Poopytime

This last weekend the Autumnal Fire was tapped for the first time at Capital Brewing in Madison WI. For those not in the know, this is one of my all-time favorite brews. The formula seems to have changed a little, but it is still delicious. Making it even better was some music by Pupy Costello & His Big City Honky Tonk playing for free! Excellent band and a fellow Milwaukee East-Sider! Some members of Brown Derby joined in for a few songs, if you are in Madison and they are playing I highly recommend seeing either band. My niece highly recommends them! The beer garden was great at Capital with s'mores being cooked and lots of friendly folks.

Where did the summer go?

I can't believe it's Labor Day Weekend and the summer is over!! We spent the entire 1st part of the summer getting the yard pretty, planning and planning for our trip. Then we spent 2 weeks on our trip. Now, we've been spending the last 3 weeks recovering and trying to get back into a routine and the summer is gone. 

We finally met Parker J. Volstorf over the weekend. Grandpa Kipp would like to call him PJ. He thinks it great we finally have a name we can shorten to initials. Parker is pretty cute now. As of today, 6 wks 4 days, he is 14 lbs. I didn't think that seemed too big, but his Mommy said the other two kids were at 14 lb at 2 mos... ok, so he's still big, but he's spread out, he's long. He's proportionate.  :-)

Harley's 105th Anniversary party is this weekend. We'll be volunteering down at SS Peter and Paul, selling food for one night. Enjoying the loud mufflers for the rest of the weekend from home. I swear, we WILL finish an unfinished project this weekend!!

And of course, we'll be listening to the Brewers.... Go Crew!

Back to the real world

Well, we've worked our way right back to where we were before we left. Work, home, housework. Ok, the housework has not been addressed yet, but it's near the top of the list. I think we'll be doing laundry for days. I have a ton of yard work to do, as well. Everything is growing like weeds, including the weeds.

We must not have drank enough beer while on vacation... because we both participated in the Comet's Beer School on Tuesday. Although, the tasting was not as tasty as what we had in Europe, it was still a good time.

Tomorrow, Aug 8, we'll be enjoying the wedding and reception for Bethany and Glenn. Then, they'll be moving to Chicago next week.

:-( Hopefully we'll be able to visit them soon.

Home Sweet Home!

We're home. All of our flights were on time and pleasant, customs went really well with our 'gun'. Our bus from O'Hare was late, so we didn't get home until 9:30pm.
The kitties are all fine and well, which was our biggest concern. I don't think they noticed we were gone. :-)
Today we're off to Madison for the annual Kipp Family Picnic, and for some traditional American hamburgers! It will be nice to tell the Kipp family all about our trip, while it's still fresh in our minds.

Thank goodness I'm back, so the Brewers can start winning again...

We still have more to post.... photos and video.... stay tuned!!

Wir kommen zu Amerika!

We are on our way home. People in Europe are very gracious, but we are ready to be back... back to our own house, our kitties and cheap soda pop!

For the two people reading ;) , more will come about the trip... meanwhile, see you all at home!

(photo is at Delerium Cafe alley in Brussels)