Dinner out and a fire

 Dancing by the fire

 racing in the yard

 our entertainment all night

Dancing with Daddy

Meet the teacher and First Day of School

 Meet the teacher - they had their fun shirts -but not Hailey

 First day - 1st grade, 4th grade and 7th grade

 Maddie

 Kaitlyn

 At school

 With friends - Meg, Elle, Catey, Hailey, Izzy and Lily

 Kaitlyn and Colleen

 Hannah and Maddie

 Rosie, Hannah and Maddie

 Maddies class

 Ashlynn and Maddie

 Hannah, Maddie and Mylee

Lily, Keri, Meg, Elisa, Hailey, Catey, Izzy, Elle and Marin

Maddie and Friends

Maddie went to a birthday party at River Forest Country Club

Edgewood Pic

Happy 48th Anniversary Mom and Dad

 Maddie made some things for Nana and Papa

 I put their picture on a cookie cake!

 So cute!

 Maddie made this one too - she said Nana likes to do crossword puzzles

Minocqua

Minocqua - the girls favorite week of the year - lots of fun to be had with lots of kids.  I took a ton of pictures -so here are some of the random ones

Lucia, Kaitlyn and Evie

Whole crew of girls

At dinner the first night

Giant rainbow unicorn being brought to the water

Kids jumped on

Hailey, Esme, Ceci and Maddie

Hailey and Ceci went running 3x on vacation - was pretty proud of their dedication

Kris and Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn hamming it up on the Thirsty Whale

 Loving the water (pic creds to Megan on this one)

 Fun crown that got passed around

 Kaitlyn fell asleep on the boat (pic creds - Megan)

 With some of their grandkids

Ceci, Julia, Hailey, Olivia, Maddie and Esme

Parents supervising the night swimming

Kids on the raft with the lit up Thirsty behind them

Meeting Papa in town

Cant believe how much these 5 would watch on 1 little device (on the table in between the feet)

 trip to a sandbar (Banana Island) where we would anchor, swim and walk on the shallow parts).  The kids loved it

 Some of the guys would fish

 Tubing

 We had a little baby shower - I made some cookies

 Kate opening all her goodies with everyone gather round

 Hailey getting up on skis

 Hailey and Ceci

  Maddie briefly up on skis

 girls tried driving the boat - Hailey wants to get her boating license

 Annual pic at the Thirsty Whale

Pic with Nana and Papa

Hailey skiing