Wisconsin 2013 Fun - Week 3

Ah, yes... fresh blueberries! YUMMY! I've been watching the berry patches for weeks waiting for the berries to rippen - and oh what a treat! The kids love them too!

 

 

Well, without any "official" items to celebrate this past week, it was as quiet as it can be with a 1 year old and 3 year old! We are filling our days with all kinds of fun activities.



 

Lukkas is quite the flower man! He loves to go around and smell Grandma's flowers. Grandpa let Lukkas pick a flower one afternoon - so now he thinks he can pick all the pretty flowers!

 

 

We've had tractor rides and

 

 

boat rides.

 

 

(Hey - a little help- I can't see where I'm going!)

 

Big McKenzie Lake boat ride

Grandma stayed with the kids while they napped and Leif and I went fishing with Grandpa - we caught 25 fish (mostly blue gills) and had a yummy dinner the next night.  Leinna enjoyed the boat ride as long as Lukkas didn't try to drive.  Lukkas- he wasn't a fan of the boat.  So strange, because he loves the tractor rides and 4-wheeler.  Maybe he just doesn't like the life jacket?!

 





He was certainly much happier on shore crawling around in the water!

 



It's been pretty warm- so we made some play dough to entertain us while we cooled off inside for a bit.

We finally took the paddle boat out for a ride.  Letting the kids do the steering meant we didn't go far and did lots of circles by the shore.  It was still fun!

We've been helping Grandpa with the chores - 

 Here Viking (left) and Jed (right) are nudging heads to see who will get the treat from Leinna. Leinna can just about tell you the name of each cow. Yes, Grandpa has named the cows! I sure am enjoying the cows too!
 

 The kids love watching the cows and I think if Lukkas could figure out a way to get into the pen with them, he would be so delighted!

 

Grandpa making whistling sounds with a blade of grass had Lukkas laughing for awhile!
Just love the simple ways of enjoying the summer!

 

As we head into our last week in Wisconsin, we hope to go fishing again, play another round of golf and of course go swimming each day. We sure have enjoyed the warm, sunny weather and time spent with our family.   We head back to Alaska on Sunday, July 21st - praying for a better flight with Lukkas - we'll see.  We'll spend 3 or 4 days with Leif's parents in Fairbanks and then head home.  It's going to be hard to say good bye, but as we are starting to get emails about new teacher paperwork and start of the new school year, its time for us to make our way home and get settled into our new place and establish our routines! I'm so thankful for this time we were able to spend in Wisconsin.