Chalkfest & Balloonfest

It was a weekend of Festivals!  July 9-12th was the Balloon Rally and Ribfest at the Wausau Municipal Airport.  On July 11th and 12th was Chalkfest on the 400 Block, downtown Wausau.  Andy, Rose, and I did both events in one day.  Here are some pictures from the day.  If you want to visit us in the summer time, the weekend of these events would be a highlight.  The best thing about the events is that they are FREE.  We did have to pay for the Ribs and food that we ate, but that was very minimal for the afternoon of fun we had.  

Balloon Glow at night

Family picture with balloons in the background

(we're missing the boys)

Balloon glow as the sun is setting

Rosie with her Energizer Bunny Ears

Balloon glow of "Wally", we told Rose it was Nemo's cousin

Moving onto Chalkfest. 

For Chalkfest people register for space to draw their art for others to enjoy.  Its only a $12 registration fee and that includes your materials.  Not a bad deal.  Hoping Ryan can come visit next year and share his artwork with onlookers at Chalkfest.  Here are some pictures of what people created with chalk on the sidewalk.

View of the 400 Block, people working on their art projects

Kai Lan from the show Ni Hao, Kai Lan

One of Rosie's favorite shows on Noggin

This picture I took for Kevin and Ryan because of the caption

"Support Music and Art in our schools"

Portland Public Schools needs to do that!

This is a picture done by a middle school student

Visiting Portland

Here is a snap shot of our time in Portland earlier in July.  We had a great time visiting friends and family. 

Rose got her face painted on the 4th of July.  We celebrated the 4th of July in Manzanita, OR. A beautiful small town on the Oregon Coast.  We have a few friends who live there so we split our day with both sets of friends.

Evan and Daddy being 4th of July Princesses

4th of July Parade

Watching the parade from our friends deck.  

Evan, Sue, Andy, Rosie, Evan's brother and his girlfriend (sorry, I don't remember their names)

After the parade we went to our friends Kristi and J's house.  

Here is Rosie and Daisy playing so good.

Here is our day to the Portland Zoo.  Rose was looking so cute waiting for the Max Train.

Visiting Sammy the baby elephant at the zoo

Selle Cousins

Ryan, Kevin, Rose, Laura, and Kayla

Grandma Donna had a wonderful time have all her kids and grand kids at the zoo with her.

Riding on the zoo train

We got to spend one day on the River.  I begged Chris and Tracey to take us out on their boat.  :o)  

Hanging out on the banks of the river

Casey and Maddie Spencer playing in the water

One night we stole away and had dinner with some friends from our old church small group.  Sure do miss these guys.  The food was EXCELLENT and all the kids played great together.

Andy, Jody and Bill Dolan, Heidi and Dave Moore

Hannah is Rosie's "sister"  She lived across the street from us in Portland and was over almost everyday from the time Rose was born to play with her.  We had a Hannah Day went to Bridgeport Village and walked around.  Rosie sure does miss Hannah.  

Thankful Thursday

Thanks be to God for.....

1. A clean house
2. A patient husband
3. A daughter who is 95% potty trained
4. New friends
5. Free tickets to the baseball game

My the Lord Bless you this week.

Celebrating Rosie's 3rd Birthday in Portland

While in Portland in early July, we celebrated Rosie's 3rd birthday.  I can't believe my baby is already 3 years old.  We had a BYOPL (Bring Your Own Picnic Lunch) in the Park.  It was a beautiful day out, the playground was a great place for the kids to play and us adults got to hang out by the picnic benches, watching our kids, of course.  It was so great to see friends we haven't seen since we moved out east.  Rose had a BLAST hanging out with her friends too.  She missed them so much.  Here are some pictures of our afternoon at the park.

Rosie the birthday princess

Rose and Hannah hanging on the bar

Kevin trying out the crown

Rose and her big brother Ryan

Maddie Spencer and Laura Selle

Kayla Selle and Uncle Dave

The Nasland Family visiting with Grandma Donna.  The Naslands are the wonderful family who watched Rose 2 days a week when we lived in Portland.   The were like Rosie's second family.

Kristi and Daisy Woika

Can't forget about Baby Carter Woika, who's not a baby anymore.  He is growing up so fast.

Rosie and Jessica

Aunt Sharon modeling the princess crown

Tracey and Chris Spencer

Ahh, don't they look cute

Rosie and Christopher

He is such a gentleman

Rosie in her Cinderella Outfit.  Thank you Aunt Sharon, Uncle Dave, Laura and Kayla

Time for cupcakes.  :o)

Coeur d'Alene Visit

In early July, Rose and I took a trip to visit Grandma Ellie and Papa Ron in beautiful Coeur d'Alene, ID.  We had spent a week in Portland and Andy had to fly back to Wisconsin to get back to work.  Rose and I played for one more week.  Here's some pictures of what we did.

Coeur d'Alene Resort on Lake Coeur d'Alene

Best of Friends and Cousins - Rosie and Choele in front of the Coeur d'Alene Library

Played at Fort Sherman Playground

Had a visit with Great Grandma and Grandpa Fischer

Grandma Ellie and her girls

Took the Mudgy and Millie walking tour.  Followed the book to all the statues of Mudgy and Millie

Mudgy the Moose, Rosie and Choele

Downtown Coeur d'Alene

Hanging out with the cousins

Darian, Choele, and Anthony

We had a great time in Coeur d'Alene.  With Andy could have been there with us and the weather would have been a little nicer.  Hopefully next time we visit.