Big fun

This is long, people, so I hope you have a few minutes...this is more like a diary of our trip...

On Thursday, August 7th, we set out for the great state of Wisconsin to see one of K's cousins get married. We went 3 hours and then stopped. For the night. At my brother- & sister-in-law's house. It was a good thing because we still spent a long 8 hours on the road (we stopped for an hour for lunch) the next day. Emma actually did quite well considering she doesn't sleep very much in the van anymore. K and I took turns driving and the other one took care of Emma (read: fed her snacks). Because what would a road trip be like without snacks?!!

We arrived in Small Town, WI in time to eat the rehearsal dinner. And then left to put Emma to bed. We stayed in a different Small Town at a bed & breakfast with K's parents. We actually stayed a separate "cottage" that turned out to be an apartment with 2 bedrooms and 1 bath, a kitchen and a living room. It worked just fine for us.

Saturday was the wedding. The wedding was at 1:00. Not a great time for children under the age of 3, but Emma actually took a morning nap that day. During the wedding, K sat with her in the cry room since she is quite loud. The wedding was wonderful. It started out with some praise and worship songs. Loved that. The groom's dad is a pastor so he did the wedding. The reception was at a family camp (near where we stayed) in a big mess hall. Then there was a dance, but it was "loud" according to Emma and K doesn't dance, so we left to put Emma to bed. This was the beautiful camp where the reception was held:


On Sunday morning we met with K's extended family that was there for some singing and devotions. And lunch. It was fun seeing some family that we hadn't seen for a while. Then K's mom, a couple of his aunts and myself decided that we were going shopping. Woohoo! I found some new books for Emma - recommended by K's aunt who is a teacher - at the Goodwill store. Anyway, then we ate supper and hung out for far too late (for Emma) at K's grandparents motor home.

Monday we left for home. We stopped at the Wisconsin state capital. It was beautiful. Except for the brass badgers above the doors. Those were just...interesting. See for yourself.


We stayed at brother- & sister-in-law's house again Monday night. And Tuesday was a great day! We went to the Iowa State Fair. It rained pretty steadily in the morning so we did the "indoor" stuff. Including...the ShamWow! I got one! It may have been a fake, though since it was called the ShamiWow...but it looked the same. It stopped raining in the afternoon and it was really nice to be outside.

We had a lot of fun with K's brother & sister-in-law and Emma's cousins. Not to mention that we ate over $40 worth of food. But it was all yummy! My favorite were the mini-donuts. And the shake. And the big pretzel. You get the idea. In the words of K's brother, it was big fun!!! As was our whole vacation!

To read more big fun vacations go see Kristin at We are THAT Family.