A Family Weekend - ?

For those of you who may not have heard, Chris has taken up a new hobby...he's brewing his own beer. And, for those of you who know him best, it's sort of like the "Mother Ship" is calling him home! What better combination than Chris and beer he has brewed himself! Well, actually, there is more to the story...



This past weekend, we made a family trip to Davenport, IA. How did you choose to go to Davenport, you ask? We ended up there because Chris was entering his beer in a brew contest in Rock Island, IL. Harrison was most excited about the road trip.


While Chris was at the contest, Harrison and I played at the pool. Harrison had a great time playing and actually had me playing volleyball with the beach ball. I got quite a work out:



Chris was only gone a very short time on Saturday evening to the contest and when he called to let me know he was on his way back, he didn't have much to say...I was ready to commiserate with him and tell him it would all be ok. Imagine my surprise when he comes into the pool area with a 3rd place ribbon for his Orange Zest beer. There were 9 entries in his category and about 230 beers submitted overall. Needless to say, we were all very excited.


Oh, and another GREAT addition to the weekend was that Harrison got his first introduction to Zotz! For those of you who may not remember...Zotz is the candy from our past that fizzes when you eat it (watch out for the apple ones - they give you that "sour taste next pain" just below your ear)! Here's a picture of Harrison "getting fizzed", as he called it:


And here's Chris's "Zotz face":
We had a great time just getting away and spending time together. We ate at a lot of our favorite restaurants (Cracker Barrel, Papa John's Pizza, Applebees) and had an awesome breakfast at the hotel. And, because of all my business travel, our hotel room was FREE...who could ask for more???

We all agreed we'd like to go back to the Quad Cities and spend more time there. Because this was a quick trip, we didn't get a chance to really see the sites - but stay tuned...you never know when we'll take off on another road trip again!