Light the Night

A few weeks ago, the family on my dad's side got together for the Peoria Light The Night walk, in honor of my Grandpa Don, who died from leukemia in 1997.



Me and my (girl) cousins, Michelle (left) and Sarah:




Contemplation...


The fam...(cousins, aunts, uncles, girlfriends of cousins, etc.)


Me and Grandma Norma




Andy can even make Peoria look cool...

Stevie can vote!

We celebrated Stevie's 18th birthday a few weeks ago.


Dave lights up Stevie's cake...






We all scream for ice cream (at least I do!)




Uncle Dick, Stevie and Aunt Deedee


Stevie's favorite present: a soap with two sides. One for the face, one for the...well, you know...


Not real sure what was going on here...


Or here...


Jail...


Happy to have a break from Popcorn...

Why-o, why-o, why-o, did we ever leave Ohio?

A few weeks ago we went to Ohio for a few days to celebrate Andy's great-aunt's 100th birthday.

Visiting with Great-Aunt Amelia







Sibs



Me and Annalia


Me, Andy and some of Aunt Barb...


Jon talks to Aunt Barb et al...



For some reason, we all decided to try on Chris' glasses...






Then we did some yoga...








And Mike tried to teach Andy the art of...er...something...
(mystic kung-fu powers I guess...)


Fun with balloons...




Andy and Annalia high-five after finding out they both like the same balloon the best...


Chris and Mike!


It "appears" like Mike is getting scolded, but I don't think that's really the case... :)


Andy, Bob and Jon


Mike loves to take video


This was one of our many trips to Steak n' Shake over the weekend: (okay, it was really only twice, but still...)










Annalia got a gumball...




More pics on flickr...