Our Anniversary

Ryan surprised me with a wonderful anniversary trip.

We traveled to Oil Belt Christian Service Camp and reminisced about our wedding.  

I love this picture!  :)

We even were able to go into the chapel!  

This was Justus' first time to be at Oil Belt.

We then traversed on to the Dairy Mart in Salem and got the same meal we did on our honeymoon and their lemon ice cream.

We stopped in Jonesboro, and saw a Lincoln/Douglas debate site and even got our pictures taken with them.  Hee!  Hee!

Taking the same path as we did on our honeymoon, we went to Anna, Illinois and stayed at the Davie School Inn.  What a fun anniversary trip!  

Ryan had a white rose waiting there for me, the same as he had one for me on the day of our wedding.

What a cool shirt since Ryan loves Count Chocula!

Our wedding cake topper and our delicious meal

Justus took our picture :)

Justus slept in the big, comfy, red chair

  The next day we went to Bald Knob and saw the Bald Knob Cross.

What a beautiful barn and setting!

 Then on to The Little Grand Canyon!

Curious tree we found.  I still haven't been able to identify it yet.

You have to hike the entire trail to see the canyon part.  Justus slept in his sling the whole time we hiked.  What fun!

We are hiking the ridge of the canyon and you can't see any of it from up here.

Justus is all snuggled up in his sling and inside my coat!

We still can't see the canyon- so we hike on

A tree fell over the path, so this is how they removed it.  How cool!

Aha!  Here we are starting to see some action!

Water is running down the canyon as well

Pretty!

Cool rock outcropping

These plants were everywhere in this section.  Quite neat!

 On our way to Providence Prairie, we stopped by Jason and Brittany Ishmael's new house to see their baby girl.

On to Providence Prairie for the night, and then to home we go!