Trip to WI

Last weekend we were able to take a short trip to WI. On Thursday afternoon we left for Prairie du Chien which is an old town right on the Mississippi River. I had never been to western WI before and I was surprised at the beautiful scenery. We had a nice hotel that had a great pool for the kids, and we enjoyed seeing some of the area and visiting some historical sights. On Friday afternoon we drove through a torrential downpour as we left for Madison, WI. On Saturday we enjoyed a great day seeing the sights in Madison. We wandered around a huge farmers market, we toured the state capital building, and we spent a considerable amount of time at their new Children's Museum. The kids had a great time, and Jay and I enjoyed it as well.



The kids along the Mississippi River




We hiked up to the top of the capital building. The view was pretty amazing, but you can't really tell it in this picture.



Jenny enjoyed the Children's Museum.

New floor

It's been awhile since I've posted anything, mainly because I have been terrible about taking pictures this summer. We had a great trip to CA, Jenny claims her favorite part was walking on the beach with Grandma. Andrew enjoyed exploring Grandma and Grandpa's big house. Jenny also took swimming lessons in CA and she has been swimming very well since our return. She has not used her floaties at all, and she seems to enjoy swimming. We've had terribly hot and humid weather so we've had a lot of opportunity to go to the pool. We've also had a lot of rain/thunderstorms. In fact, our church flooded because we got so much rain in such a short period of time. The ground was saturated and the water pushed up through the floor. We were fortunate that our house stayed dry.

Jay and I also finished up another year of city league softball. We play on a coed team with a group of friends and most of the time it is pretty fun. We were able to win the championship game this year. I did not contribute anything to the victory, either offensively or defensively. Jay had two nice catches in the outfield. We are done now until next spring. I'll miss seeing everyone, but I won't miss the 9:30pm games.

Due to an unfortunate Jamba Juice spill, Jay had to replace the flooring in our living/dining room. He had never put down flooring before and he accomplished this while the kids and I were in CA. It turned out real well. We now have to get some furniture and put some stuff on the walls so it does not echo so much!