Springfield, Illinois trip

On May 15th, Ryan's birthday, we decided to take a day trip to Springfield, IL. We visited the Lincoln Museum and Home site. The kids had a great time at the museum, learning a lot about that time in history. Their "Civil War Battles in 5 min." display was really incredible. We got a little wet in the rain while touring the Lincoln home site, but we were prepared and a little rain didn't dampen our day!

Jack and Abe hanging out!

Jack after a long day !

The Lincoln's Home

Below are pictures of the really nasty storm we drove home in. Baseball sized hail doesn't sound good from inside a moving vehicle! On a funny note, Taylor cracked us all up when she snapped the picture and got back in and shut the door. The lightening was so close that the thunder would shake the van. When the over head light automatically went off it happened to lightening at the same moment and Tay, with a resigned sigh, says,"Great, the power went out!" At that Ry, Liv and I started to crack up! As we were composing ourselves, Taylor smacks her forehead and starts laughing with us, realizing that we were in the van! So it's become yet another in a long line of Davis family inside jokes! These pictures were take 3 minutes apart, it seriously went from day light to darkness that fast!