So many cousins!

 Speaking of cousins: Ken and Kris' cousin Ruth stopped by! She lives in Washington state and was visiting her mom in Chicago. She is Ken's brother Dave's daughter. On their way to Michigan, they stopped by. How fun to see Ruth and her daughter Grace, her mom Mary and her sister Mary Lou and hubby Ken!

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 Oberweis! Delicious ice cream and loads of fun with cousins!

 One night was just TOO HOT up in the kiddo's room for sleeping, so the cousins camped out on the living room floor! Yes, they DID get some sleep! At 11 I peeked out at them - Del was still talking - I'm not sure who to, because everyone else was sound asleep!

Chicago! Millennial Park! The fountain towers were so fun! There's water down underfoot, there's water up there spraying on us, there's just water everywhere. Great way to keep cool on a hot day! We forgot our swimsuits, but oh well!

And if the towers aren't spraying enough, just lay down and get GOOD and wet!

Next stop was The Bean! It has another name, but is known as The Bean! 

Here's what you see if you go under The Bean and look up.

Here's what The Bean looks like from a distance. Hence, the nickname!

Soaking wet and all lined up!

From there we headed to Cemitas Puebla, a very favorite Mexican restaurant. The cemitas are just wonderful, the tacos arabes asre fantastic, the tacos are yummy, the horchata is delicious. And of course I got NO pictures! Cousin Nita Beran as well as Esme's parents, who all live in Chicago, joined us, so we had quite a party!



We're going to miss all this fun! But wow! What fantastic memories!!