Midwest wrap-up

We had a lovely trip out to visit friends and family in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Everyday was a highlight (ok maybe not the trip home). The boys were very well behaved on their flight out there thanks to the portable DVD player and Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham DVD. When we got there we were whisked to Melissa's 30 birthday party filled with Swedish fish, swimming, and campfire. PJ told everyone that he was going to be a spaceship surgery doctor when he grows up so he can buy a beach house. He is going to drive a lot of Ferraris (all the colors) and even drive a tree. AJ said he was going to live under Patrick's beach house in a hole in the sand and will pee on the ants that live under the beach house. PJ informed me that I will be coming over and cooking dinner, cleaning the beach house and taking care of his 5 children (and AJ under the house). He will be buying me either a yellow or purple Ferrari for my transportation needs. What a sweetie.
The rest of the week we had fun hanging out with friends and family, playing with Jenny's dogs Cali and Foster and enjoyed the new twin cousins, Hunter and Savannah. We ate custard and cheese curds, roasted marshmellows, grilled and enjoyed a trip to the lake front beach. The boys were blown away that it wasn't an ocean and it was so cold! They really wanted to know what happens when snow falls on the lake.
I had a special treat when my great friend from High School, Madeleine, came out from Madison with her sweet baby, Caroline (http://niebauerfamily.blogspot.com/). It was so fun to reconnect. While the men golfed, we (Mad, Caroline, my MIL, SIL- Jenny, and her twins, me and my twins) spent the day in historic Cedarburg. All of us had a great time eating crepes , doing a little shopping in the toy store, playing in the park and finishing a great day with relaxing having a beer overlooking the creek- gorgeous.
Then Timmer and me headed of to Todd and Meredeth's wedding Thursday. We were lucky to stay with our great friends, Pete and Erin who were so sweet to invite folks over so we could reconnect with friends that we had not seen in a while. I was even lucky enough to get invited to Ann's house and have a fantastic home cooked brunch with friends including Kristi and Erin. Yum! Ann had a fantastic garden complete with a large veggie patch- her zucchini bread is awesome. The rehearsal dinner was fun, but the wedding was a blast. The boys drove up with their grandparents from Wisconsin and was very proud of the way they behaved during the ceremony. The rest of the time they were pretty wild, but a highlight was watching them spent the night dancing with all the pretty ladies. They sure have a lot of charm.