209 my doggie woggie

He's cuddling up with me while I work on the computer.  He's the best doggie in the world.  I never thought I would turn into a dog person but I am. 

204 never been so messy

This is a glimpse of the messy room my daughter and little sister left.  I made the mistake of not having them pick up.  I wanted everything put back right so I decided to let them leave it.  Her room has never been this messy.  She picks up without being told.  She actually looked at the room and said WOW.  Yeah it's going to take me some time to get it back together!

203 cuddle time

Too cute for words. 

202 doggie kisses

I captured one of Dallas's attacks.  He loves to give kisses.  We aren't fans of doggie kisses.

201 lazy day

We spent the day being lazy.  We watched movies and the girls played a lot together.  I had to sneak to take this picture than she moved.  It's the best I can do:)

200 fun day

Day two of our week with my little sister was full of swimming, library fair, swimming, and ice cream.  I am worn out.  Here is gabrielle getting her face painted.

199 zoo day

I have my younger sister for the week.  So we are having fun taking her to the places we go to in town.  We went to the zoo today.  There was less than 10 people there.  We were the only ones for the sea lion show, river otter feeding, and bird feeding.  So the zoo keepers made it very personally.  It was a blast.

195 breakfast.

My daughter is growing up so fast.  She made herself breakfast with my supervision twice this week!
Here is her breakfast that she made all on her own.

 Here are the animals begging for her food even though they have their own. 

192 gymnastics

That's Gabrielle in blue with her arms up high ready to roll.  She has been wanting to do gymnastics for awhile.  It's super expensive so we wanted to try it out first in case she doesn't like it.  We enrolled her in a Normal Parks and Rec Department 4 week gymnastic program.  Great news! She loves it.  She had a blast and can't wait to go back on Wednesday.  I told her we can look into programs after this one is over.  She was so excited.

191 Really, already???

Where has the summer gone?  What it is only July?  Why was this the scene at Wal-Mart?

190 Souvenirs

These are my souvenirs from Wisconsin.  I went wine tasting and found my first type of wine that I actually like, of course it's chocolate!  This is also my first wine class.  An artist hand painted Loons on it.  Loons are black and white birds that kind of look like ducks. 

189 summertime

Gabrielle filling up the backyard pool.  This is for the days we are babysitting and can't go to the pool.  Plus the puppy can swim in it. 

188 marriage

These are some of gabrielle's toys.  She said it looked like mommy and mike when we got married.  She had them play out the wedding.  The little baby one was her.  It was one of those super cute moment that just gives you warm and fuzzies. 

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Sorry for the lack of pictures from our trip.  Our internet was hit and miss.  I did take pictures each day.  So here is one from each day.  I'll put more on facebook tomorrow.  We had an amazing time in Mincoqua, WI.  We spent almost a week with Mike's parents, aunts and uncle and family friends.  It was a great time! 

She was so excited to go on the Go-carts for the first time.  She had a great time.

On Independence Day her tooth decided to break free.  So the tooth fairy visited Wisconsin.

This was at the Wildwood Park.  She has her shirt on from the last time we went there.  She hated the birds last time.  This time she loved it. 

He slept the whole way home.  It was unbelievable.  He was wore out. 

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Pictures from the last two days are posted below.  We are having a blast.  I'll post more on facebook later.

Gabrielle's first four wheeler ride with her Grandpa Al.

This is poor Dallas after swimming in the lake.  He didn't have a lot of fun with it.

Paul Bunyon's for breakfast It's not a trip to Wisconsin without a stop here!