Lake Geneva, Part 1

The Zen of learning how to swim - taught by Uncle Chaz.

A little tough with the choppy water from the boats,
but still really helpful!

 We celebrated AJ's 6th birthday!

 Rented and drove a pontoon boat all around the lake.

Ben tried the biggest water slide at the water park.

We were really proud of him because he was super scared at first,
but gave it a try and LOVED it!

We went about 100 times - up 65 steps each time.
We slept well that night!

 We took in a Cardinals/Brewer's game (and Ben got to bat!).

And dipped our toes in Lake Michigan in Milwaukee.
It was a fabulous trip!!

Innsbrook-

Our first trip to Innsbrook was a little later than usual (due to baby sister)... but Ben was THRILLED to have an overnight trip to "Innsbroke" by himself with Bebe and Grandad. They picked him up early from Sarah's house and he got to have a sleepover before Nora and I joined the gang for the day. Ben was so excited to go it was the last thing he told us before bed that night and the first thing he said in the morning.

My Granny and Papaw would be thrilled to see the fourth generation of kids enjoying life at Innsbrook!

Best Buds-

 Ben and his great friends...

Ben's awesome alien balloon, complete with a light saber. Compliments of baby Ethan's first birthday! Loved the balloon guy - so cool!

Feeding Nora-

Big brother felt very excited and proud to feed Nora. What a helper!

Ben the Builder-

Our boy LOVES Legos! He's becoming quite the builder... it's fun to see his imagination at work!

TP-

Ben was in the bathroom for quite some time (... I thought he was taking care of business). NOPE - he told me he was curious how long the roll of toilet paper was. At least he was kind enough to try to roll it back up. We got a good laugh out of our cocoon toilet paper!