The final summer holiday weekend of the summer was a good one. We hung out in the water quite a bit, took boat rides, went geocaching when it was cooled off, made crafts, build forts from firewood, and hung out with friends.
Geocaching fun
Great friends
Craft time for the kids
The boys doing what boys do
The girls building forts with fire wood
It’s been many years since I have been able to hang out with the Hollahan’s two weeks in a row 🙂 We made it happen this summer and had them up at the cabin followed by a visit to Lake Sarah the following weekend. Everyone had a blast!
On the way home from Lake Sarah we visited the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum which both Carolyn and Elizabeth were very excited about.
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The boys are back!
At Dave’s hanging out
The girls having fun on a pontoon ride
Anniversary weekend for Marc and Genell
Enjoying time with the kids
Happy Moms
A great day in the sun
A visit to the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum (many pictures in the Lake Sarah link above)
Today is Carolyn’s birthday and so we had her family over including everyone’s favorite, little Ruby. We also spent a night camping in our new camper. Since we were camping locally we had visitors including my parents and Dan, LeAnn, and Murphy which was a lot of fun 🙂
A nice evening at the park
Elizabeth and little Ruby in her wagon
Birthday girl helping me out with dinner
Good old fashion teeter totter
A couple geocaching finds
A few weeks ago we had the Lenzen family up at the lake (minus Vivian) for some summertime fun.
The weekend crew
Having fun on the dock during sunset
Mom and Dad relaxing during sunset
The girls…
The boys…
I love this picture 🙂
We spent wonderful week up at the cabin with the family. The weather could not have been better!! As usual, the kids all had fun playing and there was a lot of tubing behind the new Netzinger boat, we went to the local parade, visited a county fair, made smores, drifted around on tubes, went on a horse pulled carriage ride, launched model rockets, visited the some historical sites, maintained our GeoCache, went fishing, visited “Florida Point”, went on many pontoon trips, and hung out with friends.
A picture with great Gma and Gpa after launching model rockets
Yummy
Big Joe pulling the boys
Carolyn managed very well with her bad foot
After the parade
Fun times in town with the carriage ride
Shane and Nicky’s new boat
Where’s the candy?
At the GeoCache
The good old Tilt-o-whirl
Ready for fireworks
Last weekend I had asked the kids to name a few places they would like to visit in the upcoming week. Elizabeth responded, “Georgia”. I thought this was kind of funny because I was already going to be there for work but agreed knowing that there is plenty to do in the Atlanta area. So, Carolyn and the kids flew down on Thursday evening to join me. They had a little adventure going through Milwaukee to get there and when they landed there were some pretty ugly storms approaching. It made for an interesting arrival but we got them safely to the hotel.
On Friday we went to the Atlanta Aquarium, followed by the World of Coke, and finally a CNN tour. We enjoyed all of them. The Aquarium was my favorite and of course the kids REALLY liked tasting all of the soda flavors available at the end of the Coke visit. The most disgusting flavor was from Italy – ick!!
We started Saturday with the Waffle House and went to Zoo Atlanta. This was Carolyn’s favorite visit as we watched various monkeys and gorillas. In addition, we saw elephants, zebras, and giraffes. We were only about 20% through the zoo when Carolyn took a bad step and hurt her foot. This abruptly ended our zoo tour and our trip. After picking up some crutches and getting help from the airport courtesy people we made it home safely and were able to get Carolyn settled in. Good memories for the kids and a interesting story with the foot 🙂
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The aquarium is amazing!
This exhibit reminded me of Hawaii. It was fun to point out all the fish we had seen when snorkeling last fall
Joey loved all the living creatures that he could touch
The kids were crabby when they saw the crabs…
The Coke Bear
With one of the London Olympic Torches
The next generation of news anchors?
We ended the day with a purchase of some new t-shirts and a swim at the hotel pool
On Saturday we went to Zoo Atlanta
The zoo was wonderful!
This guy had something stuck in his teeth. Crazy tongue action
The last picture of Carolyn on her own two feet 🙁
Carolyn at home on Sunday with a hurting foot
Nix and Jenny were married this past weekend in a beautiful setting in the caves located in downtown Stillwater. We are all very excited to have Jenny in our family. Lots of fun with friends and family. Sunday was a little rough 🙂 Enjoy your honeymoon!!
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Proud parents
It has been a long time since the four of us brothers have been together
The girls with the Groom
The boys with the Groom
Joey found some pirates!
Wolfpack!
We enjoyed our first trip to the cabin for the summer. We caught up with friends, went fishing, put the dock in, checked out our geocache, ate smores, and hung out.
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A blue sky
Elizabeth enjoying the swing
Joey and I were out in the rowboat
Getting ready to put the dock in
A family event!
Spring Concert – 2013, originally uploaded by Woldfamily.net.
We joined the Netzinger family and friends at their annual first camping trip of the year. We had not been on this trip since 2009. I went early on Friday afternoon to setup the camper and then picked up Carolyn and the kids after school to avoid setting up in the rain.
We enjoyed Friday night and most of Saturday but it was certainly muddy especially after all the rain on Saturday morning. The time with friends and family was great and the kids all had a great time together. A little (or a lot) of mud never killed anyone 🙂 I hope to join the crew again next year.
Playing at the park
Chloe and Broady’s first Geocache
A little rain while I prepare breakfast
