{Virtual Coffee}

Good morning.

Are you ready for coffee?

If we were really meeting for coffee today....

I would have to tell you all about our weekend away.

We had fun in Iowa.

 It was busy and kind of tiring and lots of driving but definitely fun.

Eric and I laughed this weekend wondering what our kids would ever do if they went to Disney World.

They were beyond excited about staying in a hotel and swimming and going antiquing.

Who needs Disney World when you have a hotel room with a tv and a coffee pot

 and a swimming pool and game room and an ice machine? hahaha.

I love that my kids don't need much to be happy.

So yes, we did go to Antique Archeology, the place from the tv show American Pickers.

All of the pictures above were taken there.

It was a cool place, not as big as I imagined, but cool.

They had some really neat original things there that you don't normally see while out junking/antiquing...or picking, I guess.

And no, Danielle and Mike and Frank were not there, none of them, they must have been out pickin'.

There were lots of people there taking pictures though, definitely a touristy spot.

This VW truck was sitting out front and I fell in love immediately.

One day I will own a Volkswagen, I will.

But it looks like if you are in the area you could meet them all in June though.

It was a really neat town with cute restaurants, shops and antique stores. 

It is right along the Mississippi River. It's a town I would go back to for sure and it was 

only about ten minutes from where Eric's brother lives in Bettendorf.

These pictures below were actually taken on our way to Iowa in Galesburg, Illinois.

Oh my. We went to the big three-story antique mall and it did not disappoint.

We ate lunch at the little restaurant next to it and the kids got to order Sprite.

Wow. 

Again, almost as exciting as Disney World since they only get to drink pop on special occasions.

Charlotte always thinks it is a bit "too spicy" anyway and just drinks a little of hers.

This little coffee shop below was in this old Soda Fountain and it was so cute.

I love that they kept the original Soda Fountain but made it into a coffee shop.
I often dream of buying an old-fashioned Soda Fountain and re-opening it, how fun would that be?

I was surprised to see how Wyatt took to swimming after he hadn't been in a pool since last summer.
He was diving right in and swimming under water. 

He was doing cannonballs, belly flops and diving in like he had just been swimming last week.

This picture of him is not too clear but I love his smile here.... with his two missing front teeth...
just too cute.

I have more pictures to share but since I have pretty much dominated the entire conversation

over coffee today, I think I will stop here for now.

Otherwise you might not want to meet me again for coffee next week.

How are you, anyway?

What's going on with you? Do tell.

Thanks for joining me here this morning...hope you have a great day!

*not sure why my link-up isn't staying there? grrrr. hope it does this time!