Backyard Neighbors

When we purchased this house we were under the impression that we were not going to have any back yard neighbors. Well, we were wrong. Apparently during the winter we did not notice them as often, but we’ve discovered that we have some regular visitors. We’ve enjoyed the intrusion, they are only about 100 feet from our back door.

About 3 to 4 nights a week we see our neighborhood watchman (a wild turkey) cross the street and head into the woods returning home from a long days worth of work.

Pewaukee Lake

We were invited to go out on Pewaukee Lake with some friends of ours. We had an amazing time on the beautiful lake. Benjamin cried when we had to leave and we can’t wait to go back out. Everyone but Hailee had a blast – she was not a fan of the life jacket.

We have become fans of Pewaukee Lake. Every Thursday they have a free water skiing show in the summer. We attended our first show this last Thursday. It was cute, fun, and a little quirky but we had a blast. We were impressed with talent of these athletes.

Summer Time!

So it’s the start of the Summer here in Wisconsin! We are making every effort to enjoy the beautiful weather and scenery here. Mitzi and I decided that if we are going to be here, we better learn and enjoy what the Midwest has to offer our family.

At the end of May, we attended the “Chocolate Fest”. It was a quaint little festival/fair located in a tiny town of Burlington Wisconsin. There was chocolate of course, lots of fair rides, the booths of junk where people are trying to get you to buy the things no one needs, and of course - fried food. We decided to go the night they had fireworks planned. I have to admit, we were impressed with the firework show. It was over 20 minutes long, we had great seats, and it wasn’t crowded at all.

Benjamin doing Pull Up's with the Marines.
Abby on the loose!Benjamin on the Loose!

The Amazing Fireworks!

The Jedi Knights Praticing

Where have I been?

I am asking you... Oh how time flies and you would think that with sooo much going on, I would have kept up with this... But no, I didn't. Now the question is, can I get it started again. I hope so. I just noticed today that I have hit over 5,000 page views since I added the counter - Soo sorry I have been silent for so long.

Our Little Girl

Mitzi took this picture of little Hailee Jo! Enjoy!

Our First Visitor – Aunt Kris and Grandpa Bergener

Last night Benjamin had a surprise knock at the front door. It was Kristina! He was soo thrilled to see Kris and Grandpa Bergener. Aunt Kris was visiting some doctors in Ohio and decided to drive over 400 miles (because it was soo much closer than the 1500 miles) to see our family! What a great treat this was for all! The sad thing is, they have to leave Sunday morning to go back because Aunt Kris has some additional appointments Monday morning in Ohio.

Due to the short amount of time we had with them, the only thing we could think of to do was to take them to the Zoo as we had purchased an annual family pass last week. It was fun to spend this time with family.

Sunday morning will be hard, but we are enjoying our time now with them!

Zooper Fun Day!

This last weekend, Milwaukee had a "free admission zoo" day. As you may be aware, if we perceive something as a good deal – we go for it! The weather was amazing, the kids were wonderful, the zoo was busy but not to the point to where you say to your spouse “If we don’t leave here in 5 minutes; I am going to lose it” situation. The animals were active and playful. We had fun seeing a “new zoo” as we’ve never been to this one before and did I mention it was free? Just checking…

And of course, we did bring the camera.