Exhausting weekend

Posing with daddy

Mmm....ice cream sandwhich!


What a busy weekend! Probably the busiest of the summer! And what a beautiful weekend it was! The weekend actually started Thursday when I picked up Hannah to come stay with us. She was our babysitter for the weekend and her help was so greatly appreciated!
Friday Tom and I went to The Police concert here in Milwaukee. It was a GREAT show! We really had a lot of fun! Saturday we went to the Brady Street Festival down on the East Side. We did some shopping, listened to some music and just enjoyed being out and about for a little while. From there we went to Tom's parents for a Scharlau family reunion. It was nice to have everyone together at one time, it doesn't happen often unfortunately! So we visited and we ate, then it was off to the Brewers game! What a great game it was (way to go Ryan Braun- 2 run homerun to give the Brewers the win!!) Tom and I had a great time there too, we love going to Miller Park!
Today was our day to relax a bit(well, for part of the day). We did some work around the house. Tom started painting the house, its a big project but it will look nice when we're done!
This evening we went to the Milwaukee County Zoo for Tom's work picnic. As you can see above Addy enjoyed the ice cream! So we spent the evening at the zoo. Then it was time for little girls to get home for a bath and bed! She was exhausted! So are mom and dad after our busy weekend! We really had lots of fun, we have been looking forward to this weekend all summer! I hope all of you had as much fun as we did!

4th of July

What a cutie!

Addison and Alma (2 in two weeks!)



Addison (13 mos.) and Milo (10 mos.)

Here we are, heading off to watch the Wauwatosa 4th of July Parade.

No, we weren't in the parade, just being festive!

What a busy weekend! I think we need a few days off to recoup from our few days off!!

As always, the 4th of July weekend was filled with friends and fun. For the 4th, our friends Brad and Lori (and kids Alma & Milo), hosted their annual 4th of July party. We watched the parade, drank bloody mary's and had a cookout. We had such a beautiful day, and had a great time at the party. There were lots of other kids for Addy to play with!

As I had said in my previous post, I had to work 3rd shift on the 4th. So I got to watch the fireworks from the top of our 12 floor parking structure at the hospital. I got to see the fireworks all over Milwaukee county and even some from neighboring counties. Addy was in bed for the fireworks, she was tired. Next year she will probably be a little more interested!

Saturday afternoon we were invited to a pool party/get together. Addy went swimming in the big pool and got to play with some other little girls that are about her age. We had a great time relaxing by the pool with friends(when we weren't watching Addison to make sure she didn't jump into the pool on her own!)

Sunday, we did some work around the house. In the afternoon our friends Ed and Sarah (with kids Zoe, Henry & Silas) came over for a visit. They are in town from Washington state, so it was great to visit with them. We were sad to see them go, it will most likely be a while before we get to see them again!

In all, it was a wonderful weekend. But we were all exhausted to say the least!

Hope all of you are doing well!!

Sitting outside in her sundress

Behind the wheel already?

Um...can I get a milk over here?


Not too much to report for the last two weeks. Just trying not to get eaten alive by MOSQUITOS!! They are awful!
Our 4th of July will be pretty low key. We'll be watching the Annual Wauwatosa 4th of July Parade with friends, and then unfortunately I have to work 3rd shift that night, so no fireworks for me! Oh well...Addy will be in bed by the time the fireworks go off anyways!
Take care everyone, have a safe 4th!!