The Spanns have returned

... from Webb Lake, Wisconsin, for the 4th of July blowout with the fam. I have many many cousins on my mom's side who live all over the country, er... world: Canada, Japan, Nebraska, Minnesota, Massachusetts... We have always talked about having a cousins reunion because we only get together every 4 years or so. This year we actually pulled through with it and all met up in St. Paul and drove to a lake in Wisconsin (despite the name of the town, it was actually Des Moines Lake). Seven of the cousins were able to make it this year, plus one hubby (mine) and a boyfriend (Paige's). It was an awesome weekend, full of lots of catching up, Porch Slammers (ask me about it soon... I shall show you. You will like it), fireworks, boat parades, and patio time. It's pretty amazing to me that a group of cousins can not see each other in such a long time (in some cases over 15 years), and we catch up and have a great time right away. I guess that's family, right?
Jeremy and I started the drive on Thursday after we got off work, around 6:00, and drove to Kansas City to stay in an awesome room that Kristen hooked us up with, courtesy of her brother. We stayed there a whole maybe 5 hours then hit the road again in the morning. Friday was complete with windmills in Iowa, meeting up with the fam in St. Paul, driving to Wisconsin, and grilling out. Saturday we hung out by the lake all day in the GORGEOUS 70 degree weather. It's pretty sweet to be in the sun all day and not feel like you have to get in the water because you're not DYING. We watched the fireworks that night on a party barge, then we shot off our own (see the above pic, courtesy of Adrianne). Makes you want to break out in the national anthem, doesn't it? Doesn't it?
For more pictures, scroll on!