Busy June!

 June was a wild and crazy month.  We had several fun road trips, vacations, camp, reunions, and lots of great memories.  We started the month with a celebration of David's parents 40th anniversary.  We rented this huge house near Spooner, WI.  It was an amazing, beautiful house with serene views of the lake, lots of space, tranquil gardens, and cool features.  We enjoyed a fun week of activities including boating, swimming, games, golf, fishing, great food, and conversations around the campfire.  It was fun to all be together.

 Lake Views

 We visited Kevin's parents one day at their cabin (about 30 minutes away).  Their lake was larger and allowed us to go boating, kayaking, and enjoy a great dinner.

 Both kids liked tubing behind the boat.

 Diner on the patio

 Time for smores

 We stayed in the separate bunkhouse... it had its own bathroom, sleeping loft, exercise room, and Foosball table.

 I never get tired of this view.

 Family pictures

 The Baird Grandkids

 We came home on Saturday and then on Sunday left to take Samuel to IPBC for his 1st camp experience.  He was so excited!!  It was only Sun-Tuesday

 We know he will have a great week!!

 Closing program

 His counselors Ben and Mark

 The next weekend we were back in Fergus for the 20th reunion of our trip to Africa.  7/10 teammates were able to be together at Glendoulough State Park.  It was a fun afternoon of reminiscing, sharing pictures, poems, and songs.  What special memories of this time that forever changed my world view.

 Africa 96

 Class of 95

 The group with kids, spouses.

 On Sunday, Amelia started camp at IPBC.  She is in a cabin with many Oakhill kids and a friend from Liberty.  It's going to be a great week!!  We are so glad that both kids could attend camp even if it meant 3 trips to Fergus this month!!

 Amelia, Sofie, and her counselor Cassie.

What a month of memories and that is only the 1st month of the summer!!!  Even though it was crazy... I only worked 4 days and was only home for about 10 days I would not change a bit of it.  I love the experiences, travel, and things we have been able to do.  It has been filled with special times with family and friends.

Florida Trip

 The kids and I had an opportunity to go to Florida and meet up with David who was there for a conference.  It was the 1st time the kids and I had flown alone (without daddy to help us).  They were amazing and always surprise me with their great attitudes and helpful spirit.  We had an early morning flight (8am) and arrived with no issues... till we landed.  I went to the wrong carousal for our bags (silly mistake but I was so confident in my ability and knowledge of the airport) and since ours was the last flight of the morning the sun country people go home thus locking our bag in their office with no support staff around.  After 3 extra hours at the airport we finally left (minus our bag) and drove to the hotel.  The rental car and driving worked fine (that had been the thing I stressed over!)   We did get to enjoy some downtime/swimming at the hotel and went out to disney springs that night to walk around and enjoy dinner.  We did finally get the bag that night at 10:30pm but i did not relax till we had it.  Lesson learned!!!

 The next day we headed off to Sea world (again just the 3 of us).  What a great day!! The shows were amazing.  My favorite was the dolphin show (see above)  and the kids loved the sea lion show.  We had a fun relaxing day looking at all the animal exhibits, doing some rides and enjoying the light crowds.  After multiple Disney trips this felt like a cake walk to navigate.  I made some great memories with the kids... Samuel amazed me with his animal facts (who knew there were 18 kinds of penguins) and Amelia was a adventurer on rides and exhibits.  We missed daddy being with us.

 Orco Show!!

 Dolphin training... what a highlight for me!!

 Great memories... the kids were great with taking the pics I wanted

 Afternoon snack of ice cream

 Samuel's favorite thing was the orco's.

 On Wednesday after Daddy's conference finished we headed to the legoland resort in Winterhaven (about 50minutes from Orlando).  What a cool resort... lots of lego structures and fun things for the kids..  they got their own sleeping area..

 Master builder class-- Here they learned how master builders build all the lego structures around the park and then got to keep what they created.  More kids came later ;)

 The ground around the resort are beautiful and border a lake.  We took a walk around even though the weather was a bit dreary and drizzly. 

 The pool was awesome!!  They had lots of lego bricks that you could build things with.. Samuel (and David) loved it.

 We enjoyed the resort, meeting the characters, riding the cool disco elevator and the great buffet breakfast at bricks...

 Our day at legoland was rainy (all day!!!)  We had ponchos so we stayed fairly dry.. the park was almost empty and we rode the rides we could (some were closed due to rain) many times.  It was really cool to see miniland... an area built entirely of legos.

 After a full day at legoland we drove back to cocoa beach... this was our view this first morning!!  Our condo was perfect and had great access to the pool and the beach.  The weather was again perfect and we enjoyed a full day at the beach and the pool.

 Trying out the boogie boards (all toys and chairs were provided by the condo owner).

 I have could have stayed here all day!!

 On Saturday we headed to Kennedy Space center (about 30minutes away).  We are a family that likes to do activities on our vacation and pack a lot in ;)  It was another full day of exploring and seeing really cool exhibits.  This was our most educational trip yet...

 A picture in front of the atlantis space shuttle... wow was this impressive.  It was amazing to learn and think about how far we have come in space exploration and the goals for the future...

We love our trips to Florida and it is always bitter sweet to come home (especially today when a blizzard is happening.)  We cherish the memories we have as a family and feel blessed that we are able to go on these trips.