A Day at the MN Landscape Arboretum

What a fun-filled day! When Madeline woke up Grandpa & Grandma Frantz took her out for a very special breakfast at McDonald's - what a treat :-) They said she ate pancakes, eggs, sausage, apples, milk, juice and too many other things to remember!!! When they got home we packed up and headed out the the MN Landscape Arboretum. There were so many good pictures that we put them in to a slide show instead of posting the all separately...

After a LONG day at the Arboretum, we came home for naps. Later that evening Grandma Judy and Dave came over and we headed into town for dinner. Mexican was a hit... Madeline LOVED her chips and salsa and her cheese quesidilla - yummy!!!

Grandma & Grandpa Frantz Visit!

Grandma and Grandpa Frantz made the long drive from Indiana today. Grandma dove right in to reading the kiddos a few books - just what they love :-) We're looking forward to a great weekend with them in town!

A few shots of our little man

Just wanted to share a few shots of our little man - his smile is just too stinkin' cute!!!

July 12: Last Day

It's our last day here in WI and our little stinker just woke up... she peeked out of the tent just in time to get swept up for a big Morning hug from Aunt Melanie :-) Sam was still sleeping so we cooked breakfast over the fire and started to pack up. We left the campground around noon and made one final stop at the Lake Owen Gymnastics camp to get the tour and say our good-byes to Melanie and Christianne. It was a long ride back, but it was worth it! We had such a great time!

Camping: Day 2

Our first night went really well! Madeline put herself to bed in her tent (inside Grandma's tent) at about 9:30 and only got up once to go to the bathroom. Sam slept about 7 hours before he got up to eat - mommy liked this :-) He slept right between mom and dad on our air mattress, so he was toasty warm

We cooked breakfast over the fire eggs, toasted beagals & sausage - it was fantastic!
Madeline enjoyed exploring while we got the bikes packed up with lunch. Then we headed out to the beach. It was pretty chilly, with the wind blowing in off the lake, so we only stayed long enough to build a sand castle and eat lunch. Then we headed back to camp and played a few games Daddy's not really a "gamer", so while Madeline napped and the rest of us played cards, he and Sam just sat and relaxed and eventually fell asleep . After a delicious dinner cooked over the camp fire, Sam took another nap, Madeline read a few books, and then snuggled Daddy by the fire before bed. We all just LOVE camping!!!

Camping: Day 1

Today we packed up all of camping things and headed to northern Wisconsin for the family's first camping trip of the season. We went to Two Lakes Campground on Lake Owen/Bass Lake in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. The campground was beautiful - all of the campsites were right lakeside and covered with big beautiful trees.

Grandma Judy and Dave came with us -
it was both Dave's AND Sam's first time camping :-)

Once we got there we set up camp...


Sam loved watching all of the action!


Madeline was hungry so she ate her peanut butter sandwich while we got everything situated.


The reason we chose this area to camp is because Aunt Melanie is the camp director at Lake Owen Gymnastics Camp and wanted us to come and visit. After we got everything set up we drove to her camp and watched all of the gymnasts show off all of the new skills they had learned that week. Madeline loved all of the balance beams and trampolines - I think we have to get her signed up for a gymnastics class soon!


Later that evening Melanie and Christianne came to stay with us. We cooked some brats and pepperoni pizzas in our sandwich makers... Mmmmmm. We hope to get some biking in tomorrow!

Big Smiles

Sam's smiles were big and plentiful again today - it was just 2 days ago that he started smiling when we ask him to - you've got to love it :-)it's so fun to see him so happy :-)

4th of July

Today we headed out to Great-Grandma Weiers house for the annual family golf outing and picnic. It rained the whole time mommy & daddy golfed, but it was sunny skies for the kids at grandma's house :-) Madeline especially enjoyed her ice cream cone with cousin Alyshia! Sam got to meet our new cousin Jacob who's only 2 weeks younger than him - I'm sure next year they'll have a blast playing together! We played lots of outdoor games and snacked all day - you've got to love holiday's right?!?!?!?
Once it got dark we headed into town for fireworks. Maddie generally likes fireworks and told us what color each of them were, but the ones that just made noise were a bit too loud for her liking! It had been such a long day that she actually fell asleep half way though - a great end to a great day!