We spent the first week of August in Wisconsin visiting the Dums family. We had great weather (in what has otherwise been a rainy and cold Wisconsin summer) and had a wonderful time playing with everyone!
Nicholas on the shore of Lake Superior in the U.P. of Michigan.
Lake Superior
Lily, Donovan, Nicholas, and Doug - in front of the metal dinosaur. This place had lots of really cool sculptures that were welded together out of scrap metal.
Chris was home with us for the first weekend and we took all of the kids canoeing down the Namekagon River.
Donovan, Nicholas, and Chris
We took two boating trips to Lake Superior. The first was a fishing trip
where we caught a bunch of small bluegills and perch - and one
bullhead.
Grandpa, Lily, and Donovan
Chris
Donovan and Nicholas
Grandma
Doug and a big one.
The most "exciting" part of our trip was when I turned around and noticed that Nicholas no longer had the fishing rod he was using (a small rod that Chris was given when he was a little boy). It turned out that the rod had accidentally dropped into the lake and Nicholas was too nervous to tell us about it. So, we got to work looking for it. Dad dove in multiple times to try to locate it. Chris hooked up a different rod with a treble hook and fortunately caught the rod/line (and a bullhead)!
Grandpa showing Donovan and Lily the bullhead.
Our trips to Wisconsin are always full of "parties" and fun times together. Mom and Dad hosted the larger Dums family at their house over the weekend, Grandpa took all of us out to dinner at the Ranch Supper Club, Donovan and Sarah invited us over for a late night checking out all of the progress that they have made on their home, Sarah's parents invited us out to to their home to play in the lake and visit their puppies (the cutest golden retriever puppies ever), and Ray and Malu had a great campfire, dessert, and firework party. I don't have as many pictures as I would like, but those below capture some of the fun.
Malu and Doug
The boys (Hael, Neel, and Nicholas) running to meet Great Grandpa.
Lily and Cocoa
Great Grandpa taking the five great grandchildren for a ride.
Nicholas, Neel, and Great Grandpa.
Hael
Neel and Nicholas - great buddies!!
Great Grandpa and Grandpa
Cute one... : ) Donovan and Sarah.
Lily, Hael, Donovan, Nicholas, and Neel.
No trip to Wisconsin is complete without fireworks.
Doug and Ray in a battle of flames.
Ray, Lily, Aricca, and Neel - sitting around the campfire at Ray and Malu's house.
Great Grandpa and Nicholas, Hael, Lily, Donovan, and Neel
More fireworks!
In addition to our fishing trip on Lake Superior, we also took a ride
over to Long Island. The island was deserted of people, and it was as
beautiful as always.
We completed our trip with a trip to the "beauty parlor" where Lily got
her first big-girl hair cut. She was so relaxed that we think she fell
asleep part way through.
On our final night in Wisconsin we lit off several of the floating
lanterns that Chris had brought for the kids. The first one floated VERY
high and we lost sight of it about a mile or so north of us (we're
pretty certain that the flame had extinguished before it allowed the
lantern to descend). We attached the next lanterns to a fishing line and
kept them nearby!
We had a great trip! As usual, it was much too short. For more pictures, click on this link or see the slideshow below.
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