Celebrating the 4th of July and Lots of Family Time

We were fortunate enough to spend the whole week of the 4th of July in Illinois.  Because of the wedding, we had a lot of great times with Blake's Aunt Kris and Uncle George who were visiting from Florida and the rest of the Kuppersmiths.  We let off fireworks early, had a few cookouts, and lots of time feeding the fish at Grandma and Grandpas and picking raspberries.  We also got to have some of our hometown favorite foods like Pub 2 cheeseballs and Gene's ice-cream.   Liam got to fly a kite during the windy days we were there (it was even a little chilly some days too).  We ended the 4th of July watching fireworks near Miller Park with my side of the family, a new tradition that has been a lot of fun and a trip to State Farm Park with the Siron clan.

prepare for picture overload..

flying a kite with Papa

Yum!! Gene's Icecream

Mom and Luke

Mom and Reagan

Everyone loves Aunt Laura!!

Fireworks!!!!

Love their faces

A family member took this picture of Marlo..it's precious

Looking at the fish with Grandma

shucking corn for dinner...what else would we have in Illinois?

Rick and Blake

Angela and Brandon

Ashley, Kris, May, and Doris (Blake's grandma)

watching the fireworks Daddy and Uncle Brandon were setting off with Grandpa

looking at Grandma's photo albums...a favorite activity of the kids'

Liam LOVES Brandon and Angela

Kris and George

So much fun!

Grandpa and Marlo

Liam and Marlo with Grandma and Grandpa

Me, Laura, and Mom

Too cool for the party

Dad, Laura, and Me

Liam and Papa

Oma is in heaven with Fallyn asleep on her

The trip home...can you tell we had been in the car a long time!!!