Fourth of July

Everyone in our family, except Dad, headed up to Forrest, Illinois for the fourth this year. It’s become something of a tradition, and a sort of family reunion – we always have a picnic at the park, and do games and stuff at Grandma’s house afterwards. This year was no exception – although it rained all day on the fourth, we braved the wet-ness and had lunch in the enclosed pavilion at the park, even venturing to do a cherry seed spitting contest! Here are some pictures from the trip.

  Abby had been in Michigan for about 2 weeks before this trip, and we met up with her at Grandma’s house. Apparently, she missed Zeke. :)

 

My Grandma, Aunt, and Mum with Isaac and two little cousins

 We know this game as “Redneck Golf,” but they called it Ladder ball. I was the worst, by far. :)

 

Andy got to judge the adults’ cherry seed spitting contest – and here I am, trying to get Aunt Kiersten to explain how in the world one spits a cherry seed. I never did figure it out. :) See? Here’s Grandpa doing it – he actually did a pretty good job!

 

           Elizabeth’s birthday was on the 5th, so we had an ice cream cake to celebrate.

 

So, my almost-7-year-old brother can play pool.  Who knew?

 

 

Aww, look at how cute they are! Nick and Ben, my cousins from Dubia. They made the weekend quite fun – I think in this photo, they were showing me what they did when Abby was reading The Odyssey to them the night before. lol.