Taking Wisconsin by Storm

My family was here this last week and it was so much fun.  We packed a lot of fun Wisconsinite activities into a week.  We also spent WAY too much time sitting around and letting Natalie get spoiled and be the center of attention, by the time she left I had no idea how I was going to be able to entertain her while she got used to normal life again.  I was relieved to find out that she adjusted rather quickly and is now back to normal and can entertain herself for awhile without asking me every minute for Ada, Daddy (grandpa) and mommy (Grandma).  We had so much fun while they were here and can't wait until we see them at Christmas.  Also I am horrible with pictures so even though we did a lot, we did not take pictures at every activity, so here are some of the fun things we did.

These next pictures are of the day my family had Natalie while I was at work.  She had a great time learning about the business that keeps Milwaukee afloat--Miller Brewery.  She loved the free pretzles at the end of the tour.  


We tired her out with lots of activities through the week and by Friday she was so tired she fell asleep during the tour of this cool old mansion right in downtown Milwaukee.  It is called the Pabst mansion, and it was beautiful, a great example of old town Milwaukee and the amazing architecture they have here.

After the exciting morning at the mansion I stayed home to try to get Natalie to take a nap while my family went hiking and experienced the beautiful wildlife and fall colors of Wisconsin.  Yes the following pictures is of wild turkeys roaming around the hiking trails. 

Saturday led us to explore a little further south of Milwaukee and get out of the city to explore the Jelly Belly factory, cheese stores and the outlet stores.  It was a fun-filled day with lots of free samples of Jelly Bellies, yum!

Sunday morning we went and showed my family Lake Michigan.  It was a windy day, as you can tell from Natalie cuddling with Grandpa on the rocks.  Also to add excitement to the day Natalie lost her shoe among the rocks on the lake, thanks to brave Uncle Adam we were able to get it back after he crawled between the rocks and got sprayed by the very cold water.  Adam to the rescue again.


  We did many other things the week my family was there including seeing the Medical College and hositals, watch BYU lose in the student lounge at the college (we don't get the games at home), tour Sprecher's rootbeer factory, and go to the park (a lot).  Patrick also survived his crazy test week and we were glad when the weekend came and he got to have fun exploring Wisconsin with us.