Mat's stay went a little like this:
Went for a run and watched the sunrise over Chicago:
Went to Borders because of boredom and then took some pictures of the city:
Sunday, he rejoined his conference classes and interviewed with potential future employers (more on that story when we know more). Just keep your fingers crossed in the name of the Harrises, if you truly care.
Mic's stay went a little like this:
Drove up to Wisconsin only to find a towering plaster of Paris Ramses statue with a pet gold plated pyramid slightly behind him. Who thinks of these wonderful ideas? Who has this Ramsey passion? It's like ancient!
Toured the Jelly Belly Factory. Train Car + Video Clips around a Costco like warehouse + Sales Pitch for expensive sugar wrapped up into a bean + Free Sample= Tour. It was free and a perfect stop to make some sandwiches.
Stopped at the Mars Cheese Castle. Turns out, Wisconsinites like their cheese sharper than knifes. It makes you purse fish lips in seconds.
I also took the kids to a brewery. That's right, "Kids, we're going to learn how they make beer." Becket with a a stretched out "Whhhhhyy?" Gretchen: "Turn on Scripture Scouts or pause it when we go in!"
They were a little confused as to why their mother would take them to such a place, but I heard it was worth a stop. Besides, Gretchen drew a Griffin, (Sprecher's mascot---you know, half lion, half eagle) on her G page in kindergarten.
It also appears that Becket is still working his shift from the Jelly Belly factory and it looks like we have the mad drunk, the silly drunk and the aloof drunk all on one table.
We finally landed in Wisconsin to visit friends that we knew in North Carolina. Thank you Cutler's for putting up with us over the weekend. I'm sure they are loving their space back. I presented the kids with T-shirts according age. They were a scream to say the least! The kids looked like a walking family reunion, but they loved being identified by their age. Let me know if you would like me to make you a T-Shirt, I'm sure these will be big sellers with woman over 30!
I find it interesting how their age marks their height as well.
We also got to see the good old Irish bunch for dinner. Karen just had a baby and she was already fixing dinner for us. There was a little guilt not bringing dinner to her, but what do you do when you're a traveling nomad?
I do just love this bunch.
We played at la playa, watched a Bollywood movie, met their new friends at church, snagged Brooke's tried and true recipes and then we drove back down to Chicago.
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