Caleb and Mikaya having breakfast
The boys loading up for the busy day ahead :)
Mikaya sporting Jesse's hat
Baby Josiah being his sweet, sweet self
Throwing around a football at a campground
The famous jumping picture
Enjoying the big jumping balloon
We went to the Mall of America.
The Lego world was really neat though. I can't imagine how much time it would have taken to make these things.
We're still working on our scavenger hunt.
Mark and Caleb wearing off some pent up energy. I forget what this game is called. Denyse can you help me?
Sisters enjoying quality and quanitity time together.
Here's what we are traveling in. Jennifer, Megan and Kerri sleep in the van while the rest of us squeeze into the camper.
Wearing off more energy (have I mentioned that before:)
There were 2 turtles at one of the campgrounds laying eggs. It was fasinating to see and we wished we could see them hatch. We plan on studying up on turtles to see how they dig that hole?!?!?
Happy Traveler
Lots of reading.
Well our travels are going quite well. We have made it to Hixton,Wisconsin.
We haven't been pushing it real hard which is nice just coming out of our busy farm season of seeding and spraying. We haven't had a real agenda except to make it to Tennessee in time to get lots of visiting in. Josiah has been an amazing traveler as we have hardly heard a squeak out of him.
Our first night was a little rough. There was much thunder, lightening and wind. Brooke wasn't feeling well so was unsettled. Nathan was having issues with Caleb in his sleep (not sure what he did to him?)
We are hoping tonight will be better. I am not used to hearing every little noise of our kids. We are in very close quarters here, so I will have to get used to it :)
Today we visited the mall of america. The boys really enjoyed the Lego park and the little girls the "American Girl" store. We were hoping to go to the Aquarium but when we saw the cost we realized that wasn't going to happen:)
Tonight we enjoyed some relaxing family time together. We got a nice deal at this campground and we are enjoying it. They have a big jumping balloon which was a hit! In the morning there is an all you can eat pancake breakfast for a small fee.
Tomorrow we plan to head to Illinois.
So I should get some sleep as the kids will probably be up bright and early as that's what camping seems to be all about!
I hope you are enjoying your summer too!
The last few days have been very busy as we have been getting ready for HOLIDAYS! We are very thankful for Joshua and Rebecca who are keeping the farm running while we are gone. Without them we would not be able to get away. Thank you so much guys :)
Mark is just finishing up some last minute farm stuff and then we're heading south to visit our dear friends the Munck's.
This will be the longest road trip we have ever taken.
So if you have any traveling tips for us we would love to hear them :)
Oh and we are planning a scavenger hunt (of things we see). Could you help us out? What should we add to our list?
We hope to give you some updates along the way, so until then......
Our family took a vote of all your caption suggestions for this contest. It was a tough decision as there were so many great & creative ideas! We ended up having a tie, so we had to draw between two names to find out the winner.
Harry and Nancy Pauls YOU ARE THE WINNER!!!! with this caption....
This is the easy part, the spin cycle was tough!
Jim Hildebrand was the runner up with this caption...
Sorry mom, I won't do it again!
Thank you to everyone who participated and made this so much fun.
