Waggett-Palmtag Family

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Wisconsin 2012

We had a family trip to Wisconsin the last week in July to visit our extended Palmtag family. These are the princesses at the airport. They are becoming seasoned travellers and it's funny when people ask us if this is their first time on an airplane. I can't even count the number of times they've flown!

When we got to Milwaukee, we had a great reunion with the whole Palmtag clan - all the family and grandkids were there for a big family dinner. The next day, we headed to Door County for a mini-vacation at the Palmatg Cottage. As soon as we got there, the girls had to explore Grandpa's long dock on Sturgeon Bay.

Matt saved a birthday present for both girls to give them at the cottage - new 'big kid' fishing poles.' They tried them out of the dock and Brooke learned how to cast on her own.

Matt and Grandpa took the kids on a few fishing trips and Luci caught the first fish.

We had some rainstorms and saw a beautiful rainbow over the lake. It was so big that both ends didn't fit in the picture.

We took the kids to a local Petting Zoo/farm and the girls fed baby goats out of bottles and corn to the bigger animals. Brooke's favorite part were the baby kittens and the horses. Luci finally got brave enough to let the big goats and sheep eat out of her hand.

Umm. . . goats, can you get out of our way?

From July 2012

Max and Mya came and joined us!

From July 2012

And the kids even slept together. . .

From July 2012

Matt took Brooke to her 1st Brewer's game with Max and Uncle Charlie.

From July 2012

Can't wait for the next trip!

Monday, August 6, 2012

Palmtag Family Fishing Trip

Last Friday, we had an unexpected day off at home as a whole family. Matt decided the weather would be perfect for the whole family to head out on the boat for a fishing trip. We got up early, and put Luci in the car with her Minnie Mouse pjs still on, and headed to the coast. After catching bait, Matt found a great spot where the fish were biting. He rigged up the girls' new fishing poles and the fish started biting immediately. The girls caught a few trout and a lot of catfish (no pics of those!). Brooke has got the hang of handling the rod and Luci still needs some muscle power from mommy to help get the fish to the boat.

Brooke with her 1st trout

and her 2nd trout.

Luci with her 1st trout.

After this, Matt moved us to a new spot near some mangrove islands. we watched some dolphin feeding for a while, then Matt set the girls rods out. Immediately, Luci got a hit and this is what she got!

The redfish is almost as big as her! She spent a lot of time examining the fish and touching them.

Brooke caught this mangrove snapper and then we started getting a little toasty in the sun, so we went to one more spot before we headed to the beach.