Trip to Wisconsin...LOTS of photos!!!

Well this has for sure been the blog that has been holding me up...and you'll see why! We went to Door County, Wisconsin to celebrate Sam's parents 35th wedding anniversary. We rented a house on Lake Michigan and had a great week with the entire family. I'll just put little titles for the sections or quick captions on the pics because there are LOTS. (The videos are not loading right now so I will try another post with them...sorry grandma and grandpa Drews you are only in videos but I'll try to get them up soon!) Sam's cousin Caleb got married on the 4th so Sam was able to attend

me and my parents (they joined us as well) on the deck at the lake house

the boys all watching a World Cup match on the computerSam and Joel braving the lake

the whole Troge side out for a fish boil

and the Troge crew again

grandma and grandpa Troge

grandma and grandpa Troge in the midst of an all out meltdown

The Micheel kids...including the latest little one, Lucy.

The Russell side and us

waiting for the boil over at the fish boil

first they add a TON of salt...then some oil to light on fire and... there it is

the whole crew out at the restaurant

the sunsets on the lake were amazing

Cohen was so lucky to have a full week with both sets of grandparents...to say he has them wrapped around his little finger would be an understatement!

grandpa Troge

grandma Troge

grandma Russell

grandpa Russell

Cohen also got to spend some time with his cousins...he was enthralled with these older boys (who were so great to him!) above is with cousin Ruben

Cohen and cousin Hyunjae

Cohen meeting Lucy

JD and Hyunjae entertaining Cohenthe boy cousins sporting their silly shades (Hyunjae, Ruben, JD and Jee...and dad David) this is Cohen's new face he makes...it cracks us up

and here it is again

we went cherry picking one afternoon

our loot

mom collecting her share

mom, dad, and mom #2 :)

Cohen LOVED the cherries (but not as much as he loves mommy!)

Cohen with a little mowhawk (uncle Scott would be proud)

off for a bike ride and a treasure hunt

uncle Joel in his bunk house

it was pretty hot so one afternoon we took a drive and took Cohen to the beach area...he thought it was amazing he could sit and splash just like the tub

yaaaaaaaaaaay....arms up with grandpa

he loved the mud/sand too, so much so that he stuffed a whole handful in his mouth...YUM!

he also was standing all on his own for a while...until he would realize he was standing and then would just sit down

walking with grandma

so glad we have a little one that loves the water

Sarah and Lucy

Cohen and me

I know this falls in the VERY random category but there was this restaurant that has grass on the roof...and to go with the grass there are goats actually grazing on the roof!

Sam and Joel made us many amazing meals over the week...here is the finished version of one of the nights.

When we went for a drive to the beach we stopped at a lighthouse for a tour

a view of the lake (and us) while waiting for the tour

glad Cohen doesn't have to potty train in this

the stairs going to the top of the lighthouse

some of the artwork and instruments in the house

arhhhhhhhh

nectarine time

There is no non-messy way to eat these when you have to shove your full face into them for each bite!

bocce time (Sam, Joel and the boys)

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We had such a great trip, so relaxing and fun to get to spend an extended time with the whole family. Happy Anniversary mom and dad Troge!