4th of July

We spent the day at Kaia's mom's house again.  The kids played in the water, set up an obstacle course, played catch, had some dinner and set off some fireworks!

 Rylee

 Averie

 Kendyl

 Paul

 Rylee with sparklers

 Paul with sparklers

Happy Birthday America!!!

GYMASTICS!!!

Rylee is still doing gymnastics class each week!  She loves it!

Here she is with her classmates Katie & Kiley hanging upside down on the uneven bars

 And with just Kiley...her gym bestie!

 Rylee competed in a mini competition a few weeks ago.  Here she is doing a dismount on the beam

 In the middle of a back handspring on floor

 The end of the floor routine

 On the vault

 On the uneven bars

 And on the podium!!!

Chicago, Part V

On our last day in Chicago, we went to the Brookfield Zoo.  

Paul loved the penguins

 Rylee loved the hippo in the mud!

 On the carousel!

 Dolphin show

 Our friend from grade school through high school Amber was able to meet up with us at the zoo with her 2 girls.  It was so good to see her and meet the twins!

After the zoo, we headed to the airport and headed back home!  It was so much fun!!!

Chicago Trip, Part IV

Trip to the city!  We took the train into the city to have lunch and see the Giant Jelly Bean!  

Chicago Trip, Part III

Medieval Times Dinner on Thursday evening

This was an amazing experience!  The kids loved watching the show and Paul loved eating with no silverware!  

 Drinking some soup

 Our knight threw Rylee a carnation.  She was so excited!!!

 The 4 of us!

 The kids with our knight after the show

 The kids with the King and Princess

 Paul getting the bad guy with his sword

 The kids with the bad guy!

Chicago Trip, Part II

On Thursday, we went to the Legoland Discovery Center.  The kids had a lot of fun and I was amazed at what can be made with legos!!!

 Indiana Jones

 Darth Vader

 Sonni building a car

Paul giving Obama a hug

 Rylee stuck her head in the hippos mouth

and the lion's mouth

Chicago Trip

The kids and I took a little trip to Chicago last month to visit the Chicago Hulsizers.  We had so much fun!  We needed another vacation when we got home as we were exhausted!!

 Paul and Rylee at the park down the street from Donnie's house

 The 3 girls in matching Vandal shirts

 Sonni got so mad at me as I woke her up from her nap!

 The 4 cousins

 Paul with Payton

 On Wednesday, we headed to Wrigley for a little baseball!  We stopped at the Cubby Bear for lunch (right across the street from Wrigley!)

 The kids at Wrigley!

 Sonni really enjoyed herself!

Rylee needed a little power nap