August in Wisconsin

Hi everyone, it's been forever, so I better get to updating this thing, three months late!

So, my boys Jimmy and Joey and my husband Jim and I had 23 days of vacation in August, split between Wisconsin and Wyoming. It was a gorgeous summer in both places, but to keep things simple, I will go chronologically and start with pictures from Wisconsin.

This first one is of Joey and his Godmother, Jeanne, my brother Mike's wife. They are sitting on Mike and Jeanne's deck in their backyard near Shawano. We stayed with Mike and Jeanne and we had a great time with them, drank a lot of beer, ate some awesome home-cooking and saw a lot of people we hadn't seen in a long time!

I am the youngest of 7 kids, so it is rare that all of us get together. My mom invited us all to Club 117 in Bonduel (where I graduated from High School) for Sunday dinner. The food was great, but it was especially nice to see some family members we hadn't seen in years. The boys met a lot of people for the first time and I think they presented themselves well since they got held mostly by others instead of by us! This picture below is my brother Pat's wife, Lynn, holding the other twin boy, Jimmy.
My Mom really wanted to go to the NorthEast Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo, so the boys got to experience their first zoo very close to home! It's in Suamico, which is just a couple miles NE of Green Bay. The grounds were very pretty but since it's in a such a small town, the assortment of animals was not too impressive. A nice place to go for a walk to enjoy the trees and flowers, mostly. Below is a picture of Jim with Jimmy and my niece Brooke with Joey. It was a beautiful day!
The boys even got to go on a ride in a HUGE tractor, courtesy of "CPR Custom", my nephew Chris' custom field-work business! His dad, my brother Pat, drove the tractor over for us and the boys went for a spin with Jim. They definitely thought this was pretty cool!

Our time in Wisconsin just happened to coincide with the Bonduel Lions' Club Corn Roast. It's a much bally-ho'd event in SE Shawano county, that although I lived there 17 years, I don't think I ever attended before! So, you pay $3 and get ALL THE CORN YOU CAN EAT! It's awesome fresh sweet corn, but the best part might be ALL THE BUTTER YOU CAN POOR ON THE CORN! Of course the butter is awesome fresh locally made stuff, which I just realized does not have trans-fats. Bummer, now it's just not as neat of a memory. I like to be rebelious sometimes. This picture below is Jim, my sister Connie and my niece Brooke. This was accompanied by a fair amount of Miller beer, of course!