The pandemic may not be over, but it was still such a relief to be able to do our traditional summer vacation to Door County.
We flew into Chicago and stayed the weekend with Brian and Becca, and Benjy and Hazel.
And then on Father's Day, we got to spend the day at John and Alicia's lake house, with the olde pater familias. The kids loved getting to ride on the Seadoo and float around off the side of the boat - they were undeterred by the weather, and happy to get an ice cream from the ice cream truck.
Then on Monday, up to Door County to reunited with all of our awesome Thiel cousins, including Alli May, the newest little friend.
It felt so good to be back with everyone, having some fun adventures. The weather left a little to be desired, raining about half the time, but we were able to have two nice dinners at the local parks, and the house we rented with Brian and Becca had a beautiful screened in porch - which we locked ourselves out on the very first evening. All four kids were sleeping downstairs in the finished basement (aka the kid cave) and Becca went and banged on the casement window to get Ellie to come and let us back in. Local idiots go out of town!
The dads got a golf day and a bowling day, and Becca and I went and spent Thursday making art glass at Hands On, and then shopping our way back to the house. Tim spent that day laying in bed, after throwing up in the early morning hours. I had thought that with Adam wearing a mask and not sucking his thumb I was done dealing with a sick family member on every single trip, but Tim had to go and foul it up for all of us!
He shouldn't have licked those goats. That's how they get you.
We also had a fun day where we took the kids up to Peninsula state park to check out the new Eagle tower. The kids ran up all the stairs twice, and then enjoying strolling back down the ramp.
After that we headed over to Hands On and the kids all painted pottery (and ate snacks - I'm no fool, we walked in and got snacks and milk for the kids and wine for the moms.)
It's just such beautiful scenery - I'm so thankful we were able to go and unplug and soak up all the green spaces and the lake views.
