Sunday, June 19, 2016

Bay Beach

The day after school got out, for the fifth summer in a row, we made the trek to Green Bay to visit our beloved Bay Beach Amusement Park.  We carpooled with the Hassells, left at 8:00 am and got home at 6:00 pm.  A perfect day of fun, fun, fun.  Two other friends joined us up there and despite Rachel's hour of crying for some unknown reason, the day was wonderful.  So glad we could fit this in one more time.





Rachel was a natural with the shooting airplanes.  This girl always surprises me.








The shooting airplanes have been Marshall's favorite five years running.  



This is the view from the little train at Bay Beach.  I just love it.


Marshall found the Packers horse on the carousel.  He was delighted, especially because he specifically wore his Packer shirt for the day.  









I have to tell a story about this next picture.  Marshall has always liked this giant blue slide; however, he always gets super nervous climbing the stairs to the top.  He has also been short enough that he has always had to ride with an adult so I've been able to keep him calm while we've been climbing to the top.  Obviously, this year, I could not do the slide and there were enough short kids that all the moms, except me, had to ride with a child.  Marshall, completely on his own, said he didn't need to ride with an adult and that he could go all by himself.  I watched him climb and climb the stairs with Anna and I was just so proud of him.  I was even more proud as I watched him get his sack ready and push himself off.  He did admit to me that he got pretty nervous at the top, but Anna helped him be brave and he did just great!  I love this boy!


Look at those four cute kids, all best of friends.






Most of our crew, minus my two girls who refused to cooperate.  :)



An Evening At The Zoo

We spent an evening at the zoo with friends a couple of weeks ago.  

We got to see their new bug exhibit, which the kids loved.  It was pretty impressive!





To make the evening even better, the zoo was full of food trucks.  We ate to our heart's content and left the zoo very full and very tired!  A great end to a great day!


Sunday, June 12, 2016

Wehr Nature Center

At the beginning of June, Anna and I took our kids to Wehr Nature Center for the morning.  It was a beautiful day and we just followed a path that took us along a gorgeous little lake.  We saw frogs, birds, geese, and deer.  And we also stumbled upon our second Wisconsin waterfall.  A beautiful morning spent in nature.





Oh pregnancy.  Blah.





While we were walking through this gaggle of geese, a goose hissed at Rachel and Rachel just about lost it.  It was quite amusing.  



Thursday, June 9, 2016

May Wrap Up

The random highlights from the month of May...

It was Lara's birthday at the beginning of the month so we took over Kopps for lunch one day.  It was both delicious and delightful.


My friend Marie had us over for a Cinco De Mayo party.  Bridget really got into it.  


Afternoon zoo trip.  Always so wonderful.


There is a new baby giraffe at the zoo.  Too, too cute.  


I had a lunch date with this lovely lady.  I met Shawn at To The Pointe nine years ago and she has become a great, great friend.  I will miss her!


Gotta love the penny ride at Meijer.  And love these girls!


The rain ruined our hiking plans for the morning so we spent our morning at the Hassell's.  These four put on quite the musical show.