Not quite Dora... Vol. III

After meeting up with Steph the girls were off to the windy city for a day followed by a few more in Milwaukee.  Steph, Jen, and Bryn (to be referred to as SJB in the future) touched down in Chicago where our sister-in-law Jocelyn met them at the airport.  They spent the day seeing some of the sites and had lunch in Chicago before making their escape to Milwaukee.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Jen couldn't resist taking our 5 month old baby on a tour of the Miller factory while in Wisconsin, but then again Bryn was bound to find out eventually that her Mom is a lush.  Better now than later I guess!

I had to put this picture up. Talmage is just too cool for his own good

The family that drinks together...

Cousins

See if you can spot coach J. Sloan

Not quite Dora... Vol. II

The second leg of the ladies' journey involved Jet Blue's all-you-can-jet pass.  After seeing it advertised online, minimal discussion, and a quick decision Jen, Bryn, and Jen's mom Steph plotted to make their way across the country in 30 days or less. The first leg of the journey landed the girls in SLC for a week where they saw Aunt Cheryl, the Utah-UNLV game, and an abundance of Cafe Rio salads.
The Grandparents bought Bryn her own little playpen so she has a nice place to lay her head when she comes to visit.  Further proof that she's the favorite of the whole bunch. The girls really enjoyed their visit and are already plotting their SLC adventures for Christmas.

And the pictures keep coming.

Klyde Frog

The Royal Treatment

And that's what happens when you get old... She seems concerned.

Lil' Ute

Not quite Dora the Explorer... But close. Vol I

Ms. Jen and Ms. Brynlee have finally returned from all of their travels.  The next 4 blogposts or so will chronicle their many adventures.  It all began back in the beginning of September when we all went to Myrtle Beach for Labor Day.  We wanted to meet up with our long lost friends from Florida, Jake and Lindsey, and felt that a repeat of last year's adventure was in order.  We learned a lot from our last trip and were able to focus more this time on good food and relaxation.
Not surprisingly Brynlee was a trooper and took most of the trip in stride, maybe that's why we let her travel so much! Our time in Myrtle Beach was spent at the beach, mini-golfing, and overpaying for a really cool BBQ festival.  The BBQ festival is apparently a yearly thing there and had a lot of really good fair food.  Unfortunately, at the advice of an uniformed or dishonest fair worker, we opted in for the $10 all you can eat pass which was supposedly good from 1 - 9 p.m.  After eating our 4th styrofoam cup of smoked pork we took a break and hit the beach.  We headed back to the fair around 7 only to find that all the booths had folded up and skipped town!  Needless to say we won't be buying the all you can eat bracelet anytime soon.  Not enough food variety for our tastes.  I swear I could still taste the pork 3 days after we got home!

Enjoy the pics!

BBQ Festival

Beach Bum