Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Wisconsin!

 We had such a great trip with Jordan and Amber. I can't believe how much we packed in.  Jordan and Amber are "get out and doer's" too, so it made it a lot of fun.     
We got to go to Madison's Art Fair and Farmer's Market.  They had the most to die for cheese bread and some Chicago Style Kettle Corn!  I wish I had gotten a picture of it, but it was gone too fast:)  We saw the views from the Monona Terrace by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.  It was a beautiful day.

Madison's Children's Museum
We bought passes that got us into several museums on our trip.  The kids loved this place.







Henry Vilas ZOO
After the museum, we headed off to the Zoo in Madison.  If you can believe it, it is FREE, even parking!  The family donated the land for the Zoo as long as it would always remain free to the public.  Pretty cool.  We got there a little late, so most of the animals were in for the evening, but we still managed to catch a few:)





Mount Horeb... aka Troll Town, WI
We spent an afternoon walking the streets of Jordan and Amber's cute town!  It has a lot of Norwegian and Scandinavian history/descent, so they call it Troll Town.  Throughout the town, they have trolls everywhere. They also have the neatest little shops and buildings.  They have a restaurant called the Ugly Troll, but we never made it over there.
 We were able to stop by this fun chocolate house before it closed and get some yummy treats though.  
 
                        We also were sure to get some Wisconsin custard and fried cheese curds one night.  
It was fun to have the cousins together too!  One night we played in an Ultimate Frisbee Game and the kids were great fans:)  Another night, Jordan and David watched the kids so Amber and I could go to a Broadway Musical.  It was pretty impressive!  Jordan and Amber and Katalyn were such great hosts!               

1 comment:

Jordan Jones said...

We loved having you hear and have a lot of great memories. Thanks for making the effort to come out. We love you.