Thursday, July 23, 2009

green beans

so, it's been a long stretch here without an update. i can't say why i haven't updated recently. i think i have just been tired out by the end of the day. all in all we are having an enjoyable summer. we have had a couple of weekends at home without any commitments, which is nice, until you think, sheesh... we weren't doing anything last weekend... we could have gone to michigan or we could have gone camping. actually, we tried to go camping last weekend. when i say we tried, i mean that we looked at a website listing the available sites at all of the wisconsin state parks and could not find a single site that matched our criteria-- not more than a few hours from home and "real" bathrooms. apparently you have to plan out your middle-of-the-summer camping weekends and book the sites at the beginning of summer, or maybe even the end of spring, but not three days before you want to camp, if when you want to camp is the middle of summer.

long story short: we've stayed home eating green beans...


william's been steadily growing in his stature and his language skills. his hair has also been steadily growing. he desperately needs to visit his great grandma for a second haircut...





he is a fine fellow who keeps us entertained each day.


have a good friday tomorrow.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

picturettes

a couple of weekends ago we went to wyalusing state park on the wisconsin-iowa border. we had a nice hike. william was through with the backpack toward the end of it, so he got out and ideally would have hiked the rest of the way with us, but instead played with sticks and leaves while we tried to keep him from falling off the designated trail. you start out quite high up and walk down to the mississippi river. here are some photos of the day (unfortunately i uploaded tiny versions of them and didn't think it was worth it to reupload them in larger versions or remove them completely).

high up at the start of the trail. mississippi and wisconsin rivers lay below...


greens and blues...


more of the two rivers...

on the trail, william's rapt attention on a passing freight train...


the family... minus oliver who was too short to make it into this shot...
have a nice sunday... what remains of it.

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

tomorrow

just writing to let you know that i'm still here and will hopefully post something of substance tomorrow. just too tired tonight! snooze...