Sam's 8th Birthday

Sam turned eight this year and he shared his day with his cousin Grayson, who's birthday is the day after Christmas. So both of their birthdays are about the same week of December. Sam was very excited to be able to have his whole family at our house to celebrate with him.

Halloween 2014

For some reason, this year we had a very large number of pumpkins that needed carving. Everybody pitched in scooping guts and separating seeds, then I (Mark) carved them a couple each day until Halloween.

I have to say that the boys were quite the troopers (Sam literally) while we were out trick or treating on Friday. With the cold temps and the flimsy costumes, I thought for sure we would make it about two blocks before turning back home. We walked the Kohler neighborhoods for about an hour. The only thing that Max complained about was the scary zombie on our block who kept following him down the sidewalk as we walked past.

Road America Sunset Cruise

We had the opportunity to take my (Mark's) car out on the track at Road America. We got to go 3 laps on the track. A couple of parts of the track we were able to get the car up to around 65 mph...it was really cool. We shared the track with about 200 other people and cars. Their was no passing anyone and you needed to stay at least 2 car lengths away from the car in front of you. It was a great time for everyone, though Becky was a little car sick by the 3rd lap. Becky took a video of the first lap. Click this link (Road America Video) to watch it...though the video is pretty large and runs about 6 minutes.

We are definitely going to do this again!

Dinosaurs!

We took a family trip to see the Walking with Dinosaurs show at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. It was one of the best shows we've seen. The dinosaurs were life size and the brontosaurus was so big that his head would reach out over the audience. The boys really enjoyed the show.

Madison Trip

We took the boys to Madison to see the Capitol, visit the Children's Museum and the Zoo. We also took a walk on State Street to checkout the shops.

View off the Capitol balcony

Restaurant on State Street

We ate at A.J. Bombers for lunch...

...and the boys had a BLAST!

The free zoo was really awesome

Their was lots to do at the children's museum

Their is an Ella's Deli in Madison too!