Fourth of July

I know it's a bit belated, but the fourth of July weekend was filled with so many fun things, I just had to do a post!



Owen celebrating the holiday and waving his flags!

 Friday, we packed up and headed to the Chicago area for my cousin Tiffany's wedding.  See more photos from the actual wedding here, but here are some other shots of the rest of us that day...

Todd, Ryan, Jeff, Owen, and Brody stayed home for this wedding since it was an adults-only reception. Can't take Ryan, Todd, or Jeff anywhere, I swear!  :)

Two of my beautiful sissies!



Some randoms of the whole gang.



Hangin' out at Harrison's pub after the ceremony before the reception.  Free drinks = Fun times!  :)

Actin' crazy back at the hotel before the shuttle took us to the reception.
 Love hanging out with my family!

Saturday was pretty low key.  We had a BBQ at my parents house for dinner and the plan was for everyone to head to the River Bandits game, but Brody had a fever so I just took him home while the others played.

Sunday everyone headed to my sister Mary's house in Muscatine for a fun day of hanging out, a surprise mini baby shower for Chuck and Randi, some more BBQ, and campfire fun!

My cutie pie little nephew, Owen, playing in Kinnick's bed. :)

The boys played kick ball and everyone else hung out and watched. 

Jeff had a pretty awesome biff out there too.  I didn't catch it on camera, but I assure you it was

hilarious!



Baby Shower for Baby Betts!



Monday was pretty quiet.  Rachel and Todd headed back to Ankeny, and I headed over with Brody to my mom's house for dinner.  Later that evening I drove out with my brother Chuck and his wife Randi, to a park in downtown Davenport to snap some pregnancy photos for  them.  Which you can see here.

Later that night (and the next night too) we had some fun with Sparklers!  I learned how to do this with my camera and Jeff and I did some one night and Chuck and Randi and I did some the next night.  Here's a little collage I made...

That about sums up our Fourth of July holiday weekend.  It was so much fun and I'm sad it's over...especially the visiting with family part.  It was so great to spend time with everybody.  Love you guys!  Can't wait till we're all together again!  And with a new addition next time!  ;)