WI Trip Day 4 & 5

Sunday morning we went to Church. It is always nice to back to the Church you grew up in and see some familiar faces. Brain help led worship and sang a song. He sounded wonderful!

Mel and Sharon with all their grandchildren. It took quite the team and effort to get this picture.

 After Church we headed out to Green Lake to go on the boat. Jackson schedule was sure messed up during vacation. He just slept whenever/wherever he could.

It was a very windy and rough day on the lake.

 Before heading out on the boat, my mom ran into my 1st grade teacher. It was fun talking to her for a while and telling her I now teach first grade too!

 We got drenched as we headed out on the lake. It was so bumpy! Jackson was disappointed he couldn't go tubing. So glad we went Thursday.

 Uncle Jason has a big farm close to Green Lake so on the way back we stopped in. Leo wanted to show Jackson all of the tractors and farm equipment.

 Two tractor loving boys!

 Jackson was in heaven following Leo from one big tractor to the next.

 Talking to Leo in the tractor from the combine.

Monday was shopping day! The boys went with us for lunch and ice cream from Culver's. Yummy cheese curds!

 Shopping with Mom, yup she still spoils me! (I think we look a lot alike in this picture!?!)

Swimming and goofing around in Papa's pool

That evening I got to have dinner with Melissa and Nicole. It was so nice to just sit and talk with them. Definitely wish we could do this once a month!

WI Trip Day 2 & 3

Friday morning Jackson went over and played at Papa Mel and Grandma Sharon's house. I hung out at my house with my mom, and Katelyn helped me bake cookies for our fish fry later.

Brian and Jackson met us girls at A&W for lunch. I love, love, LOVE their root beer yogurt cones!

 That evening we all went over to the Hartzler's for a fish fry. Mel cooked up a bunch of fish.

 A certain little boy ate at least 5 pieces of fish! For dinner each night while we were in WI he asked for fish.

Uncle Brian was quite popular while we were visiting.

Brain and I took on our dads in a game of washers. We won game 1 but they fought they way back to win game 2!

 All of the cousins swinging. Jackson calls Katelyn and Garrison his cousins too.

 Had to get a few family pictures by all of Sharon's pretty flowers.

 My love!

Saturday we were ready early to go to Bay Beach, an amusement park gear to younger children.

Tickets cost 25 cents and most of the rides only cost 1 or 2 tickets. We rode almost every ride that was there. It was a rather warm day in WI.

Having fun on the Tilt-a-whirl. I forgot how sick it makes me feel!

 Out of all of the fun rides, Jackson said the train was his favorite!

 Brian, Darcy, and I went on the roller coaster. This ride cost 4 tickets. It was a lot of fun and caught us by surprise at the end!

 We made a pit stop by Sonic for Happy Hour in Green Bay before heading back. No Sonic in Fond du Lac:(

 That evening Brian, Mel, and my dad went out fishing. They caught a decent amount of walleyes.

WI Trip Day 1

Thursday morning we played at the park with Grandma Elly and Katelyn. Garrison still had school!

Then, we decided to go out on the lake with Papa Mel. Best decision of the whole trip!

The weather was absolutely perfect! It was sunny, warm, and the lake was calm.

Katelyn and my mom came along for the ride too. 

The boys fished while the girls soaked up the sun. Jackson helped Papa reel one in!

He loves fishing!

Like father like son! I wonder where Brian got the fishing genes from?!?:)

Brian caught a few nice walleyes.

Since the lake was so calm, we thought we should let Jackson try tubing. He couldn't get in the water fast enough. He was so excited!

He went on with Brian first. He kept saying, "Faster, Daddy, faster!" Mel even cut in and out of the waves. He rode for a long time!

Next up was me! So fun riding with my boy!

Mom was brave enough to let Katelyn go. This girl has no fear. She didn't hang on at all and flapped her arms with glee the whole time! I think that made her week!

3 generations of fishermen

Jackson and Katelyn went back to take naps and Brian and his dad kept fishing. They caught 10 or more walleyes.

That evening we had a bonfire. My parents have a giant backyard with a nice fire pit area. Jason, Traci, Leo, Lily, Kayla, Ian, Mel and Sharon came over.

 We roasted marshmallow and ate smore's. The kids also played in the sandbox.

Beautiful and fun day/evening in Fond du Lac!

Home Sweet Home

I still call Wisconsin home when we travel there for vacation, even though I haven't lived there in 7 years. Then, on the way back to Houston I say the same thing "We are going home."

We flew "home" to Wisconsin last Wednesday afternoon.



The flight was on time and Jackson napped. Can't get much better than that!

My Top 10 of our time in WI:

10. Not freezing while we were there

9. Seeing my 1st grade teacher

8. Root beer yogurt cones

7. Hearing Brain sing at Church

6. Bonfire

5. Brian fishing

4.  Dinner with friends

3. Jackson getting to play with his cousins

2. Lots of time with our families

1. Jackson and Katelyn tubing

I will blog more in detail about each of those later. Today was spent unpacking, doing laundry, and a trip to the library. Welcome home!

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

Tuesday night we headed downtown to watch the Astros play. Jackson was excited about it all day and even remembered there was a play area and a train at the stadium.

 I have always liked going to baseball games. Growing up it was the Brewers and now it is the Astros, unfortunately neither of them are usually that good.

 Last night there was plenty of entertainment. The Astros scored 4 runs in the first inning, hit a home run in the second inning which meant a free grand slam at Denny's, and hit the Chick-fil-a foul pole for a home run and free Chick-fil-a sandwiches! Two home runs also meant Jackson got to see the train move several times.

 Jackson was most interested in the play area, train, broken bat, and SNACKS.

 We left before the game was over, but the Astros did beat the Cardinals 9-8!

Another fun night with my boys in the book!

 I LOVE summer vacation!