4th of July Weekend

We held our annual 4th of July party and had a great turnout with lots of friends and family enjoying the nice weather and fireworks.

The next day we gathered up the boys and drove to the Manitowoc Maritime Museum where we toured a submarine that sits on the river. We also found a play area in the museum (not the submarine) where the boys could get creative with water...and a little wet.

Later that day we went to the Manitowoc Zoo and checked out the animals and ended the day with a trip to a very cool park.

Bookworm Gardens

We enjoyed an afternoon at Bookworm Gardens with friends.

Sam's First Race

This past Saturday Sam ran in his first race (under 9 minutes), a 1 mile that took him around Kohler School. He came in right behind the boy who took fist place in his age group...which by all accounts would mean that Sam took second place in his age group. Not to bad for his first time!

Mark ran the 5k this year (official time: 23.39) and was able to shave an entire minute off of his time from his last race in 2011.

Before the race.

The "micro" cheering section.

Sam was super proud of finishing and getting his medal.

Spring Is Here

Making the most of our infrequent warm days, we packed the family up and drove all the way over to Sheboygan Falls River Park for the annual free fishing day.

We spent the morning riding a canoe, fishing and watching how fish is prepared and cooked.

We even caught a little fish!

Spring Break

We had a great time on spring break. We spent some time in Chicago overnight to visit the Field Museum and the Legoland Discovery Center, then as a last minute decision on our way home, we detoured to the Jelly Belly Factory in Kenosha and took the free tour. As a "thank you" we received a funny hat and a bag of Jelly Belly beans.

Ready for some walking

Sue the T-Rex

What it's like to live with an earthworm

The cats of Egypt...no not the boys

The boys found a huge dinosaur bone

Dinner after the museum

Legoland safari

Going home with treasures

So excited and so tired

Here we go to tour the Jelly Belly factory