Jordy and I said "goodbye" to Utah (and Tyler) on the 17th and started the 23-hour drive with my parents. I was a little nervous for how Jordy would be for that long in the car, but with a few quick stops and access to lots of toys, he actually did very well.
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| The dinosaur statue at Little America in WY |
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| Enjoying some ice-cream...also at Little America (one of the only redeeming parts about making the long drive...big ice-cream cones!) |
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| Jordy on top of the trailer my parents were pulling filled with his bed and clothes! |
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| It's official:We were in Wisconsin! |
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| What a trooper! Surviving that long car ride (only using the iPad once!) |
Once we made it to WI the adventures began! :) My sister Rachel and her kids from MN came over for three weeks for swimming lessons and to play! I had a week before my internship started, so I even got to play too! :) One of the great things with digital pictures is not having to worry about how many pictures I'm taking at one time-- but that also creates a challenge: Lots of pictures to sort through! So here begins the "dumping" of some of our July summer adventures!
You can't start a 3-week-long cousin party without a pajama party, right?!
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| Marshall wasn't so sure about Jordy taking his spot on the couch! |
Jordy also had his first haircut in Appleton!
Bay Beach in Green Bay 7.22
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| He was really excited to hold his own ticket and give it to the person before each ride! |
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| Jordy and Marshall were quite the pair of hooligans on rides...one was either trying to stand up or touch the wheels-- but it was entertaining to watch! :) |
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| Then they got to face each other...which was just as comical! |
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| He loved getting to go on the helicopters with Grandma! |
The little train was quite the hit with Jordy!
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| Jordy wasn't so sure about the Merry-Go-Round though :) |
But he was pretty sure about the ice-cream!!! :)
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| Jordy LOVED Bay Beach...can you tell?! (Nope, he couldn't even stay awake to finish his Rice-Krispy Treat in his hand!) |
Swimming at Erb Park
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| Jordy seemed to be on a mission to empty the pool scoop by scoop...up the ramp nonetheless! It kept him busy :) |
Playing, playing, playing!
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| Jordy and Marshall weren't always the best of friends... |
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| As much as Jordy enjoyed running after his cousins on the slides and playground equipment, he always ended up getting his ball out and wanted to play with that- throwing, kicking, shooting...even just watching someone else throwing the ball up high! He actually had some decent dribbling skills :) |
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| Unfortunately, the hoops were a little high for him still-- but every time we went to the school to play he had to give it a try! (He's just a bit obsessed with basketball hoops!) |
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| Another favorite: movie nights! (Jordy didn't really sit long enough to watch a movie--he just got excited for all the treats he got to eat!) |
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| Speaking of yummy treats, Jordy got lots of yummy treats this summer... |
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| Jordy sitting for a caricature to be drawn at the Kimberly Clark employee family picnic (that Grandpa Hyatt was actually not there for because he was out-of-town on a business trip for KC-- but we couldn't let free icecream slip by!) |
