We stayed in Wisconsin at my parents’ house (most of that time they were off gallivanting with my sister and her family in Europe, so you won’t see many pictures of any of them) for the next two and a half weeks. Part of that time Mike was in Minneapolis, but most of it he was also in Wisconsin working from home. The highlights are too many to count on this portion of the trip, but I especially loved being near my brother and his family to spend every-day-life time with them.
We’ll start with pictures from the first few days while my parents were still in town:
Jen and J gave Ethan the birthday gift of going to Hamilton in Chicago with them. He did a little preparing for it. And then I drove down and babysat Salina while they went to the show. We left the following morning after a little time with the family. Ethan had a great time and now added two songs from the show to his playlist.
Meanwhile:
We had a lot of FUN hang out time with the cousins (time at the house, walks, zoo, baseball game, lots of games, and bike races – “Go, Bikes, Go!!!”) :
And we did a few things on our own as a family, like golfing and biking (family met us at the beach after one such ride). Micah and I also went on a hike on our own one day. And we visited the lighthouse where Mike’s grandpa used to live and work:
I took the boys on a couple little excursions – Jelly Belly tour and Mars Cheese Castle – and also went on a number of bike rides:
We also really enjoyed getting to see our extended family. We spent a day at Petrifying Springs with Uncle Brad, Aunt Sal, and cousin Luke (along with my brother’s family, of course!!). It was fabulous! Aunt Sal also came by another day to let Micah take Eli for a walk!
Each year we plan a trip with the Maurer clan and this summer was no different, except that they had just had their third sweet baby girl, so we opted for something a little easier. We spent two days with them at my parents’ house, just soaking up time together and catching up. It was really fun to see the kids connecting again! Sadly, we forgot to take a whole group shot!!
We LOVED our time in Wisconsin! So thankful that we got to spend so much time with the people that we love!
