North Central Wisconsin

We have traveled to North Central Wisconsin to spend time with our daughter and families living there. Our son-in-law is the president of the Hispanic American Soccer League, managing and organizing games, teams, etc. so this is a busy time of year for him, as it is the beginning of soccer season. Of course, we attended the game on a Sunday afternoon.

Team Montoya

Game in progress, but it was called due to severe weather.

He also has his own team, Team Montoya. The players in the league are from many different countries: Costa Rico, Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, Jamaica, Nigeria, United States, Germany, Russia and others. How awesome it is to see them play together as team members, regardless of their origin of birth, just as God wants us to fellowship with and become brothers and sisters to all people in this world. "For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another".
I John 3:11.


Green Bay Packers fans are probably the most passionate ones in the country, although I am sure every state feels the same about it's loyalty. But to prove a fact, check out his house.


Ya gotta love green and gold!



We had a beautiful spring in N Arkansas, now the Lord had allowed to see and enjoy the beauty of a Central Wisconsin spring.  The lilacs, flowering crab apples, and the magnificent red maples are certainly beautiful to behold. "And God saw everything that He made, and behold, it was very good". Genesis 1:31

Clumps of huge lilac bushes are seen throughout the area

Can't you just smell the fragrance of lilacs?

The flowering fruit trees come in so many colors

The red maple is just as majestic as the sugar maple

The second highest point in Wisconsin is there in the city where our daughters live (Wausau, WI). It is a beautiful place to just reflect on nature. It is mostly granite substructure, thus its new name, Granite Peak (we knew it as Rib Mountain). Huge formations are seen all over the area, as well as make up the very popular skiing area. There were even patches of snow still on the ski trails when we were there.

View from the top of Rib Mt (Granite Peak)

Trulliums - bloom in early spring - are they called trilliums because thaey have 3 petals and leaves or that they bloom only every three years?

One of the many outcroppings of granite

Snow on Rib Mt.  the end of May