Life's Adventures: fireworks

Lisa and I got back from up North around 3pm today and then I headed, with my parents, to my Aunt Catherine and Uncle Brian's house to celebrate the 4th of July with them.

I love being with my family. My adorable 2nd cousin, Sienna, is so precious. She's 4 years old and loves to play with me. Today, we colored some Disney Princess pictures and talked about the Crayon names. Her favorites were "Blast Blue" and "Burnt Sienna". She would say "I'm coloring with Burnt Sienna. I'm just Sienna, not burnt". While we were coloring, she turned to me and said "Annie, you're my best friend". I almost died. She is so cute!

This is Sienna. The first picture is from last summer and the second is from this summer:

(She has marshmallow on her lip in this picture)

Then, my Grandpa, my cousin Sarah, and I played Cribbage. My Grandpa won 2 games and Sarah won 1 game. I lost every game we played...

My Grandpa Tony:

After all these years, my Grandpa still plays a mean Cribbage game. :)

On the way back from my Aunt and Uncle's house, I was able to catch part of the Hart Park fireworks. Here is what I was able to capture:

I absolutely LOVE fireworks! I'm so happy I was able to catch a glimpse of the big fireworks show in town before bed tonight. The fireworks up North were wonderful, but don't really compare with the shows in Milwaukee. Hope you all had a great holiday weekend and have a wonderful week to come!

I spent my 4th of July weekend this year with Lisa and her family. They own a lakehouse near Minocqua, WI and we went there to celebrate the holiday and Lisa's grandmother's 94th birthday!

I spent the holiday with Lisa, her mom and dad, her sister, her brother and his wife, Lisa's grandmother and her grandfather, plus two dogs: Chloe and Maddie. It was a full house (to say the least), but it was a lot of fun spending time with her family and getting to know her grandparents, who are both now 94 years old. Did I mention they are both 94 years old?!

We played Scrabble, Cribbage, Wii bowling, watched "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day", swam at the lake, shot off birthday fireworks for Lisa's grandmother on the 4th of July, went to a flea market, and ate wonderful food.

Pictures from the weekend: