Day 4

Rockford was having a 5K race early Saturday morning to raise money for a little boy named Mitchell who was suffering from Muscular Dystrophy. There were 1,100 people running in the race and even more people who came to watch. In a town of 5,000 it was a big deal. We went to watch...

I have never seen Main Street filled with so many people!!

The winner of the whole race came in at just under 16 minutes...I couldn't believe it!!

Neil and Mary Blakeslee ran in race....

Neil and Dad grew up in Rockford together and have been friends their whole life....

After the race we headed over a block to the Farmers Market where all the local farmers sell their crops. There was everything from breads, fruits, vegetables, and the prettiest sunflowers i have ever seen!

On the way home we drove by the house my dad grew up in....

My grandma moved out of this house the summer Barrett was born and my dad lived there since he was born....

this is the garage behind the house and my grandfather built this garage!

One of my favorite pictures (and i need to dig through stuff and find it) is a picture of Alyssa and I sitting on this bench when we were about Noah's age. We were holding our little Annie dolls. I thought it would be fun to take a picture with my dad on the same bench 26 years later....

I think i would trade Atlanta living for small town Rockford living anyday!! We had a great trip and it was so great to see Grandma again!!