Although we have been back for several weeks now, we had another great vacation at the Wisconsin Dells. Grandparents Mannin joined us this year -- they were thinking the Dells were still the same as their last visit during the summer of '78! What a shock. We skipped Cheese Chalet this year and opted for more outlet mall shopping instead. Kids enjoyed 2 days of floating their boats and John kept his shorts on! Quiet, relaxing, vacation for having one's mother-in-law tag along on one's 18th wedding anniversary! Emm and Olivia enjoyed a week of YWCA bowling camp (they were the oldest kids there who were not behavior-disorder). We are very much looking forward to the start of school in just 10.5 short days!!! Augie just completed his Kindergarten interview. Olivia will be in Middle school and Emmerson is in his final year of Middle school. We have been enjoying our neighborhood pool late in the afternoon along with our neighbors. Kids have last weekend of summer vacation bashes planned with their friends next weekend before having to haul out of bed at 5:45 a.m. on August 13th.
