Thank you to our readers who shared some great photos from two Festival of States events last night in St. Petersburg. Tasha Wallace of St. Petersburg was at the Illuminated Night Parade with her husband and their six children and shared the photo above.

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This Kids and Kubs picture was Wallace's favorite shot.

Photographer Andrea Lypka of St. Petersburg captured pictures of families enjoying the Familyfest at North Straub Park last night. Above, Lisa Shockley of St. Petersburg was there with her daughters, Vivian, Kira and Maia. “We love downtown and we love to do family things. It’s a lot of fun for the family,” Shockley said.

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Andrea Lypka took this photo of Beth and Dan Albertson and their children Leilani, 8; Joseph, 9 months and Daniel, 4.

Lisa Shockley of St. Petersburg shared this photo of her daughters Vivian 11; Kiera 4; and Maia 2 at the FamilyFest.

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View more reader photos from our Festival of States photo gallery.