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

Max's 3rd Birthday Party

This past Saturday we had family and friends over to celebrate Max's 3rd birthday. We busted out the water slide and had 2 small pools for all the kids to stay cool. Max chose a pirate theme for his party and we had a couple games for them to play, a treasure hunt that had them running all over the yard to find a treasure chest filled with all sorts of goodies, and then we had them dig for real gold coins in the sand (they were gold dollar coins from the bank).

Max was very excited about all the gifts he received.