Christmas Family Dinner Back In Illinois

Phil and Jeanne have a really nice place up in Port Byron. A new log cabin home, with a Butler type storage building on-site. The family was all there and then some. Here, then was the event I really looked forward to.

Phil, second from right, entertaining some of the family.

Jeanne getting eye to eye with one of the young ones. Can't tell if she's is reading him the riot act or just getting on his level.

One of Phil's sons, Jason, on the right, not straying too far from the food table.

And it was a swell food table at that. I should say two tables.

Holly and Mark having a tete-t-tete. I've always wanted to use that phrase in a sentence.

Nice shed. He hosts the Quad Cities Corvette club here every month.

Phil is in the plaid shirt on the right, talking to Eddie.

Nice decorating, Jeanne. Thanks for the email, too.

Eddie's son, Eddie.

Eddie, son of Eddie, with his son, Eddie.

Jeanne with her brother.

The Greer brothers and I believe Margaret in the middle. Jeanne was a Greer in Aledo. Her folks had the Greer Home Improvement Store there. That experience has certainly stayed with jeanne as she does a great job decorating.

Phil's toys, a Corvette, and a Chevy SSR pickup. Not to mention a golf cart and John Deere lawn tractor.

Nephew and Uncle.

A great afternoon seeing the bros and rest of family. Saw Jason and Courtney and their families, and many others I haven't met before or only briefly. The food was great and again, Jeanne, thanks for the invite. Ah, the power of a single email. It can start revolutions and bring Mike back to the Midwest.

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