First day of school

Today was the first day of school. Woohoooo!!! Megan is in the 5th grade and Max is in 1st.

Megan has already attended a volleyball camp and is ready to practice for the team. She is finally old enough to do things, as she would say. She was somewhat excited to get back to school to see her old friends and to see what the 5th grade will bring her. Max (and Mommy) were very excited about his 1st grade teacher, she is so nice and I have heard so many good things about her, he should have an excellent year.

When I took the kids to school, Megan was ready to ditch me and head off to her class line up, she had all her goods and was gone. I was only able to get a few pictures of her while I kept getting "Mom!!", so I let her be :)

Max on the other hand had so much stuff to bring in, I walked him into his class and helped him get situated along with most of the other parents.

Baby Colin visit... (and his family)

It was a quick trip home by Kate and family for Colin's baptism. They came in on Friday afternoon and were gone early Monday morning. On Saturday we had the baptism at OLH, lunch at Phil's parents house, swimming at the Bruno's and then a quick run to Target and Babies R Us for Kate to get a quick fix of the civilized world.

Sunday was a bit more relaxed, we ate breakfast and lunch at the parent's house and got to spend some quality time visiting with the family.

Even though it was a quick visit, we were glad to get to see them all.

20 year class reunion (Bill not me :))

This weekend was Bill's 20 year class reunion from high school and it was very fun filled. It started off with a mixer at Tropics on Friday night. He got to catch up with friends he hasn't seen since he graduated. I knew a few people there but since he is 4 years older, all this crew was out when I got in. Saturday night was a nice sit down dinner at Thunderhawk with lots of 80's music playing and a few doing some good ol fashioned breakdancin'. Good times... On Sunday, there were a few peeps that got together at Stone Creek for some lunch and last minute catching up.

Camping at Bong

We took a family camping trip to Bong Recreational Area in one of the Wisconsin state parks. Its only about 25 miles from home, but it was just far enough from everything. It was a very nice place and was quite secluded, you actually had some privacy and the weather was very nice. We went on walks on the nature trails, played at the playground and enjoyed the beach.

It concluded with a model r/c airplane show going on in the park too. The kids enjoyed watching the planes flying