We went to Casey, Illinois on Monday with Emily and the four grandkids. We were met by Julina. Casey is known as the "little town that made it big" meaning that twelve of the world's largest things can be found in Casey: Largest rocking chair, ruler, pencil, etc. The photo below is on the largest teeter-totter.
This is the largest wind chime. We ate lunch right next door at a delightful place called the Whittling Whimsey. Prices were very reasonable and they offered gluten-free bread for any sandwich. After lunch, we endured the heat and walked around the couple of blocks (it is really a small town) to see the other world's largest attractions, finding shade wherever we could.
an impromptu photo shoot in front of the bright red building....
And a few other photos from around town....
It was a two and a half hour drive one way for us and a two hour drive for Julina and it was great to spend a little bit of time with her. Steve and I rode with Emily in their van and the air conditioning was lovely as was the lengthy chat with Emily. Poor Steve sat in the back in a middle seat and got to watch Loony Tunes along the way....
OK, then, enough of Casey.....The rest of the week, until Friday, was just record breaking HOT! Happily, our little twenty-five year old air conditioner continued to function. A blessing for sure. The temperatures broke Thursday night and it has been lovely ever since. Elizabeth Crippen came into town Friday to attend the temple with us that afternoon and she stayed overnight. I talked her in to visiting the art museum at Forest Park Saturday morning. I think I have been inside once in the time I have lived in Missouri (since 1981). It is a lovely museum and we enjoyed walking around the American art section for about an hour.
My zinnias are in bloom and, if you look closely at the long shot, you can admire the gorgeous sunflowers in my neighbor's yard.
Steve and I attended a baptism Saturday afternoon and there were so many sets of missionaries, as well as the mission president and his wife (!) that it felt like a zone conference back on our mission, even down to the LDS pop musical number that was performed (ha ha)
Not much else to write about. Steve and I continue to catch episodes of season 2 of Manifest. I watched a Netflix movie on my own Wednesday night while Steve was at church meetings - Hampstead. It was lovely. Steve finished watching Searching for Bobby Fisher yesterday....he has been watching it off and on throughout the week.
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