Mom and Dad arrived via the overnight train from Syracuse. Here is Mom on the porch watching the thunder and hail storm with Tom and Shadow. There were 23 of us in all:
Linda and her 2 grandkids from MN, Peyton & Kassidy
Claire, Dave, Curt, and Tim Anderson from VA
Aunt Harriet; Mary; and Karen, Kayla, & Dom from NJ and NY
Tom and Kelly from NY
Charlie, Carolyn, Blake and Kylie from NY
George and Ann from NY
Tom, Dan and Barb
We missed the Guilds from California who were unable to make the trip. Rob and Kathy shipped their delicious Chandelle wines. We should open a distribution center in central IL!
If you click on this picture you can see the hail coming down! Oh hail!
Illinois State University quad.
Mom peeled 13 potatoes for the salad.
Shadow keeping cool.
Aunt Harriet, me, and Mom
Kelly and Blake
Cousin Karen watching the corn grow.
Cousin Mary
Peyton
Kassidy
Kylie and Blake
Kayla, Dave, Carolyn, Kylie, Tom, Claire, Curt, Tim, and Blake
Carolyn and Dad
Mary, Mom, Charlie, and Dad
Dan
Pork burger night
Bike ride to the organic 80 with Kylie
Duane's wheat combining operation
Kassidy on her first combine ride!
Duane and Peyton in the combine
Aunt Harriet, she was the oldest rider at 85.
Abbatiellos listening to the closing arguments of the Anthony trial.
Cousin Claire and Dave enjoying some Chandelle wine.
Tommy
The kids! Kassidy, Peyton, Kylie, Kelly, Blake, and Dan
Peyton and Kassidy
Dan, Dad, and Tom watching the fireworks show.
Peyton and his grandma Linda
Blake, Kelly, Mom and Tom
Curt, Mom, Aunt Harriet, and Dom
Karen, Mary, Dave, Claire, Tim, Curt, Mom, Aunt Harriet, and Dom
Dad at the head and Kayla to the right. Tom is standing.
Tom's lesson on sex in the corn field (how corn produces ears).
Peyton found our 20 year old bag of fireworks!
Dom was also pleased with the discovery!
Watching the fireworks show from the front porch.
Lunch at Nana Thai with my work friends 
On Tom's and my first day of vacation we drove to Laramie, WY. On the way we stopped in Kearney, NE for a late lunch with Marta at Skeeter Barnes BBQ!
Dan liked the 75 mph speed limit in Wyoming. He said the landscape reminded him of an Xbox game.
Vising Dave and Nancy (and Sandor!) in Thayne, WY. 
Sandor
Tom, Barb, Nancy, and Dave at the central plaza in Jackson, WY. Note the Elk horns.
Grand Tetons National Park
Lunching at the Colter Bay Marina.
Nancy talked me into jumping into Jackson Lake, clothes and all, for a swim break! She's so wild! :)
Grand Teton National Park
Lower Falls at Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone River
Grizzly bear food.
Tom with his trusty bear spray.
