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I am so far behind I don't think there's any catching up for me!! Well, that's not completely true. I got pretty well caught up with the laundry yesterday, but you know how long that will last!! Exciting life, my friend. Wouldn't trade it for the world. Wait, I have the world!! ...mine anyway...

Well, we just got back from Wisconsin, and it seems just in the nick of time. We drove through a lot of storms in WI and Minnesota, and then I hear that several people, homes and cars were simply washed away! Last time we went, they were in such a drought. The crops were all burned up and it just looked so sad. The rains were nice while we were there, but they must have gotten a lot worse on our way out.

But anyway, Nana took the kids swimming at the pool, Papa took Daddy and Matthew fishing a couple times, and then they sent us away! We've been talking about sending the kids up there for a week sometime, so Michael suggested we leave for a night and see how they all do. Nana said she wanted two days!! So we went to Oshkosh and did a little shopping and a lot of relaxing, and it sounds like everyone at home had a really wonderful time.

Saturday, Papa took us to the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture Museum. We really enjoyed seeing flight come to life from Orville and Wilbur Wright's first plane to some of the experimental space crafts and other makings of history! They also had several displays explaining flight using air pressure and wing shape, displays of flight clothing including the patches and wings of pilots and a lot on WWII, where many of the innovations came from necessity. This may have been the kids' first museum of any kind, and it was a great place to start. It was geared toward kids' love of touching, making noise, and just being able to explore. We all had a really great time.

We really couldn't believe how fast our week went by, but we also couldn't wait to get home to the pets. Bonnie and Clyde wouldn't let the boys in the house, so Mallory and I went to check on Pete and Peachy. They were very well, but much bigger than when we left! It's nice to be home, but we already miss Nana and Papa.