4th of July Weekend

Our original plan was to head to Peru for the fireworks on the 3rd of July, but once those were cancelled, we decided to stay put just in case baby decided to come super early!

So our new plan was to catch some fireworks by us on the 3rd instead!  And that we did!



On the morning of the 4th, we headed to a parade in the town I work in!





























After gathering more candy than one could ever need, we hit up a park and went out to lunch. Then it was back home to swim! This little Miss fell asleep in the car and stayed asleep when we brought her in, but unfortunately she didn't wake up on the right side of the bed!





She finally cheered up a bit to play some basketball!







We considered going to a carnival and more fireworks that night, but both kids were pretty moody so we decided on just cooking out and some sparklers in the back yard!

Lake Geneva 2014

In mid-June, we headed up to Lake Geneva for our annual Zukowski trip!

The kids headed up early on Thursday with Grandma & Grandpa where they hit up the waterpark and the Illinois Bar Association family night.  Wally and I met them later that night after work.

Friday was a day full of swimming!







That night we headed downtown for some dinner and dessert!







It was another fun year up in Lake Geneva!

Ghosts Around The Green

We are always sure to hit up some Halloween festivities to make sure we get plenty of use out of our costumes.  The last 2 years we have done a trick or treat trail, but this year we headed to downtown Frankfort for Ghosts Around The Green.

The first part was a Trunk or Treat...



Stacey, Michael, Fiona and my parents joined us this year. Fi was the cutest little Minnie Mouse!



After the Trunk or Treat there was trick or treating in all of the shops.









A gigantic pixie stick - yikes!!!!



The girls!



And the whole crew - we had to bribe Luke with some of his candy to get him to sit!



The photographer we use has a studio downtown and they were taking complimentary pictures - so cute!





Fiona LOVES animals!!!



We had some lunch downtown and then headed back home for some pumpkin carving and Halloween treats!

It was a fun day!

Pictures, Horses, Fire and the Park

As the title indicates, we had a weekend full of lots of different things a few weeks back.

Our Saturday morning started off with having some holiday pictures taken. The kids both did so good so I am hoping for some super cute pics!

We rewarded (bribed) both kids with a new small toy so we made a stop for that after pictures. After lunch, a nap for Paige, and some rocking out to Rock Band,



we headed to our local fire department's open house.









Paige absolutely refused to go in the truck!



Then we headed to church followed by a night at the races at Balmoral Park!

Just before we left, we all picked a random number horse and placed a bet. Here they are cheering on their horses!

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Luke was the big winner with his horse coming in 2nd place. He won $1.20 and you would have thought he won $1.2 million! He was much more excited about the 2 shiny dimes than the dollar bill :)

The next morning was super low key, but it was a beautiful day so we decided to head out to another fire station open house. This one was in Homewood (where I work). They were having a live burn demonstration that we thought would be neat to see.

It doesn't take long for the fire to spread - scary!



Once again, Paige refused to get in the truck!



After our visit at the fire station, we headed to a park for a picnic and to enjoy the beautiful weather!





















 These weekends full of randomness are usually the best ones!