the wild west

Way back when over Labor Day weekend (btw... I do intend to at some point in my life post things as they are happening or shortly thereafter! :) ) we went to visit Chad's sister Ellie, her husband Troy and son Cyrus, who live just west of Chicago.  The main event for the weekend was visiting a little wild west town... perhaps a little past it's prime, but still a big hit with the kiddos.

Creighton got to spend a little time getting to know his cousin Gramm.  I think this is the first time they've taken note of each other...

And here's one pic that Natalie took of Troy and Ellie's house.  I guess this room used to be a gross and outdated sun room but it's looking amazing now!  Troy has a gift for building furniture and doing creative projects to their house.  They've redone almost all of it and it looks great.. wish Chad and I were more talented in that area!