Florida visitors!

Dad and Dianne and Kevin's sister Kathleen and her husband Peter left the Florida sunshine for some Illinois sunshine and fun with family. They came up the last weekend in June. Kath & Peter actually celebrated their one year wedding anniversary while here in Chicago! We surprised them that weekend with a copy of the video we took at their wedding. (they didn't have it professionally videotaped) It was fun to watch it together during our big family barbecue. Some of Kath's friends were even able to come over so they could meet Peter for the first time. (Kathleen met Peter while living in Florida.)
























Look how lovely Maddie made Kamryn's hair! They were sitting watching the wedding video together. Notice Kamryn's boo boo on her nose. Figures a couple days before this she fell down the stairs and got this major rug burn.

Try cooking with two professional chefs in your house! A bit intimidating, but I pulled out all of my best recipes:) Plus, it was actually nice to have so much help in the kitchen! Peter and Kath did most of the preparing for the barbecue, and Kevin and I learned a few tricks:) Everyone agreed that my chocolate chip cookie recipe was the best one ever! The kids even helped make those.













Since Peter's trips to Chicago have been limited, Kathleen wanted to finally show him the house where she grew up in. So one day while Dad & Dianne were at cousin Maddie's dance recitals, we all drove to the south side of Chicago. It was a trip down memory lane since we then found ourselves also driving by her high school and then the first house that Kevin and I lived in after we got married almost 17 years ago! It's for sale now so we had to stop and pick up a flyer. They have redone so much inside and it looks great! No more yellow and white tiled bathtub and an updated kitchen!












Grandma Dianne and Grandpa spoiled the kids rotten one day too. They took them to the movies, out to lunch and then to play mini-golf! The kids loved it. The boys especially love just hanging out with Grandma Dianne and Grandpa because they will play games with the boys all the time. This trip it was Sequence. Grandpa was a good sport when Kamryn got out her play doctor kit and listened to his tummy:)












We all enjoyed their visit and wish we could see each other more often. It's great to see how Kamryn just loves on them and picks up right where she left off. And even with Peter, whom she has only met the one other time at the wedding. She knows who loves her and is great at returning that love. Her newest saying is, "We're family, we're all together."