Wisconsin Love

We went to Wisconsin last weekend to spend time with Mom and Dad.  We also went that weekend because Sat night Matt and I went to the Twenty One Pilots concert in Milwaukee, which was his Father's Day gift from me this year.  The concert was on the SummerFest grounds, so as luck would have it we were able to enjoy German Fest before and after the awesome concert.  It was such a fun night!  Thanks to Mom and Dad for babysitting the kids for our date night.  Sunday we took a day trip to Sheboygan to visit the Bookworm Gardens that Mom had heard about, and to go to the beautiful Sheboygan beach for a bit.  Love summer, love WI!

She's phasing out of naps, so sometimes we find her asleep in unusual places.  This was on a weekday this past week.

Mom and Dad's yard in WI is just gorgeous, especially this time of year.  Their backyard is perfect for outdoor entertaining.

Checking out the pond is always first on the agenda.

Checkers with Grandpa

Going to the park and the dog park

Climbing the big sledding hill

It was hot!

While Grandpa took Luke swimming next door and Claire napped, Matt and I chilled under the pergola with a beer.  Nice!

Super yummy al fresco dinner

Enjoying some German beer at German Fest and walking around the lake.  It was a perfect night!

After one little beer going down so easily, we just went for the commemorative beer stein.  

The concert was amazing, and then there were fire works!

Late night German eats are yummy

Bookworm Gardens is a garden that is made up of scenes from well-loved children's stories made out of plants and flowers.  It was so neat!

The amount of cute little chairs in this place...so cute!

From Peter Rabbit

Butterfly garden

Making a fairy village out of shells and sticks and rocks.

 

Tea set

Pooh's tree home

Took our lunch to the lakeshore

Luke's last baseball game on Tuesday - with his friend Jack - participation trophy:)

Lake Forest Day carnival that same night

Mikey

Jack and Luke

The next morning, we had two sleepy snugglers in our bed

And one on the floor!

Matt walked in the Lake Forest Day parade for Baird & Warner and the kids wanted to walk with him, aren't they so cute?  They loved handing out the free keychains and fruit snacks. 

I took my team out for a summer outing to Top Golf on Friday afternoon.

John and Jill, two of my team members, enjoying the lovely afternoon.