Everyone Loves The Racine Parade

Hey look, here comes the parade!

Hey, forget the parade, look at the camera.

OK, hold everything, here come the Stormtroopers!

Happy 3rd of July

When we go to Wisconsin for the 4th of July, the holiday lasts for a lot longer than one day. We had a waterpark and fireworks on the 3rd, parties on the 4th and THE parade on the 5th. Not a bad way to spend Independence Day :-)

Cooper's first time down the big slide!

Cob County, USA

NoJoe's first ear of corn. Under no condition did he want any help with this one.

Reaching Out To Our Friends

Close Encounter

Here's looking at you, kid.

Boys Having Fun

At the Chuck E. Cheese, boys like to go fast. Sometimes it's on a roller coaster...

... sometimes it's cruising with a large rodent.

Casanolan

Our little Casanova

Haulin' House

Well, we finally decided to do something about that eyesore across the street from us :-)

Actually, back in mid-July one of our neighbors donated her house to Builders of Hope (for some reason I can't get www.buildersofhope.org to load for me here at the beach) and they moved it bright and early on a Saturday morning (6am, for those of you keeping track at home...). As is customary in this sort of situation, the neighbors directly across the street (us) provided mimosas and Krispy Kremes :-)

Although it might not look like it in this picture, Cooper literally jumped out of bed at 5:45am when told that the first of the trucks had arrived - he was VERY excited.