We started our drive around 10am, after Mike was done tutoring at the high school. Rose was a wonderful passenger, waking only when we got to Wausau and we were hungry for lunch anyway! We all had a delicious meal at the Red Eye Brewing Company, then got back on the road again. (As an aside, Mike has decided that his favorite class of restaurants is "Bars You Can Bring Your Kid To." Brewpubs fit this category perfectly!)
Once we got to Appleton we had a few minutes to visit with my parents, then all my family started to arrive. My parents had about 30 people over for meatball sandwiches and chianti! Yum! Then we all went to the local minor league baseball game. We had great seats right behind home plate, but unfortunately they were also right below the loudspeaker! So much for our plan to let Rose sleep through the game... We ended up having to leave after the second inning. :(
Saturday we had the morning "off," so Mike and Rose and I took a long walk downtown. We then spent the afternoon / early evening at my cousins' high school graduation party. Congrats to Ashley and Amy!!!
Sunday morning was Rose's "Zero-th" birthday party at my parents' house. It was such a lovely event! My Dad even found the same gorilla that traumatized me for my 10th birthday party and hired him to visit Rose! Definitely the last thing I was expecting to see... and thankfully Rose was far less traumatized than I had been in fourth grade. :)
Then Monday we had to leave at the crack of dawn so we could get back to Mpls in time for Mike's first Psych101 class. All in all it was a wonderful weekend! Here are some photo highlights.
Rose with her great-grandparents:
Rose with her maternal grandparents:
Rose with her extended relatives:
Rose's cousin Jimmy:
Taking a break from the festivities:
Present opening:
The gorilla!!!
Our first family portrait:
Thank you, family, for the lovely weekend!!
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