Christmas 2013

Christmas time! The boys had the full family trip, from Christmas Eve with the Vogel's to Christmas Day at home and with Grandma Sewacki.

Christmas Program at school

Christmas Eve at the Vogel's

"NOW can we open them!?"

Woh! Yea!

Max's train table

Lego building at 6am.

Grandma is a good sport

Marshmallow Gun!

FART GUN!!

Sam's 7th Birthday

Yesterday was Sam's 7th birthday. His theme this year was Minecraft. Complete with Creeper balloons, a really cool cake with characters from the game and a banner that Sam created all on his own...well, his Dad just drew the letters. Sam enjoyed his time with family and is enjoying all of his gifts.

Creeper!

Winter Wonderland

Santa is always a sight to see and the boys had their chance to tell the big guy what they wanted most for Christmas and have their picture taken with him at the Winter Wonderland in Plymouth. Afterwords they made some holiday projects, danced to festive music and listened to some Christmas stories.

Fall

We've been having some fun this season visiting apple orchards and pumpkin patches, jumping in huge leaf piles and trick or treating in the rain.

Hot chocolate!

Quarry Quest

The boys had tons of fun at this years Quarry Quest event in Neenah this weekend. Max rode in a loader, dump truck and an excavator while Sam had fun building a brick wall, a road and taking control of an excavator.

They dug for (fools) gold and gems and had fun doing some of the other activities at the event. We all agree that our favorite thing to do was the Jeep obstacle course where a driver takes us around a course of steep hills, camel hills, crazy bumpy road and a steep corner that makes you feel like the truck is going to tip over.

Sam's First Day of School - 1st Grade!

Sam started 1st grade on Sept. 3rd and has been having lots of fun with his new teacher and classmates.

Camping at High Cliff State Park

Last weekend we packed up the family and camped at High Cliff State Park on Lake Winnebago. Our friends, the Baiers, joined us. All the kids had fun playing together, hiking around the campground, swimming at the lake and eating s'mores. We also took a trip to Mulberry Lane Farm where the kids got to chase chickens and get up close with many other farm animals.

Packers Training Camp

We recently took a trip to Green Bay to watch the Packers...uh...practice. But we did more than that. We watched the players ride in on kids bikes to the practice field, the boys received many high-fives from the players. We caught glimpses of the players practicing on the field and we wandered around collecting the various freebies that vendors were handing out. The boys finished the trip by running around the "Packers Experience" with all the inflatable play areas to climb on. We also wandered around parts of the stadium that were accessible to us and the pro shop before heading home.

High Fives!

Airborne High Five

Yes...Dad went along too.

The Lambeau Leap

Taking a picture with Vince.

Wisconsin Dells Vacation

We recently went to Wisconsin Dells for a little family vacation. We stayed at the Kalahari for a couple nights and visited some of the attractions around the Dells. We saw the Tommy Bartlet show and visited a little zoo (they called it a "Safari Park") and took a ride on the Dells Army Ducks, but mostly we spent our time at the indoor and outdoor water park at the Kalahari. The boys had a blast and were brave enough to try some of the bigger rides that they had previously been too small for.

Army Ducks tour around the Dells

View from the other side of the Ducks boat

The food is served on a remote control train.

Sam enjoyed his lunch too.

Having fun at the outdoor water park

At the Tommy Bartlet Show

Feeding the Giraffes at the "Safari Park"

The boys enjoyed ice cream before we drove home