Milwaukee

Day 1 - We flew there and got picked up by Cecil. We drove up to their beautiful neighborhood. Seriously it was so cute LOVED IT. Had a yummy dinner put the kids down and visited.

Day 2- Woke up let the kids play for a little then headed to the zoo. This zoo was amazing. All the animals were so close so we could see them really well. The exhibits we well done and so real and everything was just so neat. They also have a lot of animals we do not have. We saw Penguins, they have an amazing monkey thing with Orangutans, gorillas and all other types of monkey's. They have an Aqua spot with such cool fish, Jelly's and sharks and cool things. We saw a seal show I enjoyed watching them clap it would crack me up. They also of this mechanical Dino Exhibit. It really scared Eli. I tried to show him they were not real, but he would not touch them. At the end Linda bought all the kids a Dino toy...which they all loved a ton and then we got them to take pictures on the dino. We could not miss taking a funny picture with Liam in it's mouth. After the zoo we played around the house had a yummy dinner and then went to bed

Day 3- We went to the fair. It was so much fun we ate a lot of yummy and NOT good for you foods. Went to this little farming exhibit where Eli had to pick veggies, milk cows and do other farm work then at the end he sold it to the store and they paid him and he used his money to buy Chocolate milk. Seriously one of the cuties things I have ever done with him except I think Jacob and I liked it more than Eli did. We also played under this Giant inflated cow it was fun and of course we had to take another funny picture of Liam nursing from the cow...we think we are so funny. We saw lots of animals, enjoyed a funny pig race and then again ate a lot of fattening fried food...the list included fried Oreo's, Twinkies, cheese, crème puffs, Elephant ears, veggies and much more...we got sick.

Day 4- Some people got up early and went sailing on lake Michigan while the rest of us stayed back and went to the farmer's market. Where I bought fresh organic chocolate cow's milk from a Quaker woman. Then that evening we had a fiesta and even had a piñata. It was a blast.

Day 5- We went to church, relaxed, took naps, went on bike rides, enjoyed the park and lots more. Great day.

Day 6- Some people headed home while the rest stayed back watched a cool movie called Cranford, rode more bikes, more park and had another amazing day.

Day 7 - Another day at the zoo where some crazy happened. We wanted to show Fred the monkey's because he wasn't there for that. Jacob and I were a head of everyone when we reached the Baboons. Jacob put Eli down in front of the glass when all of the sudden the big one saw Eli and charged at him through the glass. Jacob reacted quickly and picked up Eli. I saw it scared Eli and I didn't want him to be a wuss so I told him the monkey was playing peek a boo. When clearly he just wanted to eat Eli for dinner. I then got Eli to run back and forth saying boo when he reached the other side. Each time the monkey would follow him and then lung and the glass. It was crazy because he only followed Eli, and a big crowd had gathered watching this. It was so cool and I will never forget it.

We had a blast!!