4th of July

For the first time since I moved to the Milwaukee area, we spent 4th of July weekend in La Crosse. It was great to get back down to Riverfest and to watch the fireworks over the Mississippi.

We didn't get to La Crosse until Saturday afternoon. We went to the Toby Keith/Eric Church concert at Summerfest on Friday night and left for La Crosse Saturday morning. We went straight to Myric park to meet up with some old friends from the bank (Debbie Kim and Julie) for lunch and to meet little Ruby (Kim's baby girl) for the first time. Rylie loved looking at her and I loved holding a teeny tiny baby.

Ruby Irelyn Erickson (and her cute little painted toes)


Me (Rylie), Kim (Ruby), Debbie and Julie (Morgan)



We spent lots of time playing outside in the pool, hung out with Elaine and on Sunday got to meet a little puppy. A friend of my dad's stopped by to pick up some tickets and they brought their new baby black lab along. Rylie was a little scared at first, but was much more brave once the puppy was asleep!

Sharing her milk with the sleeping puppy


And her toys, blanky and a snack


And then gave her a little kiss too


Auntie "Yain"


Running through the sprinkler!


4th of July!


My uncle Robin was in town for the week so we go to see him a couple times and take a few updated family pictures too! Rylie wasn't thrilled with this, but we got a few good ones.