Wow, it was a crazy, packed weekend. But it was oh, so fun!
Tuesday Elisabeth said yes... I then began bouncing off the walls the rest of the week. I was so excited. :) Even though I knew about it for over a month, it was actually happening and I couldn't wait! Couldn't wait to be with them, actually tell people, etc. :)
Wednesday night the Leman family went to Joseph's to watch the Glen Oak fireworks. His back yard backs up to Glen Oak park... it was so nice, there was a fence dividing us and the crowd. :) Sadly Daniel had to work, but I still had a good time. :)
Grandma and the youngest grandchild Asher
Elisabeth & Asher... I'm not sure what I'm going to do at family things now when Daniel's gone. :) I always just hung around Elisabeth, but now she has her own man to hang around...
Letty loved the fireworks, it was so cute! :)
Gabe sat on my lap the whole time. His comments were hilarious.
Thursday, 4th of July morning we went to Daniel's parents to hang out for a bit. Daniel wanted to work on his new deer fence.... did I say deer? Yes, for those who don't know, Daniel has a pet deer. But doesn't he shoot deer? Yes, that's true, but he loves his pet deer. I must admit, getting the antlers every year and seeing how much bigger they get is kind of neat. It's basically one of his (many) hobbies. :)
Meet Jake... he loves Daniel, he will come up to him and lick him. He really is quite gorgeous. I just cringe when I see what we spend on him. :)
For lunch and the rest of the day we went to my Uncle Jack & Aunt Ruth's with the Pfaff family. Daniel didn't have to work, which I was so thankful for...he's missed a lot of family things.
It was super neat because the Fehr's gave my Uncle Jack a refurbished Model A tractor as a surprise. It was one of his dream "toys," like they had when he was growing up! They refurbished it themselves, and Uncle Jack's family had no idea. Check out their faces when they drove it down the lane.
Uncle Jack wasn't the only one who enjoyed the tractor, but everyone else too, including my dad :) Such a cute picture of him I think!
Uncle Jack & Aunt Ruth's family
The Pfaff siblings: Uncle Jack, Uncle Robert, Aunt Sandy, & Dad
They brought a hay rack with the tractor... so we got a really long hay rack ride. I'm not sure if Heidi's kids enjoyed it very much. :) I know Bridget was ready to get off!
Doesn't Bridget look thrilled?
I just love the 4th. It's a day off work, usually spent with family, summer dresses, flipflops, popsicles, fireworks. So thankful it was so beautiful outside this year!
Isn't he so cute? :) We weren't very patriotic this year like Heidi & Luke's family were...
What a cute family picture!
We left Uncle Jack's right after supper and went to Peoria fireworks with the Fritz's and some of my Pfaff cousins. I was a little stressed out because I was the only one who'd ever been to them, and was kind of in charge of finding a place. But! we found a good parking spot and good place to sit! Thank goodness! The fireworks were really good this year... especially the grand finale!
The crew
Amber &Summer
We're really bad at taking good pictures. :)
Friday I was supposed to work, but I took off because I had Michelle's personal shower that night. Plus I wanted a 4 day weekend. :) I ran around all day like a crazy lady, but we got everything done, thanks to my helpful husband and Kendra who came and helped me too!
The whole group
The Core-4 back together again. :) It totally feels like normal to hang out with them again, even though it's been years since we were all single and having fun. :)
Troy, Ellie, & Cyrus spent the night Friday & Saturday night. It was a lot of fun. :) Saturday morning Ellie and I had a dress fitting for Michelle's bridesmaids dresses. We took Cyrus with us while the guys worked on Daniel's new deer fence. It is now super tall... no way that deer is getting out of there!
The boys worked for quite a few hours while we went home, made some food and put Cyrus down for a nap. We came back, picked the guys up and went swimming at Daniel's aunts pool. It was very refreshing for the men. Cyrus liked it too. :)
And sadly, this is the only picture I took of Cyrus the whole weekend. If only you could see his BIG blue eyes and super long eyelashes in this picture!
Saturday night we just hung out which was great. We grilled hamburgers, put Cyrus to bed super early, and played The Farming Game for a really long time. I am really antsy when I play that game... probably because I always do so horrible.
Sunday was the big announcement for Evan & Elisabeth... and I finally got to meet Evan. Daniel is already good friends with Evan, so we are double excited. They went to school together growing up, and really knew each other well in high school.
Troy & Ellie left right after church on Sunday. Gotta get the picture in front of church and in the church clothes. :)
Sunday night was the engagement supper for the newly engaged couple. Sadly, Daniel had to work again. :/ We went and hung out right after church for a bit, so he had a little time at his parents.
Sunday night I was shot.... on Monday, it felt great to just sit at my desk and not have to talk or socialize....which is totally unlike me. :)
