Well, the Princess made a new milestone in little-girldom last night. She had her very first friend stay “all night long!” She was quite excited to invite her friend Naomi for a sleep over.
First let me re-cap our day. We were pretty busy for the most part. I got up and got everyone fed [...]
This weekend we journeyed to the pumpkin patch for a little fall fun. The Grents went with us, as did 3/4’s of the Tanck family. A great time was had by all–so much that Lidia just couldn’t handle it anymore. By the time we got home, Lidia was a total mess. This year we went [...]
In the past 3 or 4 years, we have neglected to go on any big vacations. We have 3 wonderful little reasons to blame for this. The first year, we spent all of our vacation time (and money) on 2 trips to the Far East – our mission to bring home our Russian Princess. While [...]
As I get all wrapped up in this tending to my many babies and the house, it is easy for me to get sidetracked from blogging! We have kept busy the past couple of weeks, but I’ll just cover the highlights.
The last weekend in July, we headed off to see the Michigan family. We had [...]
As the weather was lovely and our Saturday was sliding into late afternoon, we decided some geocaching/outdoor time might be in order. We packed the family up and headed to the thriving metropolis of Beaver Dam and entered Stewart Park (Dane county’s first County Park! Established in 1935). This is a nice little park [...]
From day one, we have been quite lucky that the Princess has been a stellar traveler. That first car ride from orphanage to apartment was only slightly cranky (and mostly because of the fact she was bundled so tight in the cold that she could hardly move). Subsequent car rides to airports followed suit. She [...]
It’s been a bit too long since I posted. My apologies! I have only life as an excuse. For a few weeks there, my brain was spinning with all the STUFF we had going on.
August 12-15 we went up to Eagle River, Wisconsin for an extended weekend vacation. Adam’s parents go up there each year [...]
While we are not serious “backpack campers” or anything, we do enjoy a nice summer weekend at a State Park. This past weekend we teamed up with the Tancks and headed Southwest to Yellowstone Lake State Park. This is a beautiful lake and park just outside of Blanchardville Wisconsin (population 800-something). Their biggest claim to [...]
I added 3 new albums that I’ve been meaning to put up, so wanted to just put in a little note for each of them.
Friday, May 19, 2006 we spent the day at The Kalahari Water Park in Wisconsin Dells. Sara’s parents (Calebs grandparents) attend a convention there each year. Sara and Caleb usually go [...]
On a recent trip to Gurnee Mills Mall, we encountered quite an interesting spectacle.
The typical mall has a large parking lot, and separating the parking lot from the mall “roads” there are generally little boulevards where various decorative plants, trees and or mulch are usually found. Gurnee, of course, is no exception. While walking [...]