Junior Retreat

A while back (a LONG while back) I was able to counsel for a Junior Retreat at 

Camp Joy. I had a FULL cabin and all the girls were very energetic! 

Let's just say that I didn't get very much sleep that night... ;) 

Here are some pictures of my crazy girls! :) 

Sadly, I can't remember all of their names...

so I'll just leave you with pictures. 

eating ice cream from the snack shack....

 this girl loved to draw and spent all her spare time 

drawing pictures for me. :) so sweet! :) 

 in the bookstore...

 at the air cannons...

 in the fun castle...

 some of the girls wanted to go down the toboggan run

even though there was hardly any snow. 

It was more like a mud slide.... :-/

 Pastor Bob Loggans was the speaker for the weekend. 

He is great with kids! :) 

 song time...

 competitive activity....our team won! :) 

group picture!! :) 

 of course, they had to get a crazy picture! :) 

It was such a great weekend! I loved every one of my girls 

even though they were quite a handful at times! :) 

Believe it or not, I was sad to see them go...

Walker Rally in Wauwatosa

A long time ago (back when there was still a little snow on the 

ground and we had temperatures similar to that of the ice age), 

Michelle and I attended a rally for Scott Walker in 

Wauwatosa, WI. There was a pretty good crowd there. :) 

There were also many guest speakers there! 

 Senator Leah Vukmir

 you can always count on seeing some great signs

at these rallys. :) 

 Rebecca Kleefisch

 First Lady Tonette Walker and one of her sons Alex

 Mrs. Walker gave a pretty good speech. :) 

even the dogs like Walker... :) 

 Senator Alberta Darling

 Tommy Tompson

 Michelle and I just about went numb so we decided to walk 

across the street to the Pick 'n Save to get the blood flowing.

It was interesting walking in Pick 'n Save with our Walker signs. ;) 

As I was taking Michelle's picture, this old beat up van drove up....

the ancient driver of the van gave us a thumbs up for our sign though! :) 

 wow...can you say...radical??? 

 walking down the street with our signs....

 Assembly majority leader, Jeff Fitzgerald 

 After Fitzgerald finished his speech, I saw him walking on the sidewalk

all by himself. So of course I jumped at the opportunity 

to go and introduce myself...and of course, get a picture! :) 

 a glimpse of the crowd.....

 :) WE STAND WITH WALKER! :) 

 stands for...

Thank God For Scott Walker    :) 

 State Treasurer Kurt Schuller 

Senator Glenn Grothman 

 Mark Neumann

 on the bus back to the park and ride...trying to thaw out! 

It was incredibly cold that day, but worth every minute of it! :) 

MSO Concert (a long time ago)

So a while back Dad, Nathan, Britney and I went to the MSO! I just love going there! But since it was so long ago, I  cannot remember what we heard. Sad, I know.  :-/  I do remember that the featured pianist was OUTSTANDING! She even played an encore piece for us! So, here are some pictures from the night. :)

So we are not supposed to have cameras in the concert 

hall, but I was naughty and took a few without 

them seeing me. ;) 

 this is the HUGE chandelier in the hall

 Britney and I waiting in the hallway

 Funny Story behind this picture....

So we are standing by this railing for pictures and Britney 

notices the picture on the wall. At the same time, I notice 

the plaque on the railing containing information on the 

picture. As I'm reading the plaque, it says the title of the 

picture was "Bunch of Nails." I was thinking that was a strange

name for a picture(I hadn't noticed the picture yet)....Just 

as I'm thinking that Britney(who had not seen the plaque yet)

 said..."Abbey, look at that picture. 

It looks like a bunch of nails..." 

TOO FUNNY! 

we laughed for a long time about that one. :) 

 THE famous picture! :) 

Nathan and Dad :) 

 Dad and the twins... :)