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Dairy state

Kristin had a wonderful trip to America's Dairyland over the 4th of July weekend to visit her good friends Melissa and Mike, who just had a new baby.
It was nice to fly over the Midwest and see all the green!


Mike and Melissa served up a very Wisconsin welcome.



Kristin enjoyed getting lots of snuggies from baby Holly.


She even got some nice smiles!


It was fun remembering when she visited Lorelei at the same age.
Kristin and Holly, 2016
Kristin and Lorelei, 2013

Kristin, Melissa, and the girls enjoyed a wonderful trip to the Madison Farmers Market.



Kristin was super excited about eating some fresh cheese curds!

Squeeky dairy. Yum.


For Kristin's birthday, Lorelei took her on her first ever trip to the Henry Vilas Zoo. It was cool to see all the animals, and Lorelei loved riding the carousel and the train.






Kristin got to enjoy lots of Dairy Queen on her birthday weekend.

Butterfinger Blizzard diary
DQ ice cream cake


We celebrated the 4th of July with a parade and some sparklers.


Lorelei favored the one-legged sparker approach, which she taught Melissa.



Kristin did some cooking for everyone to try to be helpful, including making cookies and pizza.


Cheesy taco pizza


Lorelei showed off her pancake-making skills, which required some box slapping.




Kristin had fun introducing Lorelei to Snapchat.






Mike, Melissa, and Holly even got in on some of the Snapchat action.






It was a wonderful trip, and Kristin felt so happy to get to spend her birthday weekend with such dear friends. She was also excited to learn new parenting tricks from them to take home and use on Andie.

It seemed necessary to also take home cheesehead for Andie, so she picked one up at the airport.

Mmmm, dairy!


Jason made sure to keep Kristin up to date on all the happenings at home while she was away.










Jason, Andie, and Hawkeye had a nice evening at the farmhouse with James and Ellie.









Andie even expressed some of her Midwest roots by taking a spin on the John Deere.




Andie sported some red, white, and blue for the 4th celebrations.
Ben and Jake take posing tips from Andie.




Bree and Andie read Pete the SCUBA Cat.

Andie continued to enjoy shoes as much as ever, and was happy Kristin left some of her shoes at home for her to walk around in.








Andie also sported some new clothing, including some PJs covered in sharks ...



... and the Oshkosh overalls from Ann Marie and Jeff.

Made in the Dairy State




Hawkeye hugs
Fish lips

What does the monkey say?

Andie's animal sound repertoire is expanding rapidly. She can tell you what dogs, cats, cows, lions, sheep, and monkeys say.




We've had some fun nights out to eat at Barley and Hops lately.



Andie loves their creamy soups.
Diary is delicious.


Andie also seems to love shining the windows with her face.



Luckily for Team Herilino's health, there is some non-dairy food in their lives, like at the Occidental Farmers Market we've been frequenting with friends. 

Andie and Judith
Andie and Ben

The fruit in our yard is also starting to ripen. Andie loves the cherry plums.




In addition to the health benefits provided by occasional non-dairy food consumption, Team Herilino also has pretty good oral hygiene. Thanks, Papa!



It's hard work being so diary-obsessed!



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