Time traveling!

     Within a month's time, we traveled from 70* weather in Florida to 20* weather in Montana. We figured we went back 2 months in time, which only makes us more eager for spring!

Eldon's sister-in-law gave us a box of fun food when we left Pennsylvania. 

We spent a night at Cabela's in Hammond, Indiana. It's a great place to walk around for an hour or so. The children were thrilled to ride the escalator. 

Jelly Belly Tour, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin

     Turn down a free factory tour right along our route? Nope! We loved riding on the little cars that took us through and showed us all kinds of cool stuff and taught us how Jelly Bellies are made.

A portrait of Queen Elizabeth-done entirely in Jelly Bellies.

We all had to wear the cute little hats.

The engines that pulled our trains around.

Along the tour we saw lots of retired equipment. 

We thought it was really cool the outer coating is made almost entirely of sugar and added as it mixes in a machine similar to a concrete mixer.

Singing Jelly Bellies! Our "free" tour ended with us buying several bags of Belly Flops (candies that aren't perfect) to share with friends. 

While in Wisconsin, visiting a cheese house is a must! Sadly, they weren't making cheese the day we were there but we still stocked up on cheese.

There is still lots of snowdrifts!

     We spent a few days at my Grandma's in Minnesota. It was a wonderful resting point after traveling hard for a few days. She cooked us lots of delicious food and Eldon's did all sorts of odd jobs for her. On Monday I enjoyed having several of my step-Aunts and cousins stop to visit.

It makes me happy to see Michael loving puzzles.

There is a similar picture of me like this when I was about 6, all my dolls lined up on the couch!

Ethan had fun with the many toy cars and trucks in the toybox!

I am so thankful and blessed for this dear grandma of mine! We get along famously- probably because we are both low-drama and practical :).

Leaving Grandma's and making a beeline for Montana!