We Heart the Cheese State

Patrick had to travel to Wisconsin on business, so we decided to make a family vacation of it and lucky for us, Nene and Papa made the trip, as well so we could have a Wille of a good time!  (I am so cheesy!)  It was the first time we met Patrick's cousin's children, Sophie, Riley & Reagan and it was the first time any of the Wisconsin family would meet our offspring.  Harper loved having other kids her age to play with and we all loved seeing all the kids interact.  It was great family time and we were so grateful to Uncle Jerry and Aunt Trudy for their hospitality.  We loved seeing everyone!

Harper ready for the plane ride...such a big girl!

We arrived at midnight, so we didn't see anybody until the next morning when Nene and Papa came to our hotel (we stayed in a hotel for 2 nights).  We quickly headed out to meet Uncle Jerry, Aunt Trudy, Cousin Leslie and her 3 kids, & Cousin Erin and her 2 kids.  We had lunch (with custard, of course) and than a great time at a huge, fabulous park.

The two grandpa and their newest grandbabies,  Silas & Reagan.

The Wille men (minus Danny, who had to work...what's that?!)

Silas and Reagan enjoying being the babies of the crew

The Wisconsin Wille kids and the CA Wille kids all together

Sophie, Brady, Michael & Harper

The grandparents took the kids and the cousins all went out for a fun-filled night of dinner, drinks and dancing (not fancy dancing, but neighborhood bar dancing).  We had a great time re-bonding and playing sans kids.

Sophie and Harper

Silas' first bath with Nene

Brady and Silas

Sophie, Harper, Emily (Cousin Kevin & Karen's oldest girl), & Riley

Mom & Son

Patrick, me, Aunt Ruth & Silas

All the Wille men

3 generations of Wille

The grandmas and their newest grandbabies

PJ time~Emily, Harper, Sophie & Riley

Playdate at Leslie's house~Harper (the youngest & tallest), Sophie & Riley (the oldest and shortest)

Our little handy-woman

Uncle Pat is always fun!

Community festival in Oconomowoc~Harper, Riley &Sophie

Trip to the Milwaukee Zoo~Brady, Sophie, Harper, Riley & Michael

Train ride at the zoo

It's a Wille Thing

Such a great trip...We can't wait to spend time with them all again!

Summer Lovin'

Harper's new friends, Paloma and Theo (my friend Vicki's children).  They had a great time at the beach.

The Latest - Harper 2 yrs, 7mos; Silas 4.5 mos

What will they think of next...Harper is always finding some funny new game to play or activity to occupy herself.  Silas is now rolling over and sitting comfortably in the bumbo chair.  Things are fun and happy in this household as we get ready for a month of travels and play at the beach when we are home.  

Harper loves to draw and the sunglasses seem to inspire her~notice the up-side-down-ness of them :)

Every Wednesday night there is a farmer's market at a marina near our house.  We ride our bikes and enjoy the fabulous food and random music.  Harper loves the fresh fruit and running freely in the grassy park.

Grammy sent Harper some money to buy something special since she is such a good big sister-nail polish and a cell phone to match her laptop were her picks of how to spend her money.

Mommy has begun to explore the latest trend (or kind of old trend but I'm always late to the tech game), Instagram.  I love the effects although I'm sure I'm missing some of the cool things it does.  Here are some of my latest shots.

Her model pose

Big sister duty, pushing Silas in the swing

She had more candy topping than yogurt, just as it's supposed to be for a 2 year old

Visiting Daddy at work and invading a co-workers cube

She was so proud to be pushing her own cart, the cart I used for all the goods

Our friend Angela and Harper at the Seal Beach concerts on the pier

Swimmin' in our front yard

Silas was a kickin' maniac during bath...perhaps a swimmer like mama or a soccer player like dad?