Harris Family Reunion - Day 1 (Quad Cities)

We were so lucky to have the Harris Family Reunion in our neck of the woods this summer. We had so much fun with everyone and in true Harris tradition we squeezed as many activities as we could in the week that everyone was here.

Our first visitors, Brandon, Julia and Leah, arrived Friday late night. They arrived after Lilly was asleep. We ended up waking up to Lilly running down the hall screaming “My cousins are here, my cousins are here”.

We started Saturday off going to Antique Archeology. Antique Archeology is the set of a TV reality show called American Pickers. The main characters own the shop and it is often featured on the show. For more information regarding Antique Archeology visit my blog post on August 29, 2012. It was so much fun going to Antique Archeology with Brandon and Julia because they had seen the show and they were very excited. Brandon remembered where they got all the stuff in the store. He acted as our tour guide.

 

 

We did a quick drive by tour of John Deere Headquarters and then went to the John Deere Pavilion. I am so glad we went to the Pavilion. They ended up having a big summer fair going on with a lot of free prizes and a petting zoo.

 

 

While in the petting zoo a chicken came and pecked on my pants. Lilly is still scared of large birds so she immediately asked to leave. I think I liked the petting zoo more than she did.

 

While we took the kids back to the house for naps and lunch Brandon, Julia and Leah took a cruise tour down the Mississippi River.

Later that day Kathy arrived and we all went to a River Bandits Baseball Game. It was so much fun going to the game together and enjoying the beautiful baseball park.

Lilly and Leah got free balloon animals, autographs from the current Miss Iowa and they got to meet the River Bandit mascot.

We took the scenic route out of the ball park. Once we were home we all went to bed to get ready for our morning drive to Chicago.