On our final day, we met the Navarre-Schnell family at Lake Bluff, watched the parade and had a great time. There's Maria with Eric & April's dog, Hope.
   

The house was dressed for the parade (Maria took this one)


And Auntie Ruthie played a clown (even if she wasn't in the parade!)


There were sparklers
   



And we ended our trip on the 5th, just as we began it. With a trip to the shores of Lake Michigan, with the whole Schnell clan, this time!