Paradise Ranch!

A new tradition from last year, a visit to Paradise Ranch! I highly recommend this place! So much fun. There is a warming barn to hang out in before the horse drawn sleigh ride which has your own private SANTA! Along with snacks, games, and hot cocoa. Then a ride though the woods (snow would have been nice but still just as fun without it). Then finish up with a bonfire and Santa hangs out the whole time! The kids have the greatest of time and Santa is so good with them, he even got Gavyn to warm up to him. :) Really gets you into the holiday spirit!

Pumpkin Farms!

We went to the Family Farm in Cedarburg with cousins. The kids love the place and it is never crowded, we had the whole place to ourselves. The kids enjoy petting and feeding the animals, going on hikes, and seeing inside the old barns. This will most likely be the last year they will be open so we are pretty bummed about that. :( We also took a trip to Basses with the Molaski's, tons of activities to do with the kids but pricey! May be the last year we go to that farm as well. It was also freezing out that day but we braved the cold then all came back to the house for pizzas and beers! Well, beers for the guys ;) Loving Fall!

The Calatrava

As we were leaving the Betty Brinn Museum downtown Milwaukee we just happened to catch the wings of the Calatrava closing and opening. It was neat to see. The kids really didn't have much interest (well either did Mike) so I guess I am the only one that enjoyed it. :) Lilyana thought the wings would be flapping fast like a bird so was disappointed when she noticed how slow it moves. It was cute, right when we saw it Lilyana asked why there was a string ray there. Never thought it looked like a sting ray until I imagined it through the eyes of a 4 year old. ;)

Field Trip to the Horse Farm

Our Wedding!

Today we celebrated our 7 years of marriage, September 30th, 2005. Yes, we did also have our wedding celebration September 30th,2006. At the time we had just gotten our house and our church just changed the rules(which have now been changed back again) that you could not live together before marriage. Well, we couldn't lie and we didn't want to not live together so our option was to get married. We were fine with the idea and kept it a secret for a year with only our family members known. It was the greatest secret ever to keep. :) So yes, in 2005 we got married with just the pastor and our parents, went out to dinner, and had a little mini honeymoon in Cedarburg. So seven years later here we are! I lost our wedding photos for the last few years and finally found them! I couldn't figure out how to flip the vertical pictures and didn't feel like messing around with trying to figure it out so I had to search for only horizontal pictures. Of course most of the 1000 pictures are vertical and most of the ones of Mike and I are vertical but oh well. And I can't get this blog to post pictures in order so they are a little out of sorts. Maybe by our next anniversary I will have that figured out and will post more then. We enjoyed looking through all the pictures so much it makes me want to be back at that day redoing it all over again. So many great and fun memories! Now, let's see if I can convince Mike to watch our wedding video with me tonight. :)