Good times with the Geerdinks

Summers in Wisconsin have taken on a whole new meaning.  We've lucked out for a few summers over the past years, and managed to time trips to WI at the same time as our friends, the Geerdinks, who we used to call our friends from San Francisco.  Well, last year, they up and moved themselves to none other than Wisconsin!  So now, we get to see them every summer from here on out!  

They made the first trip from Madison to Elkhart Lake to visit us for a weekend.  Arjen was so excited the whole week leading up that he kept asking "is it Friday?  My friends are coming on Friday!"

Frits, Gus, and Nina strolling along

We had plenty of fun boating, swimming, and playing at the beach! 

This picture is to show the four towel bumps sleeping on the boat, not the 3 adults staring off at something else!

Watching the vintage car parade

All of the kids were sad to say goodbye to each other in Elkhart Lake.  What they didn't know, was that we'd be reversing the trip a few weeks later to go visit them in Madison!  We had fun seeing their new home and neighborhood, and of course spending our first evening at the Terrace for brats and beer, then wandering down State street!  Our big outing the next day, was to the Madison Zoo.  The boys were sufficiently worn out, that they both fell asleep in the car on the way to the zoo, and stayed asleep while we put them into the stroller!

My tired babies

Arjen woke up in time to see the sleeping Tiger, then Gus magically awoke to see his beloved Giraff-es (he pronounces it with two syllables, kinda cute).  

Of course, nothing was quite as exciting for all the kids as watching the bulldozer in action on a new section of the zoo!  

my silly monkey

I couldn't help but let this pillow fight happen.  The kids were having too much fun!

We rounded out our stay with a delicious backyard bbq at the Geerdink's, before heading back to Elkhart Lake.  We look forward to spending many more summer days and nights with our friends here in WI!