The Circus

Pete took me to the circus with Amaya.  I have mixed feelings about the circus.  It was amazing and fun, but on the other hand I can't imagine the life of a circus gypsy.  That would be an interesting reality show.


 There were so many awesome acts.  One of the more memorable events was the motorcycle cage.  There were two different motorcycles going around the cage and then they topped it off by having a woman stand in the middle.

 I don't have any actual pictures of the show because you weren't allowed to take pictures.  There were numerous acts with clowns and what I would considered old tom and jerry type humor acts.  There were lots of acts with ponies and dogs, and even a dog that was trained to walk on two legs.  My favorite act, which I think was also Amaya's, was the elephant.  It was wearing a black and sparkly silver outfit like the elephants from dumbo and they trained it to dance to the music.  Elephants otherwise known as "el-noses" were always one of my favorite animals growing up, along with monkeys, which were known as 'munk-a-dunks."




 To be completely honest I'm not sure who was more thrilled to ride the elephant.  I hope Amaya always remembers that we rode the elephant together.  Although it was probably one of 50 elephant rides she has had in her life.Amaya loved the circus and loved the animals.  She is so smart... Peter was surprising her about where we were going, but as soon as she smelled horsies and saw the popcorn she knew where we were.  She loves all the animals and as you can tell is absolutely not afraid of any of them.

And now for the sad, happy news.  Amaya and Pete and Sara have moved out to Washington D.C.  Of course I am excited for them and all the opportunities and fun things they will do out there, but I will miss them and especially Amaya!  Thank God for facetime :)

Out at the Lake

My favorite Destination this spring has been Devil's Lake.  It is a wonderful state park about 2.5 hours northwest of Milwaukee.  It's a simple day trip that can be planned on a whim;  It takes you away from the city just enough to forget about everything, but not too much that it empties your gas tank.  Last weekend we went out for a day.  I was very excited to be out there and in particular with an old friend from high school who I discovered also climbs.

We had a good group out there. We ran into a lot of people from the climbing gym, imagine that- they also like to go to Devil's Lake to climb.

 David brought along a rubiks cube, which unfortunately I found difficult to put down.  It's good to know that despite the 5 years that have passed since school my brain is not necessarily dumb.  I worked on the cube between climbs or while belaying....

 David has been injured so he told us that he did not bring along his harness in order to avoid the temptation of climbing and aggravating his injury.  Instead, he just hiked around and started climbing things without his harness or a rope.......Climbers are a special breed and climbing is an addicting sport.

 Greg styling up the rock:

Don't be surprised to see more of "the Lake" (as we call it) in the upcoming months.  Summer is coming and all I want to do is play outside!