Illinois "Trip" Day 4

Wow!!! The last day of my mini vacation has come! Of course we slept in; I mean it's vacation... Same routine as the past 3 days; woke up, ate breakfast, and left the hotel around 10. We were checked out and ready to go home.

My mom wanted to be home by 6:30 p.m. or soon after, so we needed to leave by 1:30 p.m. That left us about 3 hours to hangout with the family for the rest of the time we were there.

We ran to Kroger's just to look at the healthy aisle (by my mom's request) and found a pop that is the same as my nickname that my mom calls me.

She calls me Izzie. (Eye-zee.)

We drove around to pass some time, and looked at some really huge, expensive houses just to admire them and say what we liked about them. A GREAT way to pass time huh? Hear the sarcasm? What wasn't so fun is I was stuck in the backseat with my 10 year old cousin, and the back isn't very big. I had to turn sideways just so my knees would't hit the seat in front of me. There was 7 of us in a small SUV, and that was pretty uncomfortable. :)

After "house judging," we decided to go out to eat one last time for lunch before my mom and I headed back. We ate out quite a bit because it would have been too hard to get food and prepare it for 7 people with 2 young kids who get impatient. (I am not one of the 2, I can control myself.) I seriously do not want to go out anywhere else for a LONG TIME! My family normally goes out only on special occasions, just because it can be unhealthy and adds up, so we normally eat in and eat healthy. So not I am like just sick of restaurant food. UCK!

Avanti's!

Anyways, after lunch we ran back to the hotel to get some ice for the cooler, said some quick goodbyes, and hopped in our car. My mom and I had a 5 hour drive ahead of us. My uncle, aunt, and their 2 daughters were leaving the next day, and they had an 8 hour drive so I guess I can't complain too much. My mom drove for about 3 hours and I picked up the other 2 so she could sleep. It was a long 2 hours and I was sooo happy when we pulled into our driveway.

The sky on the way home.

So many clouds!!!

Overall, my time there was awesome and I enjoyed it greatly, but I love being home, like all the time, I just find being at home so comforting and relaxing. Well, I better go, I hope you enjoyed these blog posts, and the link to the corresponding vlog will be added as they are posted on YouTube. Check out the blog post for Day 1 tomorrow (July 7th) because the first vlog will be going up.