First Family Camping Trip

We had our first family camping trip over the weekend with my siblings. We headed southwest to Cambria, WI (near Portage) and stayed at Deer Creek Campground. Check them out at http://www.deercreekcampground.net. We had fun...Natalie really enjoyed the experience. The picture above shows Natalie with her cousins Brett and Even trying to set-up Rodeo Golf.
My sister Ellen and sister-in-law Jesi having dinner...

Smile Jesse...

My brother John with nephews Brett and Evan singing "Hurt So Good" on Saturday night karaoke.

Hanging out around the campfire...

Natalie with her cousins Easton and Evan, playing around in the tent...

Natalie and Easton ready to head home...

Natalie and Evan swinging on the playground...

The kids...(back row from left - Evan 5, Easton 3 and Brett 6) (front row from left - Tyler 10, Natalie 2 and Lexi 14)

We survived a thunderstorm Friday night where a tree in the campground was struck by lightning. We were all able to enjoy karaoke on Saturday night. The girls sang "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" (out of key). Lee sang "Why Don't We Get Drunk" and I mentioned that John sang with Brett and Evan. It was nice to take a shower at home and sleep in my own bed on Sunday.

We were also able to get in a few baseball games as Tyler had a tournament in Portage. His team won two games and lost two games on Saturday morning and afternoon. He will know his stats if you ask. He's a walking ESPN encyclopedia of sports information.

Fourth of July 2008

We spent our Fourth of July weekend on Lake George in Rhinelander, WI. We were able to share a cabin with some friends from Kiel, WI (James, Nicole and their two-month-old 'baby Logan'). We arrived at Lake George on Wednesday night ready to enjoy our weekend. We had a great time...we were able to do some fishing, took a boat ride around the lake, saw three parades in two days, we relaxed and had a few cocktails. We also threw in a few games of Sequence along the way.

Natalie caught her first fish on Thursday...and she has quite the fish tale to tell. Her fish was "this big" and her arms stretch as far as they will go. Don't tell her I told you this, but she was afraid to touch it (she says she touched it but that would not be the truth).

Maddux also had a great time with their dogs, Sadie (Golden Lab) and Buddy. Maddux was lucky enough to enjoy the water (he only fell in once).

We came home on Saturday with lots of memories, lots of laundry and Natalie has lots of bug bites (she looks like a connect the dots picture).

Here are a few pictures from our weekend...we hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday.