I finally updated the website. This site originally served as a landing place for our wedding, but I transitioned it to a blog during the cancer years and have kept the updates coming ever since. It used to live on Weebly, but now that I have the ability to write and manage my own site, I wanted to transition it to something I fully own. The process wasn't straightforward, but everything has been moved and updated.
Now, onto our busiest summer yet! We got back from Greece on a Monday, and that next weekend we were off to Baraboo for the first performance of Julia’s The Lonely Marsh. The play was phenomenal, and we had a great time exploring Baraboo the next day. Auggie lost his first tooth on Father’s Day—it just happened to be in the same location where I lost my first tooth!
Elyse headed to California for Lex’s wedding and to watch Huck while Justine started a new job. Auggie and I went down to the burbs for the 4th of July—who knew you got so much candy during a parade? The two of us stopped in Madison to see Tammy and Aidan briefly before heading back to Appleton. No sooner had Elyse returned than we were off again to Portland for Molly and Luke’s wedding. The theme was “sparkles,” and we definitely delivered!
Once back from Portland, we walked in the annual children's parade before driving to Michigan to spend time at the cottage. After we returned from Michigan, Molly and Luke came to stay with us for a week. We had a nostalgic time showing them all the Wisconsin traditions—mostly food- and beer-based—that we have created.
That brings us to August, when I started my new job at Johnson Financial Group. The role is remote, but I need to be in person in Racine a few times a month. Auggie had his first sleepover with Asher; the boys were giggling for two hours before they finally went to bed. Elyse and Auggie went up early to the cabin for nearly two weeks. I joined them a week in, just as Elyse’s siblings arrived. Auggie had an awesome time playing with his cousins and grew very confident in the water. We were only back from the cabin for 18 hours before packing up to go camping for five days. We stayed at our usual site at Point Beach, and while the weather was cooler, it was still a wonderful time.
