Family Visits

Two weeks ago we had visits from several of our family members.  We started off with a visit from my sister who came up from Chicago for the day.  We toured the latest exhibit at the art museum and then enjoyed lunch with Jo at the US Bank cafeteria (it is better than that sounds - it is a multiple station cafeteria run by one of the best names in chefdom in Milwaukee).  Afterwards it was out to Boswell bookstore for an hour or so of browsing and Cheryl doing her best to keep the place in business.  Then it was home to catch up on all the family gossip before she had to head back to the train station for her trip home.  It was great seeing her and she "conveniently" left one of her books by Jo's seat at the dinner table.  "The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up" - Jo swears it was by design but it was completely innocent as she was repacking her bag.  But quite apropos I would say given Jo's penchant for hoarding.

The next day our brother-in-law, Michael, came in from Omaha.  He was attending the PGA tournament at Whistling Straights and was able to spend a night with us between rounds.  Spent the time talking about what is happening in Omaha and enjoying a great breakfast at our favorite nearby diner - Benji's in Shorewood.  He headed out in the morning and then later that day we were joined by Kathy and John.  They we in town for Drew's birthday and to attend a Brewer's game with us.  That evening we got to see the Brewer's win (which is a pretty rare event this year) and enjoy a hot dog (for me since I'm a purist) or brat (for Jo since she likes them better than dogs and is more interested in pleasing her stomach than being a baseball food purist) at the game for dinner.  Since what is baseball without a hot dog and a Coke.

On Sunday we we joined Drew and Amy for brunch to celebrate Drew's birthday at Wolf Peach which has an interesting menu.  After brunch it was back to the house for Drew to open a few presents and to partake in some birthday cake, just in case you weren't stuffed from brunch.