Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Spring Ends. Summer Begins.

 

We had a little hail storm














Boba at Yummee!

Monkeys.

Blossom enjoying a nice puddle at the dog park.

Elly on a shelf.


Nathan making himself a snack.






Elly taking on a new chore.


Playing up on the hill.


Sushi at the Co-op

Some weirdo peakin in our windows

Yard bros weeding the rock wall while Blossom makes a nest in their weed pile below.

Relaxing after all that hard work

Back to weeding the next morning before school

More sushi!

Watching a thunderstorm 

Hiding from a thunderstorm. 



Working with some clay


Doing the Ice Age Trail Alliance scavenger hunt at Trout Days


Kenducky Derby



Blossom got a pretty necklace 



Climbing at the dog park

Elly demonstrating how to do the hurdle

Blossom said I can do that



Felly's to pick out hanging baskets for mother's day






Elly made personalized cupcakes for their friends' birthdays



Park Prowl 2026! Nathan ran the most laps in his class.




We got the dock in. The water was freezing.

Blossom casually snuggling with Elly's Croc after stealing it from her.


Testing out the new zipline 



"You can't see me. I'm behind this pole."

More zipline action

Opening some mother's day gifts.

Fancy charcuterie spread

Blossom barking at Elly in a wheelbarrow. 





Playing at the dog park in Rhinelander. 

Couch bros.





Doing some window washing.

When someone is ripping up your floor the next day: Floor art!!



Our new family room / dining room


Our first dinner in our new dining room




The destruction 

Elly at her spring band concert





Dumpster diving!




No sleeping in the dumpster?!?! C'mon man.

New dining room wall!



Garage kitchen. 



Nathan running the sprint at his school track meet


Relay race

Long jump




Nathan's artistic plating.

Blossom walk along the creek. 



Bros painting our mailbox post. 

Nathan is going to try out violin in orchestra next year.

Bouncy warped wall at Brat Fest











Working on some brat art.


It's brat time!



Checking out squishy toys




Waiting for the Memorial Day parade to begin!


It's Scoopie!

Culvers custard!



There is just about as much candy at the parade as Halloween


Chicken BBQ at Legion park

There was a falling down competition that broke out after lunch






A new game we play: Where's Blossom?

Where's Blossom?

Some street volleyball action


Blossom swimming away at the pond

Chippy posing for a photo

First after school swim practice of the season. Luckily for the kids it was almost 90 degrees out because the pool water is not warm this early.

The kids new job is to dry dishes after mommy washes them in the bathroom sink.

Nathan and his friends made a foosball table for the annual "Cardboard Arcade"

Testing out some new floaties 




Blossom running away with Nathan's flipper after "rescuing" it from his foot


First dinner on the deck of the summer

Evening boat cruise





Biking on the Bearskin Trail







Nathan caught a 17" walleye!

Loungin'

Blossom relaxing in one of her many holes while trying not to make eye contact

Blossom trying to "rescue" the lily pad   

Trying out the new slide







Launching little red boat for the season


Burger time 

Using up lots of old sparklers 




Where's Blossom?

S'mores time






Goin' fishin' 


We had a daddy large mouth bass aggressively defending a nest right next to our dock

Nathan's submission to the Lion's Digest, a book of writing and art by kids at his school


Our power was out from about 2am until 11:30am and when it came back on Fluffy got as close to her heat lamp as she could get.






And so it begins.... the first Stingrays meet of the year in the Dells.





What better after a long swim meet than some Big Boy?



Some mini-golf at Pirate's Cove in the Dells


It was really hot and everyone was done about halfway through the 18 holes.




Blossom getting "seasoned" (they pick a bunch of grass and weeds and throw them on her like they are seasoning her)

Elly knit little bags as gifts for her teachers

We have walls!

Last day of school countdown!!

Leaving on the last day of school

Celebrating with dinner at Remingtons

Elly learns to play the oboe

















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