The weekend started with Thursday night....I had parent-teacher conferences at Pepin. Grandma Deb & Grandpa Ken came to help out with the boys as we didn't have daycare. Thanks Grandma & Grandpa!! That evening, Tara & Autumn picked up the boys as Chad was on the road, and they hung out together until I was done with work. Thanks Tara & Autumn!! Carter and I started our adventure Friday afternoon, as I had early dismissal at Pepin. We arrived in West Bend around 7:30 Friday night.
Here's the group...Ava, Carter, Brenna & Gracie.....
I have known Kirsten for 12 years now. We met our first year at UW-Stout and became college roommates after that. We remained close friends after we graduated and take turns traveling to visit each other. Carter took some pictures of us...
We haven't had pictures taken of us in a long time. We spent the entire weekend talking and catching up on our lives. There is never a dull moment when we get together........a lot of reminiscing.
It was fun hanging out with Carter over the weekend. Bradley spent some one-on-one time with his favorite person......his daddy!
Here is little Ava. When I say little, I mean little.....only 12 pounds.
Carter just adored little Ava....he could hold her and carry her around with no problems. The kids were like "mother hens" with her. Cute.....
Kirsten took a break from teaching to raise her three little girls. She also does daycare out of her home. You can imagine how much Carter loves the MANY toys in their basement. We hardly saw Carter as he was busy playing with all the toys! On the way over, Carter asked...."does Kirsten still have the little house?" Here is a picture of Carter in his favorite thing at Kirsten's house....
Brian & Kirsten have a loft in their house that looks down to the living room. The kids found all of the pillows in the house and had a great time throwing them down to the living room. They ended the day by jumping in the pile of pillows!
Kirsten picked up some arts and crafts for the kids to do during the day. Here the kids are making fun crafts with foods for a snack. They made catepillars with grapes and skewers (once Kirsten found the skewers...ha/ha). They also made sandwich faces with crackers, peanut butter and M&M's.
Here is one of Carter's creations.......
Brenna's beautiful artwork.....
The kids also did some painting. We found cute little piggy banks (at my favorite place.....Dollar Tree) that the kids could paint.
Here is Gracie as she is painting her little purse piggy bank.
Carter picked out a boat to paint....
The kids were very proud of their paint work. Brenna painted a butterfly.......
On Saturday, we took a trip to Milwaukee and let the kids play at the Children's Museum. This was great fun for the kids........and adults!!
Here is Carter changing a tire at the Children's Museum. His dad would be so proud.......
Kirsten and Brenna are hoping to visit the Durand area sometime in May. Even though we missed Dad & Bradley, we sure did enjoy our weekend with the Schulz's. Brenna, Kirsten, Brian, Gracie & Ava.
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