whobody went to milwaukee?

I have a new nephew! 

His name is Soren....and last weekend was his baptism.  

So, the kids and I went to Milwaukee (while Jason planted corn). 

We stayed in the same hotel with my parents and grandparents so I had lots of help.

The kids had a blast on our road trip. 

They love watching movies in the car. (They rarely get to at home.) 

They love going out to eat. 

 And, most of all....they LOVE swimming!

Here are 3 of the kids in the pool!

Cruz absolutetly LOVED floating around in his little 'boat' 

(which we admittedly had to keep blowing up....

probably because he was too heavy.)  

He just sat back and relaxed and watched the others swim!

Notice Nash. 

He kept on yelling...."Wook! I'm swimming!" 

He had on a lifejacket AND was using a floatie...

but was convinced he was swimming. 

He also insisted upon wearing his goggles the whole time...

although he never got his hair wet! 

Hopefully swimming lessons go well for him this summer.

And Lola in her goggles too....she is a FISH except the pool water at hotels ALWAYS burns her eyes so bad that we usually end up with her in the shower screaming because her eyes hurt so bad. 

THIS time, I remembered the goggles, and kept reminding her to use them! 

No problems this time!

We then headed to Steve & Lisa's house for dinner. 

The kids all took the chance to hold Soren 

(and, of course, I got some snuggles in too!)  

I got pictures of Lola and Nash...but missed Keaton.  

Isn't Soren sweet?

Just as the night was ending...

Uncle Steve took us to this AWESOME frozen yogurt place.

You first filled your cup with frozen yogurt. (Of course the kids all chose chocolate...)

THEN...it was time to put on the toppings.  

This was when things got a little crazy. 

Check out these awesome ice cream treats!  

The kids went a little overboard, but loved every minute of it (and every bite.)

a close-up of Nash's

And...by the time I got to Lola's....she had already EATEN most of her toppings!!!

And, one more picture of Lola holding Soren.

(This was actually taken Thursday night...when they were visiting us for dinner!)

We had a blast in Milwaukee....and surprisingly, the trip went very well! We hope to go back and visit the zoo sometime this summer!