First Day of School

The First Day of School at Wilson Elementary in Wauwatosa, WI. The girls are growing up so fast! I can hardly believe that we have a 3rd grader this year! Sydni's in 3rd grade and has a wonderful teacher, Mrs. Schwarz. Mikelle started 1st grade and has a teacher that is just perfect for her, Mrs. Falk. They have made friends quickly and love their "old" school with all the stairs! GO Wilson Wildcats!!

Paul's 32nd Birthday

Paul's 32nd Birthday and 1st Day of Dental School!!

Look at the fire on that cake! Kids, grab the fire extinguisher just in case! "Heavy, heavy hang over Daddy's poor head, what do you wish with a "bump"(a heavy saw) on your head!"

We love you Daddy! What an amazing day!!

Apple Picking and The Pumpkin Patch

This is a Wisconsin family tradition that we have adopted! Did you know that they grow apples in Wisconsin? Wisconsin is not just about cheese and beer! Apple orchards are plentious around here!
Each week the orchard selects a different variety for picking. The weekend we went we picked Golden Delicious. The kids had a blast climbing the ladders and sending their small buckets down to Abby to dump in the big basket.


Wisconsin farms are the farms you see in pictures! They are absolutely beautiful. After apple picking, we had a picnic on the grass and then went in search of the perfect pumpkin. We had never seen such a huge pumpkin patch! It was acres and acres of pumpkins!!

We had a wonderful afternoon and finished it off with a cup of fresh apple cider! It was heaven in a glass! We spent the next few weekends making apple pie filling!!

Marquette School of Dentistry

We took these pics for Sydni's community project. This is where Paul spends his days, and a few evenings and weekends! The lower picture is of the sim lab (aka "The Dungeon") where Paul is currently hibernating!!

He is enjoying school and doing very well. We have been amazed at how fast time is flying by! He survived his first semester and is now well into his second. This semester has proved a little more challenging with just 25 credit hours!! He has anatomy this semester and likes to gross us out at the dinner table when he talks about what he did at school that day!!

Wisconsin Home

We Love Lake Michigan! The kids think the "ocean" is only ten minutes from our house. We took a Sunday drive and found this wonderful beach. We thought we'd just let the kids play on the beach and throw rocks in the water.
These pics are before they all decided to jump into a very cold lake!! Thank goodness home is not to far!!
Our little monkeys enjoy climbling the many trees we have in our yard.

OUR BIG MOVE!

On August 7th, 2007 our family left our home in Sunny Arizona to start a new adventure in Snowy Wisconsin! Despite extreme boredom and heat(see pic of underwear head pirates), we survived packing and were on our way! Our goal was to stop at all the temples along our route. However, thanks to poor map quest directions and car trouble, we only saw Snowflake and Albuquerque. We enjoyed seeing many new sites as we drove across the country and even got to spend time with cousins in Texas. After four long days in the car, we were finally home! The kids were amazed at all the trees and grateful that the weather was cool enough that they could play outside again!