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| Captain Doodles. |
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| First apples ever on our little apple tree |
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| Giant strawberry. |
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| Elly's rental cello. She starts orchestra at school in the fall! |
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| Beach day on the Wisconsin River to beat the heat on a super hot day |
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| Sand castle demolition. |
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| Eating cupcakes in a hole. |
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| Too much Doodles |
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| Elly asked for another bucket. |
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| Floating down river. |
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| Crossing the hot, sandy desert on the way home. |
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| Eating at Rookies right before it closed down. |
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| Lunch at the Thirsty Goat |
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| Team Yellow takes on team Green in a battle between 2 undefeated teams! |
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| Nathan waves to the crowd as he rounds third. |
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| Smoke from the Canadian forest fires. We headed North early to get away. |
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| Lunch in Rhinelander. |
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| Boat shopping in Rhinelander. |
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| Elly practicing her walking-on-water superpower |
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| Simon says on the dock |
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| The last thing you see before getting slammed by a flying Ellybear... |
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| Dock wrestling. And dragonfly photobomb. |
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| This was a game called 'jump off the dock and try to land on daddy' |
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| Fourth of July festivities (on June 30th) at Rondele Ranch |
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| Making paper airplanes |
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| Test flight of paper airplanes |
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| Hodag. |
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| Eating some tacos. |
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| Posing with the Hodag |
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| Ice cream treats |
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| Just chillin' in a barrel |
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| Yay! A rusty tractor! |
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| When you forget to bring stuff to play with, you make a ball out of an empty cotton candy bag.... |
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| And play catch with a KN95 mask |
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| And do cartwheels |
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| Rolling down a hill |
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| Crash! |
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| Finally time for fireworks! |
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| Roller skating around the garage. |
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| Hey! We bought a boat! |
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| Doodles likes his marshmallows blackened. |
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| Maggie, one of the neighbor dogs likes to visit us for lots of lovin' |
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| .... and really wanted to stay for dinner. |
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| Nathan working on biking without training wheels |
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| We didn't have much, but Elly did her best to decorate the new boat for the boat parade |
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| Waiting for the boat parade to get going. |
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| Some people put a lot of planning into the boat parade.... |
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| ....and they sometimes throw candy, toys, and popsicles in the boat parade... |
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| First time tubing behind the new boat |
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| The kids made scary clown masks for some reason... |
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| Paddlin' with Papa |
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| Checking out the stream that flows into the W. Horsehead Lake |
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| Paddling around the far end of the lake |
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| Elly 'tubing' to the stream |
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| Playing catch |
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| Doing some snorkeling |
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| After 'dock wrestling' and 'jump on daddy' we played a lot of 'Simon says on a tube' |
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| One way to eat an ice cream cone... |
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| Elly and Nathan tubing |
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| More Simon says on a tube and dragonfly photobombs |
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| Finishing up Simon says as the rain clouds roll in |
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| Loon. |
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| "OK" |
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| Deck soccer was another popular game |
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| Roasting hot dogs for lunch. |
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| Nathan driving the new boat |
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| Sparkler time! |
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| Jumping in the lake. |
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| Feeding the goats at the Safari Park Zoo |
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| Enjoying the bunny experience |
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| Staring contest |
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| Ha ha. I win. |
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| Fun Fact: We learned that giraffes have a blue tongue so it doesn't get sun burn |
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| Elly's goal seemed to be finding a parakeet that wanted a hug and she finally found one. |
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| Taking turns going for ride? |
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| Dino dig! |
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| Ummm... that's the wrong restroom maaaa'aaam |
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| This little goat really like head scratches |
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| Exit through the gift shop! |
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| Hedgehog and snake souvenirs... |
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| I think this is against the rules of knock hockey.... |
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| Nathan posing with the first fish caught by mommy in our lake |
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| Mining. |
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| Saying hi to a painted turtle in our backyard |
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| Elly working on a map so she wouldn't get lost when biking with papa |
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| Elly's surprisingly accurate map... |
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| Scrabble. |
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| Tower building. |
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| Nathan very proud of his castle. |
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| More deck soccer action. |
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| How much blacker could this marshmallow be? None blacker. |
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| Going for one last cruise in the boat before we had to head home. |
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| Elly's swim meet in Mazomanie. Nathan made Zelda stuff. |
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| Doodles. |
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| Elly ready for the 50 back. |
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| Elly had some good swims and 2 heat winners! |
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| Hanging out in the tent village |
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| First visit to the Madison Children's Museum in a long time. Trying out the gerbil wheel. |
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| Blueberry pie. |
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| Learning about the 'old days' |
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| Building a sailboat |
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| Trying out sailboats on a converted air hockey table |
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| Nap time |
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| Checking out a favorite area from back in the day |
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| Good to know they had fire extinguishers in the time of Little House on the Prairie. Safety first. |
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| We found a new way to get to the roof |
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| Looking across to the parking garage to make sure our car is still there. Also, the kids really wanted to park on the roof of the parking garage... |
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| Picking out their favorite door knobs.... |
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| Back down from the roof. |
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| It happened to be Art Fair on the Square so we checked it out and had Arepas from a food cart. |
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| Elly practicing handstands for gymnastics |
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| Two years ago vs. now. Nathan's hair looks exactly the same.... |
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| Elly's first time feeding the giraffes |
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