More about July 4th at Cleve and Kathleen's

Kathleen and I were delighted to host 40 of the extended family on Thursday at our "cabin", 14 miles north of Peoria.  We truly missed those of you who could not be with us.  We enjoyed pork burgers from Gridley Meat Co. --  (only 1 of which dropped through the grate when grilling, so I ate that one on the spot and continued grilling the other 56.)  Many thanks for the huge amounts of delicious food that was brought in by many in attendance!  We all enjoyed the food, fun, and fellowship in the blessing of perfect July 4th weather.  Thanks, Nog Blog, and others, for your great pictures and nice comments.  But as Uncle Perry says, "a picture is worth a thousand words" so I can't resist attaching a few more photos here. 

      

                                           A sample of the wonderful and abundant food.

                                                      Desserts - Are - Us

                      Paddle-boating was a popular attraction, along with lots of swimming

                                              The Steffen Boys enjoyed fishing off the dock
                                             (we won't say which one caught this nice bass!)

                                           Some instruction from Grandma Knobloch....

                                        Everyone cooperated for a group picture on the deck.

                                        The "surprise hike" was to this secluded log cabin...

                                       Note the old wagon and "covered wagon" in the back...

                                              See comments from the previous post for
                                              a better explanation of this "surprise" hike......

                                         Swimming was the popular event of the day......
                                         except for eating, perhaps.