Rustic Woods Campground

We spent the last two nights at Rustic Campgrounds in Waupaca, WI to celebrate Aunt Toni's birthday! We had so much fun hanging out with Aunt Toni's friends and just relaxing in the pool. The pool was very exciting for us because it was the first time Sawyer let go of us while in the water and swam all by himself! Once he gained confidence in himself it was hard to get him out of the water - WAY TO GO SAWYER! Mason's big event for the weekend was falling out of the camper; yes you read that right. Papa and MieMie went into the camper to go to bed with the boys while Tom and I stayed around the campfire with the rest of the boys. All of a sudden I heard a loud noise coming from the direction of the camper so I turned around to see what all the commotion was about. Then I saw a big lump on the ground that then started to move. I couldn't believe I ran to the camper and picked Mason up off the ground. He had rolled right out of the end of the camper. We are so thankful that he was not hurt and settled down fairly quickly. The next morning we looked closer at where he fell out and we estimated that he fell 4 1/2 feet. We also learned about a new game called "Find It" from Todd and Mary. The whole weekend we really wanted to find the penny inside and finally Todd found it!

Golfing Lessons by Sawyer

Our cousin will be getting married this summer (Brian & Jessica) and the day before the wedding they are going to be having a golfing tournament for whoever wants to join. My mom decided that she would really like to do this so we hit the links today to teach Mie Mie and Papa how to golf!

Mason's Present from Papa and MieMie

After Mom's race today Papa and MieMie came over and brought Mason's Birthday present!

It was a big production on how they got the HUGE present over to our house!


Papa even did wrapped the present all by himself; can you tell?!


We had one moment of sadness when the box hit Mason in the eye but all was well after Papa gave him a hug.


THANK YOU Papa and MieMie for my own chair!

Canal Days 10K

Today I completed my first 10K (6.2 miles) and finished in 01:07:04! I have been having some knee trouble so I am really proud of myself for finishing this race. Jenny Kinzler and Sarah Kravick also ran with me. It was also pretty cool to see my own personal cheering section at the end of our street cheering me on. Thank You Hubby, Sawyer, Mason, Carter, Mom and Dad for being there and cheering me on!

Rainbows Awards Night

For the past 8 months Sawyer has participated in the Rainbows Club at the Crosspoint Assembly of God church. Every week he looked forward to going and always proud to wear his Rainbows shirt. His teachers were Miss Donna Smalley and Miss Shari Meyer. At awards night he was presented with 7 badges that he had comleted! Class Moto: "We are helpers" Verse: "We are...helpers" 2 Corinthians 1:24 Mice (Helpers) Badge: "We are...helpers" 2 Corinthians 1:24 - I can be God's helper. Owls (The Bible) Badge: "I have hidden your word in my heart" Psalm 119:11 - The Bible is God's Word. Tigers (Wonderfully Made) Badge: "I am ...wonderfully made" Psalm 139:14 - God made me wonderful. Turkeys (Thanking) Badge: "Give thanks to the Lord" Psalm 107:1 - I can say, "Thank You." Zebras (To Be Like Jesus) Badge: "Jesus...went around doing good" Acts 10:38 - I want to be like Jesus. Butterflies (Forgiveness) Badge: "God forgave all our sins" Colossians 2:13 - Jesus forgives. Camels (God's Gift) Badge: "Thanks be to God for his...gift" 2 Corinthians 9:15 - Jesus is God's greatest gift.

Mason's 2nd Birthday!

Dear Mason, Happy 2nd Birthday!!! We are so blessed to have you as part of our family. Your personality is one that brings balance to this family. You don't say much but you say a lot with your expressions! We already know that you will be the class clown because you are able to make everyone around you laugh. You are also one that lives life at your own pace. We are pretty sure your first sentence will be "Come on Mason", "This way Mason" or "Let's Go Mason" because that is what you hear from us quite a bit. You always seem to be doing your own thing and discovering things on your own time. We love it! You gently remind us that there is always time to stop when we are running late to watch the ant cross the sidewalk, take notice of the fly on the window or take the longer way to make sure we walk in the puddle. We love you dearly Mason and thank you for teaching us so much in just two years. Love ~ Mom

We started your birthday celebration a couple of days early (May 26th) so that you could open your present over the weekend since Daddy had to work on your birthday.

We got you a Strider bike! It's a bike with no pedals so that you learn how to balance first before peddaling. You are always trying to get on Sawyer's bike so we knew you would love it!

You jumped right on and took off!

The morning you woke up and turned "2" you were not happy that I wanted to take your picture before I got your cup of milk.

Once your got your milk and greek yogurt with berries you were much more happy and willing to let me take your picture!

Apparently turning 2 is very hard work!

We went to Daddy's work to eat your birthday cake with him. All of Daddy's friends at work even sang "Happy Birthday" to you!

Now it's time to dish up and dig in unless of course you are the birthday boy then you can .....

eat your seconds right out of the box!!! Your words at 2 years: 1) Mom 2) Down 3) Cup 4) More 5) No 6) Papa 7) MieMie 8) Ride 9) Cookie 10) I'm Done 11) Carter 12) Gone 13) Poop 14) Pee 15) Tractor 16) Baby 17) Shhh 18) Shoe 19) Sock 20) Ball 21) Yup 22) Uh-Ah 23) Why 24) Outside 25) Bye 26) Dog 27) Out 28) Cheese 29) Duck 30) Cow 31) Up 32) Hi 33) Lock 34) Apple 35) Chip 36) Cop 37) Hot 38) Hotdog 39) Popcorn 40) Stuck 41) Truck 42) Moo 42) Daddy 43) Juice 44) Tree 45) Woof Woof 46) Bike 47) Ouch 48) Train

The Hilger's in WI

Our friends, Dave and Jenna, came to visit us (May 22nd - 26th)! We did not have anything big planned while they were here but highly enjoyed doing "life" together. They stayed at Mothermae's B&B (the apartment attached to my parent's house) and then hung out with us during the day.

Dave just completed his schooling for RN and fixed Mason right up when he randomly got a bloody nose.

It was a lot of fun just relaxing, hanging out and playing games together.

Sawyer came to Dave's rescue when he needed his back to be cracked.

We did venture out to the Dells to eat breakfast at Paul Bunyan's, played at a park and played miniature golf together. It was Mason's first time golfing!

We also got our fire pit going but once we all got settled in it started to rain; so we made s'mores inside! The morning that they left we all went to the Farmer's Market in Madison and to Hilldale Mall to find Dave some new shoes (he really needed them).

It was a wonderful time just being together and catching up. Thank you Dave & Jenna for making the trip up to see us!