1st Day Buck Luck

Opening day Joe went bowhunting....of Course!  A few hours later he called me to come with my camera, so I knew it was something good.  This was the beast he got =)

Happy Daddy & the 2 lucky kids heading out to hunt. 

Zoo

 This swan was out in the middle of the lake when we stopped but made a beeline for us.  We did what any tourist would do...

 Quick lets feed the swan!  Luckily we had some leftover chips and stuff in the car.  It wasn't picky.  We got it to come up on the shoreline.

I'm watching you

 
 These mountain lions were amusing...since they were behind the fence!  They would pace back and forth growling.   

 Annndd...time to chase the ducks!

Then, try and feed them to get them back =)

Annndd...when the feed ran out, chase them away again =) 

Our lineup =)

They had 2 wolves in this pen.  This one was large--much larger than it looks here.

A few weeks ago we went to the logging congress in oshkosh.  On our trip back, we stopped in Marshfield at their little zoo.  We've been wanting to get to the zoo all summer--esp. Madison or Milw. zoo!  but somehow the summer slipped by us again.  So we decided to check this one out and were glad we stopped.  They had basic animals, no elephants, penguins, giraffes.  But lots of woodland animals, although their bear had recently died and wasn't replaced yet=(  But they had elk, deer, buffalo, prairie dogs, rabbits, eagle, owl, hawk, .....and more.  The kids had a blast running around and well, chasing ducks ;-) 

Meri

Happy 6th Birthday to our Meri! 

Hope you have fun being 6--I'm sure you will ;-)

We love you oodles!

XOXOXO

Logging Congress '12

We went to the Logging Congress this year over in Oshkosh.  It was a fun little trip.  Jake & Emily ended up leaving earlier in the day with Grandpa & Grandma.  Joe worked for 1/2 a day and then the rest of us loaded up and met them over there.  The kids had a lot of fun checking out the machinery.  And walking through the vendors building and collecting candy and samples--pencils, notepads, balloons, even a couple hats.  We walked around for a few hours and then headed to our hotel for some fun swimming. 

The kiddies when we arrived that afternoon.  Right away, they each got a balloon, which we tied to their wrists

Checking out the tires

Making sure his balloon was still following him ;-)

Kids & logs

Us & logs--photo courtesy of Emily

A cute load

James messed with his balloon and finally it lost its air.  Jake was ready to give his up so he attached his to James' deflated, non-helium balloon

So James ended up with these 2 balloons =)

This stroller was a handy catchall, but little boy didn't want anything to do with it--I guess those years are past!  He did have fun pushing it around tho.

Wyatt

Happy 5th Birthday Wyatt!

Hope it's a fun one =)