First Brewer Game of the Season...

I had to get a picture of my favorite player- Counsell!

Amanda, Me, and Mom


Mariah and Christy

Fireworks going off when Princey hit
his home run!!

Grace and Kaylee...

Can't go to a Brewer game and not get a picture of Princey!

The Brewers ended up losing, but we had fun...

Meningitis Walk

We were excited that we could participate in the

Meningitis Walk this year (Mariah was playing

volleyball in Minnesota last year). The weather was

not so good, but we were able to get the walk

done before the rain started coming down real

hard. Kaylee was excited to hold Becky's sign...

we still miss her and think of her every day!

Volleyball Season Comes to an End

We were sad to see Mariah's volleyball season come to
an end. It was a fun season...some wins, some losses,

but fun none the less.

More Simon Pics...

It is so hard to believe that Simon is 18 months old already!
He wants to feed himself and he says new words every day...

He is so sweet and I love spending my Thursdays with him!

Back in Wisconsin...

We left Chattanooga at 8:30am and headed for Milwaukee. What a day this was! The travel time was 11 hrs, 19 minutes and it was all that and more... we ran into traffic jam after traffic jam. We even saw an SUV that had flipped on its roof while towing a camper. The camper was all mangled on the side of the road! It was an eventful ride...

We finally got into Wisconsin and were driving on 60th Street near our house when Kaylee said, "It's good to be in our own state". I guess she was sick of being in the car, too! We made it home by 8pm and Marley was sure glad to see us- peed on the floor 4 times! Thank you to my Mom and my friend Tara for taking good care of her while we were gone...

We had a lot of laughs along the way and thoroughly enjoyed our time away as a family...

Chattanooga

We left Florida at 7:30am and headed towards Chattanooga, TN. We ran into a few traffic issues, but got to The Incline Railway at 4pm to find there was an hour wait to get on! So, we hung out and finally got to the top of Lookout Mountain. The mountains that you see way in the distance are 100 miles away! It was great that we got to go on a clear day...the weather was great there also. Mariah thought it was a little scary when we started going almost vertical near the top of the mountain. She was more excited to go DOWN! But, the view were great from the top- we were glad we made the stop.

Leaving Florida

We were definitely sad to leave. We had such a fun time visiting with Grandma and Grandpa. I think this may have to be an annual trip. I can't believe we had perfect weather every day... 80's and sunny! We spent a lot of time by the pool and did a little shopping. It was just great to spend a whole week with Grandma and Grandpa Kuecker- a big thank you to them for letting us invade their house for a whole week...

Kaylee was so sad to leave... she was crying and sobbing. She got me all choked up, too. I hated to see her so sad. She really wants to go back and visit this summer... we will see if we can get that worked out for her. And, if I have to fly down there with her, I guess I will force myself to go back (I loved it there, too!).

Last Day in Florida...

Kaylee did a little swimming and I ran some errands on our last day. We also learned how to play Mexican Train Dominos. It was lots of fun! We might have to find a set of those dominos for our house! We also took a couple minutes out to take some family pictures.

Last chance to play in the pool...

Learning how to play Mexican Train Dominoes...

Group Picture!

Can you believe this is really a sign in The Villages??
We always had to comment when we drove by and
couldn't leave without taking a picture of Kaylee by
"her" Villas. She kept saying, "I'm famous!" So cute!

Universal Studios

Today we headed to Orlando to visit Universal Studios... it was a beautiful day- 82 degrees and sunny! I think we picked a good day- lines were relatively short and we were able to see all of the things we wanted to see.

Bocce Ball

Justin's parents showed us how to play Bocce Ball

today... Mariah was really good at this-

maybe we can find a league back in Wisconsin??

Some cute pics in the morning sun...

I caught these cute pics of Kaylee this morning

while we were hanging out on the lanai...

Swimming...

Here is a video of Kaylee's new trick... when we arrived in Florida, Kaylee hardly liked to go under water and now she is doing SUPER at swimming under water!

Shuttle Launch

This morning we got up at 6am and went over to Havana Golf Course to watch the shuttle launch. The launch actually took place about 86 miles away, but the view we saw was still spectacular! Unfortunately I dropped my camera on the ground yesterday and the lens won't stay on, so I was trying to hold the lens on while taking these pictures (and I forgot my tripod in WI), so they are a little blurry. Justin also had a little trouble taking video of it, so we only have these blurry pictures to remember this event. It would be awesome to be able to see it again- maybe next year??? But it just might have been a once in a lifetime for us!

Just after launch, it lit up the whole sky!

You can see how the shuttle was lit up by the sun,
passed through the shadow of Earth and back into
the sunlight... pretty cool!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all our family and friends!

Fun in Florida!

We are having lots of fun down in Florida! The weather couldn't be better- 80's and sunny! Here are a couple pictures from our adventures so far...

Traveling Through Georgia

Right now we are traveling through Georgia- isn't it amazing that technology allows me to update the blog while I am traveling down the highway? Amazing!

We should arrive at our Florida destination around 6:30pm. It has been a long ride, but the kids are behaving and we are having some laughs along the way!

The weather in Nashville was warm- we were sweating walking around the zoo and it is 84 in Florida today, so we will be spending a lot of time at the pool!

We will be having a BBQ for Easter, definitely different than our WI Easters!

I hope to update with pictures over the next week!

Nashville Zoo

Red Panda


Mariah liked this guy- he even rolled over so she could
scratch his belly, like our dog does!

Feeding the Lorikeets

During our stop in Nashville, Mariah and Kaylee and I headed to the zoo, while Justin rested up for another day on the road. The zoo was small, but we saw some cool animals!