4th of July Fun - 2015

The 4th of July fell on a Saturday this year, so the holiday was observed on Friday, so we had a nice long weekend! Each year, we celebrate the 4th of July with friends by going to Lisle Eyes to Skies Festival on the 3rd (which was Thursday). We normally hit up the carnival, eat food, have some drinks and watch the fireworks. This year, the festival was EXTREMELY crowded! So much more so than in years past. Since it was wall to wall people, we decided to just grab a spot in the open picnic area and hang out. We were a short walk to food and drinks. This year, it was just a small group - us, the Csorba's and the Shannon's. It was still a great time, but we discussed that next year, we may need to switch the venue. The kids still had a blast though!

 Leah and Mason!

 Hot air balloon!

 Cool dude!

 Mase, Leah, Emma and Jack

 All of the kiddos

 Ready for fireworks!

Sweet baby Emma!

 

Friday was a lazy day and we lounged in the pool and swam. My kids were happy campers!

 

Saturday we were invited to a BBQ over at my sister-in-laws parents house. They live in Bloomindale. We had great food and the kids had a lot of fun!

 Annabelle and Leah

 Cousins!

 BFF's

 Bubble Fun!

 My sweet Lyssa

 I won Momma!

 

Sunday we were going to go to the Dunes with Rob's sister Amy, but plans got changed and no one was going anymore. We still decided to take advantage of the beautiful day, so we headed over to Ty Warner Park to go to the Splash Pad. This place is perfect for kids Leah and Mason's ages. They had a blast running through the water.

He wanted no part of his momma taking pictures

I have this one trained with pictures

 

After the splash pad, we stopped at the cemetery to say hello to my mom. Plus, I had gotten her a new cross I wanted to put up. Generally, we wouldn't visit in our bathing suits, but the splash pad was very close by.  

 

On the way out, we say this site! Someone must have been a big Dead Head!