Lately he's been cooperating with the camera. He gives me these 'cheesie' grins while saying CHEESE!
Friday, August 28, 2009
A few more of Uni
Here are a few more good photos of camp.
Lately he's been cooperating with the camera. He gives me these 'cheesie' grins while saying CHEESE!
Lately he's been cooperating with the camera. He gives me these 'cheesie' grins while saying CHEESE!
Camp Uni
This past weekend we went camping at Camp U-Nah-Li-Ya, the Green Bay YMCA resident camp in Suring, WI, about an hour northwest from home. The weather was chilly in the mornings, but the sun came out in the afternoons. We stayed in a 20 person cabin, just the 3 of us. We were ready to cook our meals over the fire, but no need, we were invited to join the St Norbert College RA's that were also at camp for a retreat for the meals in the mess hall. Gotta love that camp food, and Brennan and Murphy enjoyed all the attention they each got from the students.
One of the many hikes we went on. Camp is located in the Nicolet Forest. On one of the hikes I was noticing tracks. 'Oh look at the deer tracks....and then a few steps away- do you think those are dog tracks?......' Adam responded with, 'where are the people tracks then?.....' so we took a few more steps and then I said let turn around and do our hiking on the camp property.' Not like there couldn't be large wild animals on camp property, but then the staff might have a better chance of finding us if we had not returned.
We went on a paddle boat and canoe ride. I wish we could have gone swimming and played in the sand though.
At least I got to go swimming! I am offically part of the Polar Bear Club, I even have a patch. The water was nice, the air was the killer.
He likes his slides. He's getting more comfortable with going down on his butt and back, but he sits down about a foot from the top of the slide and shimmies over or we give him a little tug. It was pretty chilly this morning- if you hadn't noticed the color of his hands.
This is what one looks like after a long weekend at camp. He'll have a blast when he's here on his own.
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One of the many hikes we went on. Camp is located in the Nicolet Forest. On one of the hikes I was noticing tracks. 'Oh look at the deer tracks....and then a few steps away- do you think those are dog tracks?......' Adam responded with, 'where are the people tracks then?.....' so we took a few more steps and then I said let turn around and do our hiking on the camp property.' Not like there couldn't be large wild animals on camp property, but then the staff might have a better chance of finding us if we had not returned.
We went on a paddle boat and canoe ride. I wish we could have gone swimming and played in the sand though.
At least I got to go swimming! I am offically part of the Polar Bear Club, I even have a patch. The water was nice, the air was the killer.
He likes his slides. He's getting more comfortable with going down on his butt and back, but he sits down about a foot from the top of the slide and shimmies over or we give him a little tug. It was pretty chilly this morning- if you hadn't noticed the color of his hands.
This is what one looks like after a long weekend at camp. He'll have a blast when he's here on his own.Thursday, August 13, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Bay Beach
The city of Green Bay has a nice city park with amusement rides etc. This park as been around for a long time, the last time I was here, but probably 18 years ago. But I have fond memories of the place, so we thought it would be fun to go there while Joe was visiting. I convinced Dad and Deb to come up for the day (they thought they would be hanging out with just us). We had fun on the rides and then had a nice picnic lunch. Brennans favorite was the Giant Slide, there was almost tears when we had to walk away after multiple trips down.
The city of Green Bay has a nice city park with amusement rides etc. This park as been around for a long time, the last time I was here, but probably 18 years ago. But I have fond memories of the place, so we thought it would be fun to go there while Joe was visiting. I convinced Dad and Deb to come up for the day (they thought they would be hanging out with just us). We had fun on the rides and then had a nice picnic lunch. Brennans favorite was the Giant Slide, there was almost tears when we had to walk away after multiple trips down.
Happy Birthday Dad
My dad turned 60 last week. He decided the have dinner at Curly's Pub at Lambeau Field. So we had some of the family come up and we spent a little time at the house and then headed over to Lambeau. What's a milestone birthday without both your kids there to help you celebrate. My brother Joe and his girlfriend Suz made the trip and we surprised dad. It was great. We actually brought tears to his eyes he was so happy/excited/suprised/shocked that Joe was there. We see them about twice a year, the time together is always great, but goes too fast.
Vacation
Adam had the week off, and I worked half days (when working a half days means you are done by 8am, why not work...). We had a great time hanging out in Green Bay having some quality family time. We did lots of stuff; household things that needed to be done- shampooing the carpets, cleaning the cars and then fun stuff like swimming a handful of times, dinner and a movie, golf and ice cream, the zoo, bike rides, and playing around the house.
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