Trip to the Beach

On the Friday before Memorial Day, our family went to the beach with the Heap family (friends of ours in our church branch).  We made mostly did sand castles because it was quite cool and the lake water was still very cold. 

Avonlea playing in the sand.  She made lots of hand prints.

Marshal with Matthew building a large sand dragon.

Jeni and Jamie with the sand dragon.

Mya and Lauren staying a little warmer in the beach tent

Anniversary

Dave and Jeni celebrated their wedding anniversary this past week.  Because it was on Sunday this year, most of the celebrating happened this past weekend.  Dave took Friday off from work and the two of them went on a 5 mile hike over in the Kettle Moraine.  In the evening, they went out to dinner at the Melting Pot while Marshal watched the girls.  It was a fun day.

Dave and Jeni at a trail crossroad

The heart shaped tree stump

At the parking lot

Jeni gave Dave a pack of cards.  On each and every card was one of the reasons she loves Dave

Dinner at the Melting Pot

Marshal's Band Festival

Marshal had a band festival last week in the Wisconsin Dells.  There were about 20 schools there to perform.  After the actual performances, they let all of the kids have fun either at the water park or the indoor theme park.  Jeni went as a chaperone, so she got to have some fun too. 

Marshal at a academic recognition

Marshal with his band

Go Cart Riding after the music festival

Jeni and Marshal at miniature golf

Dave's Trip To Switzerland

Dave spent a week in Zurich Switzerland attending a conference for work.  While the week was filled with a lot of work related activities, he did take some pictures on some of the evenings.  Here are a few.

Dave sitting down near Lake Zurich

Swiss Institute of Technology.  This is where Dave's meetings were at.  Albert Einstein went to college here and was later a professor. 

There is a canal through part of the downtown.  It was originally build for defensive purposes. 

Dave at Lake Zurich

A traditional horn blowing band downtown on Friday evening

Cute old bakery.  The sign says it was established in the 1600s. 

The River Limmat that flows through downtown Zurich

One day the sun did come out.  This was taken from the west terrace at the college.  The Alps are visible in the distance

Nice picture of Zurich taken from Linderhof. 

San Francisco Trip 2

Dave on the ferry to Alcatraz Island

 Dave and Jeni stayed an extra day in San Francisco so that Dave could do some sight seeing also.  During the day we went to Alcatraz and drove up to Muir Woods.  Both were a lot of fun. 








 

Listening to the audio tour of the cell block

Jeni wanted to leave Dave in prison

Jeni outside the cell block area enjoying some of the gardens

Waiting for the ferry to take us back to Fisherman's Wharf

Classic optical illusion in San Francisco

Outside Muir Woods

Jeni inside of a redwood tree

Dave and Jeni at one of the redwood trees

San Francisco Trip 1

Jeni and Dave went to San Francisco a couple weeks ago.  Dave attended a conference and Jeni came along to for vacationing and to keep Dave company.  Here are a few pictures we took of the trip.

Jeni and the California flag.  This was taken across the street from the Fairmont Hotel

Jeni outside of Ghiradelli Square

Jeni's caramel sundae at Ghiradelli Square.

Jeni took  this picture on one of her day excursions across the city.  It reminded her of the TV show Full House.

This was taken outside of a small Italian restaurant.  Dave looks like he is in a daze because he was very sick. 

The conference was in the Mark Hopkins Hotel at the top of Nob Hill.  Rather than stay there, we decided to stay at a bed and breakfast. 

Here is the hotel we stayed at.  It was an old hotel turned into a bed and breakfast. 

Our hotel had one of the oldest operating elevators in San Francisco.

Field Trip and Cowgirls

Avonlea went on a field trip this week to Oshkosh.  While there, she saw a production of the Three Little Pigs.  Jeni was able to go along as well.  Avy had a great time.

Avy on the school bus

On Friday night the elementary school had their annual dance.  Instead of a sock hop, they had a western themed dance.  Mya and Avonlea got dressed up in their western clothes and had a great time.

Avy in the theater watching The Three Little Pigs

Avy with her cowgirl friends

Avy with her kindergarten teacher

Two Taylor Cowgirls

More of the Taylor Cowgirls

Mya with her cowgirl friends