Memorial Day Weekend

My parents came to visit Justin and I for memorial day weekend. The last time we had seen them was for Christmas, and I don't think we will go that long again without visiting! My parents had quite the trip here with all the flight delays, but they were such troopers and went along with me straight to my school from the airport to attend my students' event night.

So happy to be visiting :)

Friday we went to a cookout at our friends' place. There was a request for mom's banana pudding, so she made a double batch to bring and I tried a new favorite, margarita popsicles. They would be perfect for the beach!

Saturday, we spent the day in Milwaukee. We ate lunch at Maggiano's (Justin's and my favorite!) where we ate way too much delicious food.

After lunch we headed to Miller Park. The boys forgot one important item for tailgating... a bottle opener! They couldn't find one anywhere but did find some pliers in an old man's trunk that did the trick.

Stay thirsty, my friends.

This was our first time being at a major league ballpark with a dome, which we were very thankful for with the cool weather.

The Brewers lost, but we still had fun at the game.

After church on Sunday, we went to High Cliff to do some hiking. 

Lake Winnebago

We decided to start on the Old Kiln Ruins trail because it went along the lake. Mom and I got distracted taking pictures with our phones, so the boys took the lead. After a little while, we noticed that the trail got much, much more narrow and uneven. The boys insisted we were still going the right way. Then the trail totally disappeared and we were in a "natural area" on the map where we were following deer tracks in the mud to try to find our way out, because the boys thought that was a much more logical idea than turning around and retracing our steps.

Looking for deer tracks

After the boys continued to try to lead us back to the trail, they finally agreed we should turn around and retrace our steps. We eventually found the trail again and continued our hike :)

The park has a wooden tower that you can climb that overlooks the lake. Justin was a little distracted up here by his fear of heights so he and I didn't get a picture up there :)

After hiking, we had to stop at the Chubby Pelican to refuel with some ice cream and relax in the giant adirondack chair out front. Apparently not many people actually sit in this chair often (it is sitting right at the corner of an intersection) because every person that drove by stared the whole time they passed by with no shame.

Memorial Day didn't have as nice of weather so we spent most of the day inside. We enjoyed just getting to play games, cook, and hang out together. The boys had a cigar to celebrate.

Tuesday morning, Justin and I were back to work and my parents again had difficulties with the airlines. They ended up having to rent a car and drive home. They are such troopers! Lesson learned: don't ever fly United!

We are so glad that they took the trip up here to see us and are looking forward to our upcoming visit in June! :)