer. She was fine after some extreme calming down and she made it back to our house, however, she has some leaks, so we are't letting her drive her car. Plus her radiator is pretty dented in and some other stuff. Needless to say she was lucky! It could have been much worse.

Monday morning we got up early and left by 7:00 and was home by 10:00 am. We were anxious to get home to the doggies and to see my sister and her damage. We spent most of the day doing stuff. I took my sister back home & cleaned house and Eric mowed and did a few things in the garage.

Overall, it was a good vacation. The resort was nice although it was a lot of white trashy people. We were not so impressed with that aspect of it. There was a lot to do however we had no desire to go near either of the swimming pools or the pond. It may have just been the time of year, too. It might not be like that all the time. It was a pretty nice place overall.

Here is all of our vacation pics!