Ups and Downs of a Weekend in Portage

We headed to Portage this past weekend to celebrate grandma Carol's birthday. We had a fun time. We just laid low and hung out with family but it was a great weekend. Saturday evening Owen's Aunt Liz came over for dinner at Carol's and then we all went to the park. Owen had never been in a "big boy swing" before so we thought we would try it out. Knowing he would be way to small we brought one of my baby blankets to keep him in place. Everyone had such a fun time with Owen that night. I think I took over 100 photos during our time at the park. Here are just a few of my favorites...

Grandma Carol enjoying time with Owen

Aunt Liz and Mom pushing Owen in the Swing: Dad's Turn...
Aunt Liz and Owen on the plane
Liz & Owen (Owen is looking up at the monkey bars)

Owen and Papa

The weekend was great fun. However, tonight we realized that someone had a little to much fun around Eau Claire over the weekend. When Eric went out to our black car tonight he realized that the back window was smashed out, part of the dashboard was ripped out, and the stereo face plate was gone. Stupid Kids.

We called the cops to report it. While the police were there a neighbor came over and said that there were several other vehicles broken into over the weekend. Luckily there was nothing valuable in the car (Eric was just happy that they didn't take his gardening things). The only thing missing was the face plate and the medical scissors in our first aid kit...apparently they wanted to be prepared in case they got hurt...

So tomorrow it will be time to call to get the window fixed...guessing that wont be cheap.