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| Elly at the 4th grade track meet |
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| The official 4th grade track meet shirt that Elly co-designed. She drew the "PARK" part |
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| Dinner break in Plover on the way to the cabin for Memorial Day weekend |
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| Blossom hiding in the bike rack. Can you spot her? |
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| Checking out the new dock additions. |
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| One boat successfully launched. (After a little outing to the autoparts store to buy a new battery) |
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| Lillipad! |
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| Two minute break to dream about this being possible. |
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| Assembling the 2nd half of our new picnic table |
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| Jiu Jitsu practice |
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| Blossom walk to the boat launch. |
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| New dock with boat and canopy in place. |
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| Let the fishing begin. |
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| Fish 1 |
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| Fish 2 |
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| Fish 3 |
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| One leveled kayak rack |
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| Campfire grilled cheese for lunch. |
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| Fishing out on the boat |
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| Trying out our new ski trainer |
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| Tubing!! |
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| Blossom meets a sunfish. Fish 4 |
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| Fish 5 |
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| Fish 6 |
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| Fish 7 |
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| Fish 8 |
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| Fish 9 This and one of Nathan's walleyes were just under the legal size limit |
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| Fish 10 |
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| Fish 11 |
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| Chicken BBQ |
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| Trying our new picnic table in 'lakeview mode' |
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| S'mores time. |
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| New and exciting way to get into the boat. |
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| Fish 12 |
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| Our freshly planted American larch |
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| Fish 13 |
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| Another boat successfully launched. |
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| Retrieving a lure from a tree. |
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| Wisconsin puzzle nearly complete |
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| Assembly a wine rack and a gerbil mansion |
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| We added the top shelf, the wine rack and the swinging shelves on the right |
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| Fully loaded kayak rack |
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| Nap time on our early morning drive home to see the Memorial Day parade |
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| Waiting for the parade to begin! |
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| Parade candy. |
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| Chicken BBQ at the Legion (ours is waaaay better) |
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| Elly and Nathan competing in the egg toss. |
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| Hitting the pool on opening day. Looks cold. |
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| Nathan's kindergarten vs. 1st grade self-portraits |
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| The completed gerbil mansion |
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| Nathan wrote a book. |
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| Elly earned a stripe on her Jiu Jitsu belt! |
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| Nathan at swim practice |
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| The first game of a very rainy double header for Nathan's last 2 soccer games of the season |
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| Soggy Cheetahs! |
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| Nathan playing trumpet. Or trying to move a pencil. |
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| Elly learning some notes. |
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| Nibbles and Chicken Nugget exploring their gerbil mansion |
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| A hike on the Ice Age Trail at Swamp Lovers |
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| Stingray Kick-off Picnic 2024! We had burgers. Forgot to take more pictures. |
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| Nathan and daddy dinner out while Elly was at gymnastics. Then we picked her up, got soaked in a downpour and she ate in the car on the way to Middle School Family Night. |
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| Hanging out in the back of the field during Nathan's baseball practice. Blossom doesn't seem impressed with Elly's push-ups. |
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| Watching baseball practice from afar |
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| Nathan playing first |
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| Family quiet reading time |
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| Last day of school!! |
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| Elly dunking someone at the Creekside Scoop last day of school party. (Missed the action shot of the dunking) |
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| Nathan playing a version of cornhole that involved a lot of defense and constant tossing |
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| Who put all these rusty nails in a board by the park?!? |
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| First meet of the year. Home against Mt. Horeb |
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| Nathan in the 25 free |
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| Elly in the 50 free |
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| Nathan 25 back |
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| Just missed a shot of them hugging between swims |
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| It's official. Elly is moving on to middle school |
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| Out for a hike on Hickory Hill |
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| While Nathan plays some basketball |
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| Hike. |
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| Basketball. (He somehow made that shot) |
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| Morning Blossom walk in Baer Park |
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| Nathan's first coach-pitch baseball game |
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| The first baseman didn't know what hit him. |
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| Just trying to get a ball out of a tree with a shoe. |
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| Elly got her braces! Blue and yellow for the Stingrays colors. |
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| Blossom walk at the pond. |
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| Elly making chimichangas |
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| Swim meet in Spring Green |
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| Elly swimming fly in the medley relay |
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| Nathan getting some last minute coaching advice. |
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| And he's off. (pretty nice dive off the blocks) |
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| 25 Free |
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| Playing some Twangled between races |
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| More last minute coaching advice. |
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| Start in the 25 back |
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| Nathan waiting to cheer on his buddy and give him a present! |
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| Elly in the 100 IM |
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| Walkin' tacos. |
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| Nathan 50 free |
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| Elly in the 50 fly |
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| Nathan getting ready for his leg in the freestyle relay |
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| After the meet lunch at the Spring Green General Store |
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| Checking out Nina's Department and Variety Store in Spring Green |
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| Blossom pond walk |
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| Skipping stones |
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| Father's day trip to the river. It was VERY buggy and very muddy getting out to the sandbar. |
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| Playing some catch. |
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| One way to keep the flies from bothering Blossom |
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| We learned that Blossom can swim!! |
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| Nathan drifting away down the river. With all the rain there was a pretty good current. |
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| Elly and Nathan floating downstream. (Nathan is the glowing blonde dot to the left) |
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| Playing in 'quicksand' |
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| Nathan found a giant clam |
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| Blossom helping with the sandcastle |
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| Father's day present. With a candle. |
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| Nathan's nearly completed art present. Link and Sidon. (I usually play Sidon in 'real-life Zelda) |
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| Ribeyes for Father's day. |
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| Watching another baseball game from afar after gymnastics. (Blossom technically isn't supposed to be at Park School so we stay out by the woods) |
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| Nathan and Elly got into making balloon animals. |
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| Our street was a river. |
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| The creek was very high the next day. |
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| Blossom fell in. |
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| A little hike at Pheasant Branch |
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| Picking some wild strawberries that tasted a lot like water. |
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| Finally getting around to doing some geocaches in the CP. This one by the Ice Age Trail Alliance HQ. |
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| Cache #3 of the day. |
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| Biking home. |
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| Storyteller Nathan. |
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| The kids wore the same outfits on the first and last days of school. They both remembered exactly what they wore. |
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