First road trip

This weekend was so much fun! We went to Wisconsin to visit Josh's Aunt Janice and Uncle Tim. I had a meeting in Minneapolis on Friday regarding jobshare. So, I got up early and drove to Minneapolis with Char (district HR manager.) That was 4 hours one way, had a 3 hour meeting and drove back. Then I met Josh and McKenna and we drove another 5 hours to Wisconsin. In the fog and the dark we got lost and somehow ended up 10 miles off course in Madison. I am SO glad we did! Madison is basically like the Seattle of the midwest. Beautiful buildings, trees, water, rolling hills (sorta like mountains :) and of all places we ended up in the U district. The University of Wisconsin (UW) is gorgeous. Realizing that we had a tierd, fussy baby and that we had at least an hour to get there, we opted to stay in a hotel that night. We slept really well and made it to Lodi the next morning. We had the BEST time! I got to meet Jennie (cousin) and Josh's other aunt and uncle on his dad's side (Billy and Ellen.) Emmi, Mark, Kade and Tali came later that morning as well. We got to see their beautifully decorated condo that is right on the water of Lake Wisconsin. Then we all went boating after having lunch at the local fish place called Fitz's. Emmi and Tali waterskiied, and Kade, Mark and Josh went tubing. We took turns watching McKenna back at home while she took a nap. That night we had brats and burgers and somehow managed to fit everyone around the dinner table! After dinner we talked and plotted to set up Logan (Tim and Janice's son) with our friend Cyndi (who was recently on the reality show the ultimate coyote ugly.) The next morning we had fritatta, biscuits, and a great time talking about Janice's nursing experiences in Vietnam. We left midmorning to get back at a decent hour. Next time I think we need to stay a week! What fun!!!