Big and Tall Ships with the Maurers...

Grandma and Grandpa Maurer came for a visit and went with us to see a bunch of old ships last weekend in Green Bay. It must be said that it was pretty neat! We only went on 4 of the 12 ships there (lines were real long and the weather was iffy), but the ones we did get to see were cool! Learned a ton of neat and important stuff about ships, but mostly that Hollywood exaggerates... a lot! Definitely came out of the tours glad that we live in the "now".


**(captions: Quinn doing her version of the "Captain Morgan" and The Maurer's in front of the ship that appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean the HMS BOUNTY) **

Enjoying the summer...

There are many ways that one can enjoy the summertime. You can try the old standby of sunbathing:

Then there is the use of a pool, it doesn't matter the size, just put as many people as possible in and enjoy!:

Finally, you could become "THE GREATEST PARENTS EVER" and get your kids one of these...

In any case, finding fun things to do during the summer isn't hard...but it can be expensive...;)

***side note: please feel free to come over and enjoy our fun things anytime!(the pool is especially comfortable) As always...the more the merrier!!!

Great America 2010...

We took a trip to Gurney, Ill at the end of July and had a "Great" time! Quinn got her first taste of roller-coasters(let me just say she couldn't get enough) and the boys decided they didn't need them. We tried a lot of rides you normally wouldn't think of going on at Great America (the kind that you'd find at the local fairgrounds) and the kids were really disappointed that the water park there was at capacity. I think next year we will just take a trip to the Dells and give Great America a break!