Milwaukee in May... Burrrrr!!!

Welcome to Milwaukee and the land of the cheeseheads. The kids immediately took to their new surroundings and blended in like the natives.

Ann had her 15 year medical school reunion. It was a weekend filled with exciting activities like an awards dinner attended by graduates from as far back as the 1940's! Stiv must have loved it because he said it was one of the longest 3 hours of his life!

Abby and Catie had fun playing at the beach with their friend Halle.

The med school reunion included a dinner inside the Big Cat exhibit at the Milwaukee Zoo. 

Catie loves lions and was in heaven as we ate dinner only feet away from lions, cheetahs,  leopards, and tigers! It was very cool!

Outside Grandma Schwartz's house, people are always walking by with their dogs and Catie befriended a neighbor's golden retriever! She got to walk him around the block and play fetch. She was in her element! First lions and now dogs, what a weekend! Too bad "mean dad animal hater" won't let her get a dog of her own!!!

Jackson and Grandma are relaxing with a good book Sunday morning.

We all had a great weekend at Grandma's, but even Catie was ready to get back home after being exposed to the land of cheese.

The following week back in ATL, Catie was showing off her art work that was selected for the big art show at Tucker High School. She was very proud of her work!

The kids enjoying the playground at Piedmont Park during the big Emory residents vs. faculty kickball game.

Catie is spinning Jax and some random kid.

Abby had her first ballet recital and was so cute in her performance outfit! She had a wonderful time and loved getting all dressed up. Unfortunately, the lighting was poor and we did not get any good action shots.

As most of you know we have quite the array of animals that frequent our backyard. Regulars include foxes, coyotes, deer, racoons, opossums, a one legged goose and now a giant snapping turtle! We have named him "Snappy."