This & That

We recently spent a week at "The Pine", a river flowage in Florence, WI. Tim took the boys up the first night to set up camp, then the girls and I came fashionably later the next day :) Grandma Lo and Grandpa Jer spent the first part of our trip with us.

Ice cream in Alpha...before this day, we always gave Leila licks of our cones, but this time, she took mine and said, "mine" (much resembling the seagulls on "Nemo") and would hardly let go! So I was the one to get a few licks from her cone.

I spy...

Here is our site. The weather was chilly at night...down to 40. By noon it was in the 60s. We swam, fished, cleaned the fish and ate the fish, read, took walks, and enjoyed each other's company.

This is taken at Kid's Day in Green Bay....the mayor began this tradition in 2003 where lots of businesses in the area are free to kids. Here we are at Leicht park. Sy was (a bit frantically) trying to grasp the slide as he came down, but he did it! And again...and again.... 

Well done, Sammy!

We spent some time at Bear Lake fishing; Gretta realed in 5 fish, and one put up quite a fight!

The kids stayed an extra day with GG, Gampy and Granny, & had a blast swimming, watching ET for the first time (on VHS, the kids wondered why they had to wait "so long" before the movie started!), and having s'mores in the microwave.

Sammy's last game was cancelled because of the clouds and lightning rolling in, but we had enough time to get a team shot with their trophies. 

Lou Lou getting ready to play in the sprinkler...

And here's Leila at GG and Gampy's. First she ran to the bowl, got in the bowl, and the bowl tipped backwards. Funny girl!

And finally...some photo booth pics from Chuck E Cheese. Until July.....

Endings and Beginnings

This is our latest addition; a 6x6 sand box. Tim built it in a day, and the kids have been in it each day since. Besides having sand grains in the tub and sink, I (and they!) are loving their new hobby :)

Sammy is a Yankee!! We play the Reds on Tuesday. They don't keep score, so both teams win!

So proud!

Is this how you hold a bat?

Posing for the camera at her last ballet class before summer. 

Future prima ballerinas...

Uncle Phil and Auntie Danielle brought home another Chinese outfit, so no more fighting over the red one, which has been repaired by Great Grandma more than a few times!!

We had some friends over last night, and the kids were playing 'relays' in the backyard. It was so fun to see Gretta have a blast trying to run so fast. The pic above is from Grandpa Jer's 60th birthday bash.

Sam fell out of his chair at breakfast time & he almost ran into the wall at church (thanks Gampy for pointing out the wall to him!!). Despite these regular "mishaps", Sammy rocks when it comes to sports. He is outside right now playing catch with Dad!

During one of their last swim lessons, the instructor asked Sy if he was ready to do his "bobs" underwater. He replied, "Quack". Over a meal the other day he was happily singing out loud "boom shaka lak" and we all cracked up. He certainly has a fun (and funny) sense of humor!

Here is our nephew Grey. Amber and Bri are expecting another little boy shortly!

Yum, this is too good to put down, or look up.

Daddy was gone one evening, so we made a twenty minute trip just to pay $1 for chocolate custard. MMMM!

Though vanilla is this guys favorite, he chose chocolate today!

GG with the clan at church. Sam and Gretta are sporting their Samson braids.

"This is a brain sucker..."- Leila joking around. J/K :)