Mil. wau. kee.

Back in June we took a fun little vacay to the land of cheese... Wisconsin. My cousin Stacey lives there and my aunt Peggy and uncle Steven were visiting from New Jersey so my family drove up from Iowa. Plus my aunt's sister, Julie, and her husband Dick, live in Milwaukee too. It was a fun, relaxing weekend. Friday night we all went out to dinner at Cafe Hollander in Tosa Village. They had delicious food plus a hundred types of beer on the menu - no joke. And for those of you who know me, beer isn't really my thing but I find a few that I really liked.

On Saturday, Matt and I tool a walk down to the Tosa Farmer's market in the morning. Then we enjoyed some pool time before heading to the Lakefront Brewery Tour at 2:30pm. 

Milwaukee has a lot of breweries that we could check out but rumor has it that the Lakefront Brewery tour is the best. And it definitely didn't disappoint! It costs a few bucks to take the tour but you get big drink samples and get to take home a pint glass at the end! Here's a few photos of us having fun that Stacey & my sisters took. 

My aunt's sister, my aunt, my mom

Geez, it was sooo sunny out!

We enjoyed dinner on the patio at a mexican restaurant. Unfortunately we didn't plan out our drinking too well since we went beer on the tour followed by margaritas at dinner... after dinner we were pretty much exhausted and called it an early night.

 

tequila shots for these 3!

The fun continued on Sunday with brunch at Julie & Dick's. Then a trip to the Milwaukee Art Festival at the Milwaukee Art Museum. There were some cool pieces of art there but only Stacey ended up purchasing anything... well, actually Peggy purchased a print for Stacey for her birthday. You can kinda tell in this pic I snapped, but it was super foggy down by the lake and we couldn't get any pics of the museum. We also did lunch dinner lupper downtown too. 

Monday morning we did breakfast at a cute little local cafe and then stopped at the lake before the drive home. 

Overall, we had a great trip! And I'm impressed that we all survived the 5.5 hr ride together. 6 adults in a suburban is a lot!