Girls Weekend!

My girlfriends and I finally headed up to the lake house to enjoy a girls getaway we put on the calendar back when there was snow on the ground. The weather was absolutely perfect! Jess and I drove up early Friday afternoon with the windows down and the music blasting. The drive alone was pretty refreshing. We relaxed on the pier and caught some sun and relaxation, then went to the farm to meet Cameo and take her for a ride. We also found a great new restaurant downtown Fond du Lac that's housed in an old catholic church. We sat outside near a fire pot and enjoyed a few minutes of live music before the musicians packed up for the night. The food and atmosphere were great! The rest of the ladies arrived late Friday night.

On Saturday, we went for a refreshing (but hot!) 3.5 mile run, ate breakfast, and then spent the rest of the day out on the boat soaking up the sun and catching up with each other. We kept up the lake house tradition by dining at Blanck's Supper Club for dinner. We all ordered awesome steaks and had tons of leftovers to bring home to the men! It was a fabulous, rejuvenating weekend that will definitely be an annual tradition!

Plates of MEAT!

Dog Days

Lorelei and I spent the day with Uncle Mitch at my parents' pool. It wasn't quite as relaxing as last year when Lorelei was happy to do anything as long as she was attached to me, which included floating in the pool for hours. This year, not so much. We were in the pool, out of the pool, on the float, on the steps, in her floatie, out of the floatie, in the yard, in the house, out of the house, etc. about every five minutes. Woah. 

Rara stopped by our house one evening. Lorelei was very excited to see him! 

Fourth of July

Happy Fourth of July! We took Lorelei to the Yorkville Fourth of July parade and it was so much fun! This will absolutely be a Bowers Family tradition for a long time. Their town square is adorable and we were able to park easily and close-by just in case we needed to make a quick exit! The parade had everything we knew Lorelei would love: Tractors, marching bands, motorcycles, lots of police and fire vehicles, and kids. They also tossed candy, but she had no idea what she was missing. We were, however, all very excited about the Jimmy Johns sandwich that bounced off the stroller into my hands! 

After lunch and a solid 3-hour nap, Lorelei played with her best buddy, "Lukie" in the yard while we hung out on the patio with Tom, Ashley, and Marisa who came out from the city for the night. We couldn't have asked for a better day! 

Here they come!

Tractors! 

Where's Lorelei?? 

Chilly Afternoon

So far, the weather this summer is not impressive. Poor Lorelei had to wear a jacket yesterday! We have a lot of fun on Bookoo, and yesterday we picked up this climber for a steal. Unfortunately, the weather continued to disappoint this morning with rain, and even though Lorelei has a big vocabulary and I did understand her pleading to go "outside" she just didn't understand why we couldn't play on the cube in the rain. Poor girl. 

Trying to figure out how to nab those big tomatoes.

Snitchin' Mama's tomatoes.

A little tart.

Favorite game with Daddy! "Lift!"