milwaukee on my mind

a beautiful day downtown

my sweet boyfriend and i went to milwaukee (where he's from) over memorial day weekend and it was amazing! his parents had asked us to come a few months ago, but chad was scheduled to work on memorial day & i was supposed to lead worship the sunday before...so we sadly told them we couldn't. but then...since it was the end of the month at the y, they gave chad the day off! i pulled some strings and made a schedule switch with my roomie anna (ahh the blessing of living with 2 other worship leaders), and we were good to go!

but here's the exciting part. besides all the goodness of traveling for a long weekend getaway and having the opportunity to spend time with chad's great fam, we decided it would be sups fun to completely surprise them. so...friday afternoon, we were on our way!

after an excruciatingly long 5.5 hour car ride (with a stop for squeaky cheese curds), we got to the house around 8:30pm. we had been discussing whether we should just walk in and act like it was no big deal, or if we should ring the doorbell and have them find us at the door. since it was 8:30 and nobody would be expecting company, we decided on the latter. more shock value, of course. so, all goofy and whispery, we snuck to the door and rang the bell. and waited. a few minutes later, chad's dad showed up at the door and loudly said "wha...what?" he was very excited to see us. his mom was watching a movie in their theater downstairs, so we snuck down there to surprise her, too. mark (chad's dad) went into the theater and said, "krista, can you come here? we have a problem." she came out, saw us, and squealed. after she hugged us a number of times, we went upstairs to hang out and get settled. it went exactly as we hoped it would.

little did i know, the surprises were not over. we were looking forward to having a weekend of 'nothingness' with his family. it sounded relaxing and so fun. but, chad had different plans in his mind. i was sitting on the couch catching up with his brother and dad when he came over and said, "actually, we have one thing we need to do on sunday..." and handed me brewers tickets! now, i love baseball. love it! and every time we've been to milwaukee, we've passed by miller park and i've wanted to go there. the brewers were in town and were playing on sunday, so chad got tickets. he knows the way to my heart. saturday was spent shopping for a brewers shirt, going out to lunch & dinner, and playing rummikub with his parents. it was blissfully relaxing and fun.

go brewers!

so sunday came, and we made our way downtown for the game. it was so great. we had such an awesome time. unfortunately, it was raining that day, so the retractable roof at miller park had to be closed. but, it was still baseball, and it was still my fav guy, and it was still lovely. i am still, however, not a fan of craig counsell. and i am still a fan of the twins before the brewers. don't go crazy on me for my newfound fandom (i think i made that word up).

after the game, we headed back to the house to hang out and spend time with his fam. on monday morning, we got up a little bit early and went down to the lake to walk and get some sun. it was an absolutely beautiful day! we stopped at alterra on the lake and walked around. it was so gorgeous and fun. after i got a good amount of sunburn, we headed back to the house to grill and spend the afternoon relaxing and hanging out. we headed back home around 5:30, and the song "back to life, back to reality" was ringing in my ears. i can't wait to get to milwaukee again soon!