Miracle on Second Street
Byron, Illinois
2007



      
Becky playing with the laser light and the girls acting like silly cats

   
Wearing bouncy hats


The Town Christmas Tree

               

               

               
We all really liked the Giant Christmas Cards....These are some of our favorites

      
Getting warm at one of the warming fires

The Byron Museum

         
Typerwriter, refrigerator, sewing machine and phone

      
The neat train layout

         

            
Some of the 30 beautifully decorated Christmas Trees we saw


Daphne and Hannah posed with the Conductor and Frosty
Erin was afraid of Frosty
The photo was from the courtesy of The Byron Museum

Seeing Santa

         
Erin and Daphne actually talked to Santa
Daphne wants a fairy and mermaid....Erin wants a fairy and mermaid
Hannah couldn't think of anything she wants!


This is the free picture courtesy of Orthopedic Rehab Specialists of Byron

         
The Live Nativity....Even the animals were live

   
The singers in the bank were a great hit with our group

         
Watching and listening


The line to ride the horse drawn carriage was long and we were tired and cold
Becky said the kids could have ice-cream instead of the ride and all four kids were very happy with that

Back At The Hineses


         
Becky reading to Erin and Daphne....Watching TV with Simba (or, as Erin refers to him, the Rainbow Cat)

   
The girls wanted Grandma Kathy to read to them....Why yes, that is a picture of Owen on the table

Becky's New Village


Scenes from A Christmas Story

         
The neighbor's house....The Parker House....The School....Higbee's Department Store

         
The leg lamp in the window....Opening the leg lamp...."I double dog dare you!"....Ralphie and Randy

      
The car with the tree....Grover Dill, Scut Farkus and Ralphie....Scut's hat

Making Christmas Cookies

         
Chopping up Life savers....Making stain-glass cookies


One of the pans of cookies

      
Then Becky frosted some cookies and the kids decorated them

      
Decorating the cookies

   
The finished cookies

   
Erin got tired and cuddly after a great weekend!



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