Midwest Adventures

In mid-November we left Ann Arbor for a two and a half week trek through the Midwest. We knew that once we moved to Texas it would be more difficult to visit our families and friends in Wisconsin and Nebraska, so after Tom’s defense and my last day at the Red Cross we packed up the kids and hit the road.

Our first stop was in Madison, where I attended Aunt Sara’s baby shower and the four of us, along with Grandma Brenda and Grandpa Paul, visited the Madison Children’s Museum and the State Capitol.



Hallie on a little bridge and Will on the human hamster wheel at the Children’s Museum.




The view from the rooftop of the Children’s Museum.




Yep, Grandpa Paul is lying on the floor in the State Capitol. Apparently this is the best way to view the rotunda.

After a fun weekend in Madison, Tom and I left the kids with Grandma and Grandpa and flew to College Station, where we found a house to rent and got to know the city a little better. Four days later we flew back to Madison, picked up the kids, and drove to Grandpa Mike and Grandma Susie’s house in Nebraska for the week of Thanksgiving. The holiday was a lovely one, though I have no pictures to prove it. We were lucky enough to see lots of grandmas, aunts, uncles, and cousins, but we missed Uncles Adam and Grant and Aunts Jenna and Chandi.

We wrapped up the trip with a LONG trek back to Michigan, knowing as we drove into town that it would be the last time we did so heading towards our Ann Arbor home.