November 1st, free day at the Zoo.

On Saturday, Tim, Kristin and I left the house early to take advantage of free admission to the Milwaukee Zoo. I think that the zoo offers two free days a year so that families who probably can't afford to go to the zoo have an opportunity to see it. Admission prices are 11.95 per adult and 8.95 per child with parking 10.00. That's a lot of money for a family with a couple of children. There were a number of people like us who took advantage of the nice day to get some exercise. I even saw my sister-in-law, Debbie, with her friend walking around the park.

We dressed in our running clothes so that we could run around the park but instead we walked and enjoyed all the new exhibits.

After seeing all the animals I drove the car while Tim and Kristin ran the 4 miles home. It was a great morning to visit the zoo. Here are a couple of pictures that we took.

It's Official

It's official, Catie and Kurt are expecting their first child on November 1st. Catie and Kurt will be married 2 years in August. Catie is our godchild/niece. This will be my brother Dave's first grandchild and my mother's first great grandchild. Now if only they find out what the sex will be, it will make our jobs of buying little gifts so much easier!!!! Congratulations Catie and Kurt!

Kristin's visit in pictures

I would rather show our pictures of Kristin's visit rather than writing a lot of words. I'm sure she will be doing a lot of writing on her blog which you can read.

We did a lot of window shopping while Kristin was here. She did manage to find this beautiful hat to wear at the Kentucky Derby in May.





Taking advantage of the condo pool. Nice way to get rid of the Wisconsin pasty coloring.....


Kristin is training for the Boston Marathon which is in April. On Saturday she had to run 19 miles. Nineteen miles is a lot when you have some rather big hills to go up and down. Gets her ready for "heart break hill" in Boston.



We must have hit his coffee shop at least three times while Kristin was here.


Flowers by the District


Saturday night at El Jeffe's Mexican restaurant.






Dessert from Layers Bakery


Sunday - Calico Basin - Red Springs

Kristin's welcome back

Yesterday we sent this note to Kristin before she gets here on Wednesday. List of things to do, places to see and where to eat. One thing we forgot to put on was to spend the weekend watching all the basketball games on tv. This Thursday starts March Madness. Do you think she'll mind spending her time in the condo watching basketball?

The Holidays

I love the holidays spending time with family. Christmas Eve is spent at Tim's mom's house and Christmas day at my mom's house. It is always nice to catch up with brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews.