Last week we were blessed tremendously with a "bay-cation" (how Julianne says "vacation") up to Door County, Wisconsin. Door County is a peninsula that is sandwiched between Green Bay and Lake Michigan. To split up the 10 hour drive on the way there we stopped in Chicago, IL and stayed with our good friend, Jocelyn. During our short stay, we went to Cosley Zoo and experienced Chicago-style hot dogs from a man who was selling them from a hot dog cart(this has been a dream of mine for quite a while). While we were in Door County, we stayed in a beautiful house that had more than enough space for our family, my mom, brother, aunt, uncle, cousin, and grandma. It had a huge yard that was great for our evening campfires and for soaking up the gorgeous weather (60's and 70's during the day and cooler at night). We all arrived on Saturday and on Sunday we went to a yummy barbecue place that had a great view of Egg Harbor. That afternoon we went to the beach with the intention of checking it out since it was still a little cool for swimming. Julianne started off dry but was soon soaked from the waist down from wading. Soon she was covered in sand too, so she wore her birthday suit in the car on the way back to the house.

On Monday morning we went to Al Johnson's for breakfast. Al Johnson's is a Swedish restaurant in Sister Bay that has goats on its' roof. After a tasty meal of swedish pancakes and swedish meatballs, we walked around Sister Bay and did some light shopping.

On Tuesday, several of us went on a hike on Eagle Trail in Peninsula State Park and climbed Eagle Tower for a fantastic view of the bay. After our hike we went to a frozen custard place and let Julianne play on the playground. Lorelei had her first taste of this frozen treat and would probably prefer to eat that compared to the cereal we've been feeding her. We made s'mores on a campfire that evening and Julianne experienced her first s'more. The girl loves her sweets, so needless to say she loved it. She actually refused to move away from the table that was holding the s'more fixins. She just stood there looking longingly at anyone who came by.

"Bay-cation" - Part 2 : Still to come


Lorelei having a deep and intellectual conversation with Jocelyn


Julianne, Jocelyn, and Mommy at Cosley Zoo


Looking at the deer from Jocelyn's shoulder


Lorelei's first time seeing the beach - She actually left a present on Uncle Andy's lap because she was so excited to see him and the beach


Getting bounced around on an air mattress


Al Johnson's - Goats on the roof


Enjoying our meal at Al Johnson's


Viking Stephen


Viking Lorelei and Viking Peter


Viking Andy


Viking Shelley and Viking Steve


Viking Julianne


Viking Mimi


Julianne and her troll friend - she fed all of them flowers


Julianne and Daddy overlooking Sister Bay


Julianne had her first taste of pink milk and is still looking for the pink cows that produced it


On a hike


Swinging with Uncle Andy and Cousin Peter - Julianne had the most fun with these two guys


Lorelei's first taste of ice cream


Sitting around the campfire


Julianne roasting her first s'more


This is the crazed s'more look - This s'more had dark chocolate and door county cherries on it - the idea of Chef Uncle Andy