Diefs in Madison

A few weeks ago, my Uncle Tim and Aunt Brenda and their girls came for a visit. We mini-golfed, went to the fair, toy shopped, visited the American Girl headquarters, zooed, swam, bowled, and generally had a great time! Here are some highlights:

From the Ferris Wheel

Cheeseheads in the making

Joy-a-whirl

The Turtle Totem

Lion around

The Scholten Zoo

Our house was a bit of a zoo a few weeks ago when we had our two youngest nephew/monkeys for the week. I tease 'cause of the zoo picture below with Tom as the zookeeper, but actually we had loads of fun. Tom has a bunch of pictures on his camera of the whole week, but here are a few highlights from zoo day. I should give a shout out to the Henry Vilas Zoo--it is our city zoo here in Madison, and we've enjoyed it a few times already this summer.

More zoo pics

The Paw


... belongs to this Tiger


One of my favorite animals


The Badger (though not quite Bucky)

The Prairie Dogs (hours of entertainment!!)

Michigan visits

One of the great things about living in Wisconsin is being so much closer to friends and family. These are pics from a visit earlier this year to Kate and Ralph's in Detroit--Megan was in town from Seattle, where she lives (for a year already!) with her husband, Judd, as well as Emma, Gretal, Milo, and Simon. Kate somehow missed being photographed, but she looks just like Megan :P

Thomas, being adorable.

Allison, being a cuddle-bunny

Leah, being a monkey.

Auntie Megan, being the fun one (since Uncle Judd isn't around)