A day at the Indiana Dunes National Park to end our vacation on a very good note!
Riding the Gorilla with Daddy
Here we are at the Lincoln Park Zoo again. This time it was very different. Quinn wanted our ice cream cones, she was waving at all the animals, and totally interacting this time. Well, she was only four months old last time :)
Here's Quinn just hanging out
I tried very hard to get a good photo of the kids altogether... this is the best I could get - haha! The cute little girl in the Back is Myles' cousin, Elle - such a doll!
Here is Quinn meeting sweet baby Ainsley
Now, down to Chicago from Madison - a great visit with Kendall, Ben, Myles, and new baby Ainsley. 
Whoa! She was just fine :)
Back with Cousin Madeleine, such sweet cousins!
That same day, we finally got to meet Erin! Those two girls were really cute together. I just wish we had had more time.
Finally Quinn and J. Gordon got to meet! Jessica Flesch-Buye, my cousin and I have been trying to coordinate this for awhile. So, we met at Aunt Sally's house for a fun luncheon. Look at that big boy! He is six months younger than Quinn!
...And then our vacation took us to Madison! We drove four hours to Madison and the first thing we did was meet Melanie, Jeff, and Madeleine for a great concert on the square.
This awesome Eagle perched right on our waterfront a couple of days before we left Minocqua
Bridget, Tommy and the kids came to Minocqua for a little family vacation and came over for dinner one night. Too bad it was freezing those few days!
Our visit with Irene - so good to see her!
With Grandpa Robb (and his silly hat)
Loving the warm summer days on the lake!
Being silly with Mama's sunglasses
On Tony's birthday, riding around Lake Minocqua
Quinn at the beach
Lounging at the cabin in Minocqua with Daddy
Quinn's first Min-aqua Bats show (and their first show of the season)
Quinn's first boat ride
At the Thirsty Whale for lunch
Quinn's first visit to Red Pine Camp
Quinn, learning to walk in St. Germain - she had been taking little steps by herself right before she turned one, but this is where she really took off!
Our first night in St. Germain, right outside of Minocqua
I know - I posted way too many photos, but we were gone a long time! We had such a blast on our northwoods vacation and spending time with family and friends all over WI and Chicago! There were a lot of firsts for Quinn (and parents to think about it) on this trip and we will cherish it forever. Quinn learned to walk, went to Red Pine for the first time, went on her first boat ride (and many more after that), learned what a loon says (now how many kids can do loon calls?), saw her first Min-aqua Bats show, went to her first concert on the square in Madison, and I'm sure there were a bunch more, but I can't think of them now ;)
We are happy to be home, but we do miss the amazing views and carefree summer days of Minocqua - now it's back to work for Tony next week, and for me... well, looking for a job. We did have a fun unexpected family evening out tonight though, we saw The Wiggles - our nice neighbors from across the street gave us three tickets to see the show this afternoon because they couldn't go. So we went, and it was great! It took Quinn a little while to get used to it, but then she was having a blast dancing and waving to the big dog on stage. We took some fun pictures, but I'll post those later since there are a lot of new ones right now anyway. Hopefully we can get a few good swimming days in this week, if there aren't any more heat advisories - isn't above 100 just hot anyway? Well, you would think, but apparently when it is 113, like today, there is a heat advisory. It was quite a hot day today, but Tony and I keep saying, at least we were able to get out of it for six weeks up north!
