On Wisconsin

Just after we arrived home from our trip to North Dakota we headed north for an anniversary celebration. All of Mom and Dad's kids and grandkids were around so we celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary. Grandpa and Grandma Bickel were also visiting so Luke and Ben got to spend some quality time with their great grandparents.

Here's Luke and Great Grandpa watching the boys cut down a tree...hope they're doing it right!

Ben's just watching some tv (he's even got the remote close at hand)

Here's Mom and Dad's anniversary dinner. We had a nice "quiet" evening complete with cake and gifts. (For those of you who were in on the "get rid of that ugly carpet" fund...we raised over $500! Thanks!)

The gang...all of us! Man, they're gonna need a bigger living room.

Ben tried on some dress up clothes that Cousin Jenni had sent.

Luke helped Great Grandma clean the house.

The cousins! We're so glad the girls have moved back to our neck of the woods (don't tell Aunt Kathy!)

Ben wasn't real comfortable in Luke's arms...so we gave him to the OLDEST cousin, good job, Maddie!

Emma says "Look, Grandpa, I can hold the baby too!"

We even managed to squeeze in a birthday party for Emma while everyone was around. There were princess things everywhere!

And Luke seemed very interested in all the pink
Blow out the candle!

Four generations. Trust me, Ben, you'll think it's cool when you are older.

Best part of visiting Germantown....24/7 babysitting service! (From real professionals!)

And here they are, Great Grandpa's only two Great Grandsons

It was a great time. Hope you enjoyed your party Mom and Dad. Thanks for helping throw it together, Josh, Ben, Kendra, Lydia, Kurt, Erin, Chad, and Aunt Kathy.