Romanian Wedding

On Saturday morning before the wedding we toured the beautiful Palace of the Parliament

The happy couple has arrived at the church!

My handsome date

The family getting ready to walk into the church

Congratulations Laura & Marian!

So blessed to be a part of this special day!

Between the wedding and reception we enjoyed some drinks and appetizers by the lake

The reception started off with a boat ride around the lake. The wedding photographer captured our reaction to an uninvited guest who jumped into the boat!

Bucharest Bash

We wrapped up summer 2017 with a BANG!
Our friends, Marian & Laura, were getting married in Bucharest the weekend before we headed back to school and it just happened to also be Ron's 50th birthday.

Ron and Madds in the Rome airport before boarding our plane to Bucharest

A midnight toast to the birthday boy

On Friday as we explored the city, we sported some special t-shirts with quotes by Ron

We debated about renting row boats to tour around the lake in the park, but it was a bit warm that day.
Plan B: a drink in an outdoor cafe.

Lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe.

This was the best Hard Rock I've ever been too! The service was phenomenal and they went above and beyond helping us celebrate Ron's big day!

The groom-to-be helped us organize a special dinner for Ron at Bucharest's famous Caru' cu Bere

Besides live music and tons of great food, we had some other entertainment during the evening

Do you think Chris enjoyed this bird walking up his arm?! :)

Family Fun in Eastern Iowa Continues (Some More!)

Swisher Fun Days was going on when we were in Eastern Iowa! It was great to be back in Chris' hometown

We stopped by Shelton's

Camden and Chris were in the cornhole tournament

 Chomping away on his bubble gum and blowing bubbles, this kiddo impressed many with his skills!

 Lori and me :)

 Tim, Bailey, and Lori

 A fun Saturday evening with some of the Kasparek cousins at Big Grove

 More cornhole...

Tim, Maddie, Kevin, and Chris

This is what I call a dog pile!

Family Fun in Eastern Iowa Continues

Babi and Pops just moved into their new house in Cedar Rapids a few weeks ago.  They hosted our first Kasparek family dinner there on Thursday night.

Camden, Cole, Babi, Emma, Pops, Bailey

 Playing Molky in the backyard

 Grandma Rose and Casey

 "Would you like to tag Butch Kasparek?" is a question whenever a picture of Chris is posted on Facebook.  I have no idea why! :)

 Lots of love around this table

 Kasparek family picture

 The Kasparek brothers

No trip to Iowa City is complete for me without breakfast at the Hamburg Inn

Camden and his annual grumpy picture at the Old State Capitol.
This still cracks me up every time I see it!

 A big milestone for Emma...she got her ears pierced!
She was finally ready to get them pierced and had an awesome support team :)

 We had a wonderful evening catching up with the Pisarik family. 
20 years ago the Chris duo explored Europe during their summer in Germany with Camp Adventure

Family Fun in Eastern Iowa

Camden & Chris woke up Wednesday morning and ran to their favorite place on earth

Kinnick Stadium

Visiting Babi at work

 The Kasparek kiddos and Floyd

Visiting Grandma Rose

Playing in the fountains in the Ped Mall

 Swimming in the lake near Tim and Lori's house