Men at Work

This is my little brother Mark.... not the truck, but the guy in the truck; you can barely see his white hard hat.

Governor Dodge State Park

Despite local climbers' discouragement, Greg and I decided to head out to Governor Dodge State Park for a quick weekend break from LIFE.

Governor Dodge (located at the star) is about 2 hours and 15 minutes west of Milwaukee and absolutely beautiful. Greg told me to keep its a beauty a secret so that all the climbers don't head there, but I'm not very good at keeping secrets anways..... The park has two lakes with canoe and paddleboat rental, tons of bike trails, hiking trails and even horse trails. Apart from the regular camping it also has tons of HORSE camping. The climbing is very simple: there is only 1 small area that I know of (although I have heard there is another) and it has about 9 climbs. On Saturday we got on two of the routes with the intent to climb more on Sunday, but Sunday the bugs had taken over and claimed the area thier own; After 1 climb each we headed to the lake.

Right outside the park there was a giant Boehing C-97 signed by Farah Fawcett. It's parked in the lawn of the Donn Q Inn and I don't really know why.... I think it is simply a tourist attraction.

Of course aside from the climbing we got in the best part of camping..... Cooking dinner and roasting s'mores.

Right now I've got two loads of laundry in and am gearing up for the next trip.... I leave for Kentucky on Friday after work. :)

Roman is Gone

Roman came and left too quickly (his mom was here also:). He was a blast and I was lucky enough to spend an entire day with him while Anne was at her friend Amanda's wedding. Roman is the goofiest of the little ones. He can be a little mischievous, which he tries to cover up with a huge squint y eyed smile and a quite the socialite. He has started to talk more clearly and has two main tones that stand out... either he's yelling or the exact opposite: talking in his sweet soft high pitched little boy voice.
Reminds me of Mark.....Loves pushing around his own stroller....Cousins......Soo SILLY!
Who woulda thought sheboygan was so pretty......
The hotel that we were at had a water park, which was perfect for him. I told Anne that Roman is the bravest little boy... Anne replied "He's not even brave; he's just absolutely not afraid of anything" or something like that. Which explains how he was able to go down the water slides that some of the 5 year-olds were hesitant to go down.

With Anne and Roman gone, I am back to my busy schedule. Aside from signing on an apartment a few days ago, my newest enthusiasm is getting in shape. (The office life had been taking a hold of me.) So far I have run 3 days straight and I am joining a 'wellness' activity at work: Basically I have to walk 800,000 steps over twelve weeks; That is 10,000 steps/day. Once I complete them I get a Target Gift card.

Tomorrow I headed to Governor's Dodge State park for a quick little camping trip. I need one weekend away from BUSY. (and of course I need my climbing fix)

June is already here. WHAT??

Although we were all doubting it would happen, summer finally came in quick and strong; This means baseball, the beach, bars, tomorrow is the first night of Jazz in the park and I already got my tickets lined up to see the Black Keys at Summerfest.

Brother Mark and I.....

Brats, brats, brats

Anne is currently visiting us with Roman! She is in town for one week because her friend is getting married this weekend. Roman and I are going to accompany her to the wedding in Sheboygan.

Roman made the basket!!! Grandpa was just as excited.

I love all the babies so much and am so lucky to be here and close to them. Being an Aunt is awesome and I am having a blast watching them grow. I wouldnt trade my auntism for anything. Look at this little lady :)