Wisconsin Vacation-

We had the best time with our Wisconsin friends during our summer vacation! What a blast... I don't even know where to begin! Well, first thing we would like to thank our hosts - Kristina, Darrell and Arlo :) They are super fabulous! What great friends... they let us stay in their beautiful home, shared their toys, cooked great meals for us and showed us the ropes of living Up North. I think Joe and I could get used to it - you betcha!


We got to visit Wilderness Walk - a very cool petting zoo, took a trip to Bayfield to see Lake Superior, rode the ferry to Madeline Island, and on our last (and only warm day) hung out at the beach. We were also lucky enough to see Kristina's parents at their amazing cabin - INCLUDING "Taco Night with Arlo and Ben." So much fun!!


Ben did great on the 13-hour road trip - even though he didn't sleep for one minute on the way there. We were able to divide the drive both going there (stayed in Madison - where Ben flashed everyone at our hotel) and on the way home (a visit to Chicago - more to come on that).


Thanks to our great friends - hopefully we're still in the running for a group vacation to the beach :) We've submitted our resume and references...

Museum of Transportation

Since our 4th of July weekend didn't go as planned... we decided to have some fun and go to the Train Museum. Ben LOVED it - he remembered going with daddy while I was at a conference in Columbia - so the boys showed me the ropes. I hadn't been since I was a little girl and I loved taking photos of the different trains. I hope to make a collage to hang in Ben's room since he's LOVING trains at the moment. Tim - the last photo is for your Monsanto archives...

Ben's first fireworks

The entire weekend didn't go as planned - it was rainy and overcast so we never made it to Innsbrook. However, it was dry long enough for us to watch the fireworks near our house. In years past Ben slept right through the noise... but this year we "talked them up" the week before and decided to give it a try. He didn't mind them, but didn't love them either. Let's just say the novelty wore off pretty quickly. He did LOVE the glow bracelets from Auntie - so we were glad for those. I know these photos are crazy, but thought I would post anyway!