The next 14 posts are all from our vacation that we just got back from. We left for Wisconsin on Wednesday July 2nd and we got home on Sunday July 13th. We went to the Rushes – Condos on a lake with lots of free amenities 🙂 And Lots of Nettesheim family. We had a really fun time and took way too many pictures… The Midwest in the Summer is great! ( when its not too humid 🙂 )
We compared the insane gas prices to the insane airlines and decided to drive to our destination at The Rushes on Kangaroo Lake in Door County, Wisconsin on the peninsula by Lake Michigan. It was a 24 hour drive to our destination! I am happy to report that our kids were champion travelers and we made good time both ways. It helped that we stopped in Nebraska to sleep on the way there and back.
We loved when Packer would fall asleep and Benji figured out that if he put the blanket over his head then it blocked the sun and he could watch his movies better! 🙂
You wouldn’t guess that this smiling face had been in a car for a day and a half already 🙂
Ben Drove most of the trip. I drove maybe 5 of 50 hours so he drove 9/10 of it 🙂
Packer found the grapes in a bag next to his seat and started going to town on them – I wondered why he was being so quiet 🙂 He is a big time fruit eater.
icecream. frozen yogurt. milk shakes. custard. I loved custard this trip. It is so creamy and flavorful and melty and yummy. I tried Chocolate, Vanilla, Strawberry, Silk Pie, Cotton Candy, and Caramel!
 Kopps!
Culvers! 
Not Licked Yet!
I’m blaming it on the pregnancy, but I ate a lot of Custard!
I was determined to see Fireworks this year! So we convinced alot of the cousins to come with us and we sat by Baileys Harbor until 10:00pm but we finally got a show!
This is perhaps my favorite vacation spot! The beach is great for the kids and when it’s sunny and warm all week – what more could you want? We played at the lake everyday. We paddled the paddle boats and the kayaks and swam and built sand castles and yelled at Packer not to eat sand and…Â
Al Johnsons – also known as The Horny Goat Restaurant -Â is a Swedish restaurant in Sister Bay. I think we go because they have real goats that sit out on the grassy roof all day but the breafast is also really good 🙂
There are the Goats!
We Love Al Johnsons!
these little goats at the farm are so hungry and just waiting for the next little kid to walk through the door with a bottle…
This guy had Benji going in circles because he was so aggressive going for the milk.
How Cute!
Packer wasn’t scared at all!
We got to spend time with Grandma Nettesheim during the week and also with Ben’s aunts, uncles, cousins, parents and siblings – we took over the local branch for sacramenet meeting, had FHE, celebrated a few birthdays, softball game, cards…
It was past bedtime but there was still visiting to be done so I had to do some entertaining.
They have a great farm in Sturgeon Bay, WI. Our kids were the perfect age for it this year. They loved all of the animals and had no fear.
Packer the Chicken Attacker!
Wagon Ride!
Benji and the goats watching the sheep.
What is up with Packer and the Pigs Noses!! Nasty!
Benji and the Bunnies.
This guy is scary – even for me. (He did have a haircut since the last time I was there so he looked a little more friendly.)
Are you guys done yet!?!
We walked in where the bulls were and asked Benji what these big animals were, “Rhinos!”
We think that having a large dog at home made the big farm animals less scary because both of our boys were unafraid!
Believe it or not we have more pictures but I think that is enough Farm for anyone to be sick of 🙂
It was 4 in the afternoon and we had already been swimming but we found all of the cousins down at the beach. I think the pictures tell it all from there.
