Dinosaurs!

We took a family trip to see the Walking with Dinosaurs show at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. It was one of the best shows we've seen. The dinosaurs were life size and the brontosaurus was so big that his head would reach out over the audience. The boys really enjoyed the show.

Madison Trip

We took the boys to Madison to see the Capitol, visit the Children's Museum and the Zoo. We also took a walk on State Street to checkout the shops.

View off the Capitol balcony

Restaurant on State Street

We ate at A.J. Bombers for lunch...

...and the boys had a BLAST!

The free zoo was really awesome

Their was lots to do at the children's museum

Their is an Ella's Deli in Madison too!

First Day Of School

Sam and Max both had their first day of school. They're both enjoying the year so far and have had fun stories to tell each day when they get home. Here's hoping the excitement lasts the whole year.

Kohler-Andrae Camping Weekend

Camping with many of our friends at Kohler-Andrae state park in Sheboygan. All of the kids were thoroughly dirty everyday. Everyone had fun and despite the fog, it was a nice weekend.

20 Year High School Reunion...Or So I Thought!

I (Mark) graduated from high school in 1994. This year was the 20th anniversary of my graduation and to celebrate that, some of my old classmates had planned a weekend of hanging out at various locations around Sheboygan. I opted to go only to the actual reunion that was to take place on a Saturday at the Sheboygan Yacht Club. I paid my meal fee for Becky and myself and received my confirmation email that the event was all set.

I had wrangled a friend of mine (Rich) and his wife into going too. The 4 of us arrived at the venue fashionably late and asked where the reunion was. The host looked at us like we had something on our face and informed us that their was no reunion scheduled that night. We asked to speak to the manager and he informed us that the event was canceled the previous month. He gave us the number for the person organizer and we gave her a call to see about getting our meal refunded. Thankfully it wasn't some elaborate prank played on us. They had canceled the event at that venue because they didn't have enough people and instead moved it to another location...a bar.

After getting the persons voice mail, we decided to find another place to eat since we had both gotten babysitters for the night and didn't want to go home at 7pm with our tails between our legs. We headed out to find food and one of us got a call back with an explanation that personal phone calls had gone out to all who had paid for the event...they evidently forgot to give us a call, and since neither my friend or I are on Facebook(see...it's not just Becky and I), we did not get the message that way either.

After finding a place to eat I received a call from one of the organizers who was now at the Sheboygan Yacht Club looking for us. Apparently word had gotten out that their were people going to the Yacht Club. So this person was trying to find us to give us our money back for not attending the event and for all the mix-up that happened. We were currently in Elkhart Lake...quit a ways from the Sheboygan lakefront. This person with our money was adamant about getting the cash to us that night before they went home. So I gave her the address of the restaurant and we waited for her arrival in Elkhart Lake. A while later she called me...lost somewhere in Elkhart Lake, my friend guided her to the restaurant where we met her outside for our refund. We caught up for a few minutes and she apologized over and over for the mix-up. With our refund in hand, our dinner was paid for.

It turned out to be a great (and hilarious) night out with my high school friend, which was mostly the point of the evening anyways. Catching up with friends.