Grandparents & Nana and Papa

Last weekend we went up to see Grandma Pat and Grandpa Tom. Grandma Pat and Grandpa Tom graciously babysat on Friday evening so that Josh and I could go out on a date. We have become very fond of going for long walks and then heading to Starbucks to meet up with a friend and play Uno.
Saturday we took Jacob and Benjamin to the Manitowoc County Fair. Jacob was in little boy heaven. He got to see cows, horses, bunny rabbits and goats. He got to see tractors and touched all the bobcats (skidstears). He also got to ride on the carousel, the tea cups, trucks and bumble bee rides. We also took him to the demolition derby that night at the grandstand. Both Benjamin and Jacob were enthralled by the demolition derby. It got kind of loud at the demo derby for Benjamin, so Grandma Pat, Ben and I waited outside the grandstand area for Jacob, Grandpa Tom and Josh.
This weekend we traveled down to Illinois to see Nana and Papa. Jacob got to go the farm and ride tractors, feed calves, torment kitties, eat apples and just hang out with great grandpa Schultz, Great Uncle Ronnie and Great Uncle Gerald. Then we went to Krape Park for a picnic lunch and Jacob got to ride on the carousel.
Today, we went to a parade in Shannon, IL. We got to see fire trucks, more tractors and some horses. Then we headed over to Great Uncle Ronnie's for a gathering of the Schultz family. Great Uncle Ronnie has lots of John Deere tractor things. It took every once of Jacob's discipline to not touch the John Deere tractor things.
This coming week is very busy. I have work to catch up on. AWANA starts up and Josh has a test on Saturday morning.
Also, for those of you who don't know, Josh has accepted a position as the assistant varsity girls basketball coach at North High School. Josh is very passionate about basketball and he is very good at coaching. The boys will enjoy going to games and rooting on dad's team. We will see how mom does trying to keep up with everything...