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Adam went out downtown the night before his birthday and was out until 2am. Lily and I had to go pick him up along with Aaron, Vanessa, and Chuck. We all went to Taco Bell to get some food before taking everyone home. Adam was sick from a combo of the the 17 or so shots that he had done and then bumpy roads. Needless to say he was pretty hungover on this birthday.
In the morning we went over to my parents house because Steve and family were going to be making a short visit on their way up to Minocqua for their vacation. The kids had lots of fun playing together and Lily didn't want them to leave so she climbed right into Steve's minivan!After that Adam took a nap and then we went out to dinner at Charcoal Grill. We then gave Adam his presents and then he took another nap. Lily watched a little of Finding Nemo and then she fell asleep so we both joined Adam and napped too! Then, we decided it was time to go home so we didn't do Adam's birthday cake until the next day. Lily helped him blow out the candles! She is very excited because she knows that the next thing to happen after Daddy's birthday is that we go on vacation to the "Beach" which is a "Big Sandbox"

Lily and I baked two cakes for Adam's Birthday...one regular German Chocolate Cake with Frosting and one Turtle cake which is also German Chocolate but has Caramel, Chocolate Chips and Walnuts inside.

For Adam's birthday, I got Lily dressed in a soccer shirt and took photos of her playing with a soccer ball in front of a soccer net since Adam is addicted to Soccer and I knew he would think it's cute. Then, I made him an 8x10 Photo collage of some of the cute photos. Here are a couple of the good ones.

Steve & Family and Becky & Family were all going to Wisconsin Dells to take advantage of the coupons that Becky got from WIFC. Adam, Lily and I rode there with my Mom & Dad. Dad had a lot of fun stopping at a bunch of garage sales on HWY 13 but they weren't very good. We met Steve & Family downtown. We were all going to take boat tour but at the last minute Mom & Dad decided not to go. So it was Steve, Lori, Matt, Danny, Johnny, Adam, Lily and I. We thought it was a 45 minute boat tour but right after the boat started going they announced it was a 2-hour tour. It was pretty nice outside and only rained a little bit which was good because we rode on the upper part of the boat. There was two stops that we got to take a little walk on. The first was a really nice stroll through the rocks. On the second land tour we got to see the famous dog leaping on Stand Rock. VIDEO: Dog jumping over on Stand Rock HERE
The trip ended up taking 2 1/2 hours so by the time we were done we were starving. So all then went to Ponderosa which was yummy as usual. Next, we went to the sweet outlet mall that the Dells has. I had lots of fun shopping at The Children's Place & The Disney store of course and Adam liked checking out the Adidas and Nike Outlets. After shopping the whole mall we were tired so Mom, Dad, Adam, Lily, and I went home. Once we got home Lily and I slept about 10 hours! [More photos coming soon]

It was a really nice day out so Adam's Mom & Michelle surprised us by taking us to the Marshfield Zoo today. Lily had lots of fun feeding and chasing the ducks. We also got to take a couple cute family photos there which turned out nice. VIDEO: Adam and Lily feeding the ducks HERE
After the zoo we went to Shopko for a few things and then went to El Mezcal for lunch. Adam only ate like 1 bite of his quesadilla because he suddenly didn't feel good. We were going to take him to urgent care but they were closed already. We drove home and he ended up vomiting in a bag in the truck. So, once we were back to the house we laid Lily down for a nap and Michelle stayed with her. Then, Adam, his mom, and I all went back to the hospital to take him to Emergency. He ended up having a sinus infection and they gave him some antibiotics. We ended up staying in Stratford that night because Adam didn't want to go in the car again and he basically slept like 11 hours that night. I went to the doctor on Tuesday and found out that I have an ear infection. We took Lily in too but her sickness was just a cold. We are all ready to be healthy again!

We decided to go to Stratford on Saturday. We hung out at the house pretty much all weekend. We did go to Heritage days for a little while. Lily won a cute husky dog from playing pick-a-duck and we stayed to watch the fireworks. I had fun taking photos of the fireworks with my "fireworks" setting on my camera. Lily sat on Adam's mom's lap and didn't move during the whole show. She says that she liked the fireworks but they make her scared.

We went to the museum today which was fun. We ran into one of the kids that Lily played with on the playground a couple days ago so they had some fun together. Lily also painted a pretty picture and composed a great song ;)
VIDEO: Lily painting HERE
VIDEO: Lily playing the organ HERE

Today we went to the playground. We planned on going to the museum but apparently they aren't open on Mondays & Tuesdays. Lily had a lot of fun with the other little girls and boys on the playground.

Adam, Lily and I did Kidswalk this year. It was held at Piffner and we did the one mile walk. Lily even got a medal for finishing and had her name announced as she crossed the finish line. It was pretty cute! The walk was nice and it only rained for a few seconds. After the walk we went to Charcoal Grill for dinner which was super yummy!