More pictures from our trip west to IL

Thought I’d share a few more pictures from our trip to IL – first we visited Oma & Ota in Chicago.   Ota put Nick to work mowing the lawn -

Then we visited with Nana & Grandpa Z.   I have some pictures of the kids pitting the cherries -

Making the pie with Nana -

And the finished product – mmmm, yummy!

There’s always a game of Kings in the Corner to be played 0

Here’s Grandpa Z’s new Jeffersonian Rain Gauge which he received as an early birthday present from all of us -

And to top it all off, as Laura mentioned, the annual changing of the flag ceremony.   Here’s what happens to the old flag -

It’s all FUN FUN FUN when we travel back to Illinois!