Wisconsin Dells Vacation

We took the kids on their first vacation ever to the Wisconsin Dells! It was a blast, we went with 3 other families totaling 8 adults and 9 kids five years old and under. We were a sight to see everywhere we went, but the kids did such a great job and loved being together. The parks were not enough we had to swim in the enourmous tub too!

All the kiddos ready to swim. As you can see Jack is quite the ladies man!

Not quite yet Harrison! Maybe another 20 years:)

Yummy, Puppy Chow was our favorite:) The mommys' favorite too!

We had so much fun playing in the water all weekend. Jack was very adventurous, doing the water slides over and over. Alex's favorite was definitly the Lazy River. We went around and around and she even fell asleep on me, so sweet because she doesn't really do that too much anymore:) All in all we had a great time with kids and our friends and will definitly do it again next year.

Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend we went up north to Nonna and Papa's for thier annual Memorial Day Weekend party. We had a great time helping get ready for the party and playing outside. Jack and Alex finally broke out the pool that Nonna bought FOREVER ago and were awesome helpers filling up tons of water balloons for the water balloon fight.

After our long drive home we spent Memorial Day morning with our neighborhood friends. We enjoyed some yummy food and the kids had fun playing soccer, digging in the sand, and climbing trees. Then we took the kids over to see our new house. They were so excited to see their rooms and play in their new yard!

Mom's on a Mission Cook Out

This weekend my Relay for Life team "Moms on a Mission" grilled out to raise money. It was the perfect day for a cook out. We did really well and had fun too. Here's Lisa putting some hot dogs on the grill.

Amy setting up the cash box! Corie getting things ready. She and Amy made all the awesome signs! Serving up some foodMe manning the grill Lacy serving up hot dogs and hamburgers Beth and Lisa soakin up the sun!

Dancing, Dancing, Dancing!

On Mother's Day weekend we traveled down to southern Illinois to go to Jeremy's cousin Tara's wedding. I was fun to see some of Jeremy's extended family and the kids had a ball! They were dancing and playing all night long:) It was so cute to see them dancing with each other. Alex was so serious learning to do the Electric Slide. It was so adorable! We stayed in a hotel and Jack and Alex loved swimming in the pool and jumping on the beds with their cousins. We ended the weekend with a yummy Mother's Day breakfast at Cracker Barrel.

A Day at the Farm

The other weekend Marie (one of the girls that works in Jeremy's office) invited us out to her farm to visit the cows and calves that they have. The kids had a great time running around on the property and watching the cows. Jack loved petting the calf that Roger carried clear across the pasture for him to see. Alex however got quite shy and didn't want much to do with it other than watching! They also loved riding the four wheeler. Jeremy took them each for a ride:)

Traveling and Visiting

This weekend started off very eventfully. I signed Jack up for preschool next year! I'm not sure who is more excited me or him. Either way I had to wait 7 hours in line to make sure he got a spot, but it was totally worth it when I saw how happy he was when I came home and told him about his new preschool. After that I packed the kids up and made our way up to Chicago. Our first stop was to visit my Aunt Laura and cousins Carissa, Alexis, and William. We all had a fun time playing the Wii, watching Jack do a little break dancing, and taking a walking to the park.

We went up to my parents for the weekend to visit because my sister and Ryan were in town. So sad we didn't seem to get any pictures with them, but we did have a great time. Even though it was a bit cool we made it to the park and got to play outside in the backyard. Jack was so excited because they just put a new addition on the house but haven't filled it with furniture so he had tons of space to wiggle around and a whole room that he thought was his private dance floor!

Jack's Boo-Boo

Jack had his first serious boo-boo! Over Easter weekend he was climbing on some furniture and fell backwards hitting his head on the radiator. He came running in crying and all of a sudden there was blood gushing from his head. We rushed to the emergency room (luckily Nonna and Papa were here and stayed with Alex) and found that it was not as bad as it seemed. They cleaned him up and used a medical super glue so he didn't even have to sit for stiches. Jack took it all in stride, he was most interested in all the machines and medical things in the ER and he was so cute, telling everyone how the doctor fixed him! I'm just glad my baby's ok:)