Memory Walk

 

The Bechle family met up for our annual Alzheimer's Memory Walk on Saturday. It is usually held at the N.E.W. Zoo, but they switched the location this year to Lambeau.

 

 

 

The boys were very excited to see their favorite cousin Landon, and spent the whole day running around with him and the rest of the cousins. We did the short walk (1 mile) and then everyone stayed afterwards for some tailgating in the parking lot! We had quite a big group and spent the afternoon catching up with everyone. Aaron's Uncle Dave died in March, and his siblings purchased a tile for him outside Lambeau. The group picture is in front of Dave's tile, and here's a close-up:

 



Apples!

Chicks to Chickens!

Sister's Weekend!

 

The sassters and I spent the weekend in Milwaukee bonding and having fun!

We took a tour of the Pabst Mansion on Saturday that was amazing. Will definitely be going back there.

 

The mansion has been well taken care of, and so much work has been done to preserve it. It was a fascinating story for history lovers like us! We want to take my mom and Aaron there some day, too.

 

Sassters!

 

Today, I left Milwaukee bright and early in the morning and drove to Johnson Creek for the Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival. I had signed up for a class about angora rabbits and harvesting and spinning their wool. The instructor breeds angoras, and I will purchase one from her next year. My favorite part of the class was the shearing demonstration, and after she finished she did a drawing for the fiber. I won! So now I have to teach myself how to spin and get this bag of angora wool made into yarn! It was an awesome class that really covered a lot and gave me some insight into this next phase of my hobby farm!

 

 The chicks are almost ready to move into their coop...and then we'll be on to construction on the rabbitry over the winter! A baby angora will arrive sometime next spring! Can't wait!

 

 

D. Lee Woolee's Rabbitry & Yarn

 

Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival

 

First Day of School!

 

Liam 1st Grade, Maxwell 4K

 

That looks more like my boys!!

 

Busdriver Larry picking up the boys and our neighbor, Kaylee. (Max turned around right after this and started crying and clinging to my leg...he eventually got on the bus...)

 

Have a great day, boys!

First Brewers Game!

 

We took the boys to their first Brewers game last week!

Liam chose this helmet for a souvenir!

 

Max was so excited to have his own souvenir wallet!

He kept saying "I am just so happy with my wallet, Mom! Thank you!"

 

Grandma Meg and Uncle Bird joined us for the game, and we all had a great time!

Max was entranced by the game the entire time, which I was surprised by since he seems to have such a short attention span most of the time. He spent the majority of the game holding his wallet and crouching down at this railing to watch each play! It was adorable, and he was so excited about everything! Liam learned what all the numbers on the scoreboard mean and was able to tell us how fast the pitches were and how many outs there were to go! We ate licorice and popcorn and stayed for the whole game! The boys are asking when they get to go to Miller Park again...I think it will be sooner rather than later!! Another thing crossed off our summer bucket list!

Chick Field Trip!

The chicks took a little field trip to the backyard today! We put them on the grass with the cage over them, and they went to town pecking at the dirt and taste-testing grass!

 

 

Marla's pin feathers are really starting to come in!

 

Kit's are even longer! I love her little fluff tail!

 

Dottie is fearless!

 

And I'm afraid she might be a HE because of how dominant she can be, and how she struts around the cage. Hopefully she's just a little more head strong than her sisters!

 

These girls love piling together and taking naps, or fighting for food!

 

 

They really don't like to be separated from eachother, and will peep angrily if picked up and carried out of sight of the others!

 

Oh, Marla. I put her on Aaron's shoulder the other night...where she promptly pooped and then stared at him!