Festa Italiana

First things first. I finally got some help for my boofy mushroom head of a hair-do. Here is the before and after:

Quite the improvement, wouldn't cha agree?

 Oh boy. The first night rained and rained and rained. We got lucky and grabbed free ponchos before they were all gone.

 First thing I ate-fried cheese ravioli--the bomb.

 Pizza pals.

 Who else wants one of these in their home?

 The girls were good sports!

 It is never too rainy for wine:)

 Or coffee.

 You could not have special ordered the weather the next day: perfection!

 Sicilian dancers.

 One afternoon early morning, we went to a place called Holy Hill. It's a huge catholic establishment on a beautiful hill and incredible land. It also use to be a Monastery, which has now been turned into a cafe and of course we had to have some pie!

There were 3 incredible churches in all. 

 We then explored downtown Milwaukee--hitting Alterra, a coffee shop I had hoped to check out!

  We found an amazing Bohemian area on Brady St. in Milwaukee, we loved it.

 The whole gang.

 I treated myself to some shoes I used to wear in grade school. I am in love! (and to think I use to be embarrassed as a kid to wear these).

 Madz got yet another piercing in her ear, that makes 11!

 When do you think squash was 5 cents a pound?

This is at an old abandoned farm we found on our way home. We explored it for about 20 minutes, it was awesome!

Annnnnd what I worked on on the drive home--it's coming along!

Milwaukee was filled with family fun, laughter and inside jokes. Good food, tasty desserts and yummy drinks. A lot of new memories were made. I am so thankful to have the privilege to go on trips of any kind--I could never take it for granted.