We spent many weekends on the road this summer, we could do the trip from Rhinelander to Eau Claire in our sleep. Hah! Our typical summer weekend looked a little like this: We would cart van & pickup loads of our belongings down to Eau Claire on Friday nights, spend Saturday unpacking and managing the kiddos, and head back up North on Sundays to start a new week of work and summer camp. Whew!
During our free time, Leo worked on refining his sitting skills.
He also played with new found toys in his sister's room.
We delighted in the fact that we were closer than 50 miles to the nearest Target. Haha! It's the little things!
The big kids found tons of tiny frogs around the neighborhood. They would bring fistfuls of these little guys home to show mom and dad.
Just look at these happy collectors!
During one of these trips misfortune struck and we got a flat tire on the way home to Rhinelander. Insert big frowny face here. Of course the flat was on the van which was full of dogs and kids. Insert heavy sigh here. Luckily Dan was not too far behind us and he assisted in the rescue mission. It was a race against time as the skies were about a second away from a giant thunderstorm the entire time that Dan was working on the tire. We managed to stay dry but the mosquitos were awful and I found ticks on my body after the incident. Ugh! It was a very annoying experience but it could have been worse - we were glad that everyone was safe and that we were able to hit the road shortly.
All doors of the vehicle open = not a good situation when the air is thick with mosquitos!
We needed to hustle back to Rhinelander because we had a goodbye party with this crew!
We will miss the O'Casey family and wish them well as they start a new chapter in San Antonio, Texas!
Happy summer!
