This week we had a mini-visit from my parents. They were in Minnesota the last weekend in July and extended their trip to make a quick visit to see us. They arrived Monday evening and left Friday afternoon. Owen loved having them here this week. Unfortunately, everyone except my mom came down with a killer summer cold so it was a pretty low key week. We were able to get organized for the baby and Owen got lots of play time with two of his favorite people. Many block towers were built and immediately destroyed and a few hours were logged in the sandbox.
Grammy and Owen looking for frogs.
Papa and Owen throwing rocks and splashing in the creek.
We found a frog (it is sitting on the square rock) but it got the best of Papa!
Friday was a bit of a sad day for us with my parents leaving. This was the first time that Owen realized that he was saying goodbye and was sad about it. I thought that goodbyes would get easier for us but I am not sure if that will ever happen. Thankfully we have more visits to look forward to this fall. My parent will be out in 5 weeks when the baby is born, Brian's parents will be here when the little one is about 2 weeks old and Emilie, Steve and the girlies will be visiting in October. We are very excited to see everyone so soon!
This weekend was the Village of Kohler's Centennial Celebration. Friday they had a big concert in the park and fireworks, then on Saturday they had a parade and village picnic. Since we were all still battling the cold we didn't get to participate in the festivities as much as I would have liked to. Brian and Owen saw the band play a few songs and we all watched the fireworks from our backyard. They shot the fireworks off from the soccer fields that are located about a block from our house. It is amazing how loud they are when they are that close! The parade featured Mr. and Mrs. Kohler driving a horse drawn buggy, University of Wisconsin Marching Band and the Milwaukee Brewers Racing Sausages. For a small town of 2,000 the parade was very nice and lasted about 35 minutes. Owen has discovered the joy of picking up the candy that has been thrown out and is quiet fast at it now.
Brian and Owen at the concert.
Ready for the parade.
Here it comes!
Mr. and Mrs. Kohler... Owen loved the horses.
The Racing Sausages.... Brian was very excited about these...
The Shriners are a little scarier in Wisconsin. They zoom around on motorcycles instead of the buggies.... yikes!
They also have little cars like they do in Oregon....I had to pull Owen up on my lap so he wouldn't get run over!
Owen was very excited about the tractor in the parade.
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