A couple weeks ago I had the chance to go back to a place I had spent many days during high school and while in college: the Becker homestead just outside my hometown of Sparta, WI. One of my best friends, Brian Becker, was home for the weekend for the most glorious of all Sparta days: Butterfest. This festival brings footlong hot dogs, carnival rides, a beer tent and many other splendors to Sparta’s Memorial Park during the second weekend of June year-in and year-out. This time around was a little different as Becker brought home their new addition to the family, Kate, to visit the grandparents and hang out in Wisconsin for awhile.
Kate had just turned a year old and it was my first time seeing this mini-Becker. She’s as cute as the pictures reveal and she definitely has that Becker smirk. Joining Kate were Becker’s (when I say Becker, I mean Brian since everyone calls him by his last name, it’s just the way it’s always been, kinda like any brand of tissue paper is kleenex whether Kleenex makes it or not) siblings and their kids. We decided it was as good a time as any to grab some photos of these kids so we went into the backyard to get some shots. One of the last times I think I was in that yard, I was limping around with a bloodstain made out of ketchup on my derriere while filming our version of Forrest Gump for a high school physics class.
Thankfully, we were able to beat the rain that weekend and make a few fun photos. Check ‘em out below!
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