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NEW post: We’ve covered about 1,600 miles since Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

First, we traveled to Greensburg\/East of Pittsburgh to attend my mom’s wedding. It was the first wedding I’ve gone to where two other families watched via Skype<\/a>. Ever happen to you? It was very hot, but no fights broke out, and now my Mom’s last name is Sutyak.<\/p>\n

Then we went about 9 hours northwest to Gurnee, IL to visit my brother-in-law, Jeff, and his wife, Joy, and their five kids, in nearby Waukegan. The hotel stay in Gurnee had too many moments of horror (see previous post).<\/p>\n

Timmy DeLay is the new Waukegan arrival, and first kiddo spawned from Jeff and Joy DeLay’s genes–A 20 lb, 4 month old, placid, curly-haired boy who is incredibly adorable. We went to Girodano’s for delicious Chicago-style stuffed pizza. Okay. You should be jealous<\/del> um… happy for me.<\/strong> It was wonderful! We also visited the Waukegan beach, (lake Michigan). The kids were really into burying each other in the sand, and we didn’t lose anyone…for too long.<\/p>\n

On the way back we stayed in picturesque Bryan, OH. Wee fun fact: This town is the birthplace of Ohio Art (Etch-A-Sketch)<\/a> and the Dum-Dum<\/a> pop, (plus\u00a0Saf-T-Pops\u00ae<\/a>, Spangler\u00ae\u00a0Candy Canes<\/a>, and Spangler\u00ae\u00a0Circus Peanuts<\/a>).\u00a0Bryan is so much like the perfectly cute little town set in the 1950s in Back-to-the-Future. Idyllic.\u00a0<\/strong>Jackie Blu’s was a tasty place to eat, too.<\/p>\n

Since we traveled so many hours on Sunday, I haven’t been very good at remembering what day it is. The practice of worship, and Christian fellowship each Sunday works like a reset button. <\/em>It centers me, including such things as mundane as the order of days. Is it like that for you?\u00a0<\/strong>Needless to say, tomorrow will be a recovery day…sort of a sabbath on a Friday. Tomorrow is Friday, right?<\/p>\n

I wanted to share the lovely or interesting pictures from our Western Pa and midwestern adventure. So, Enjoy. Leave your questions or comments, if you’d like.<\/p>\n

Where are you<\/span> traveling soon?<\/strong><\/p>\n