The weekend in Brookfield/Milwaukee, WI was great.... I finally met many of Brent's cousins and second cousins and actually was able to chat with the cousins that attended our wedding. Here is a breakdown of the weekend:
Friday, July 2nd:
- Arrival into Beloit, WI where we picked up Kristi, Brent's sister.
- Drove over to Brookfield to drop off our stuff at Scott, Cresta, Maggie and Clara's house. Their house was AWESOME.
- Saw Tom and Jackie's new place in Brookfield... place is also awesome. Biggest showers I have ever seen. I could do a cartwheel in one. Lots of Jones relatives there: Bill, Marlene, Paul, Bonnie and PJ.
- Drinks at the Miller bar. Ugh Miller beer. They did have Blue Moon though. And free popcorn. Score.
Brent with cousin's Tiffany and PJ
Saturday, July 3rd:
- Breakfast at Tom and Jackie's.
- The rest of the family arrives. Brent's cousin Steve and two of his four children, Ceci and Lucy. Brent's other cousin, Kathy, and her three kids Aidan, Olivia and Ava.
- Uncle Bill eats Morgan's Beggin' Strip (Brent stealthily slipped it on his plate). Says they are delicious and he would've eaten the whole thing had not Marlene informed him. In typical Jones fashion, he was soon beggin for more.
- Boat cruise on the Milwaukee River. Got to see lots of sites like the Summer Fest and the Art Museum.
- Kopp's Custard. One scoop was like ten scoops of ice cream. Just another example of the new American "small." Delicious nonetheless.
- Italian restaurant. Yum.
- Drinks at an Irish bar. The waiter looked at me with ten thousand eyes when I asked him for an IPA... I wasn't in Portland anymore. Also, live music every night, but no Irish music. Bah. Still a very fun night though!
Brent with Tom (dad) and Uncle "Beggin'" Bill
Sunday, July 4th:
- BBQ at local state park.
- Swimming in e-coli (probably) infested water. Bathing suit smells awful after 15 minutes in water.
- Sunburnt and attacked by mini second cousins (cousins once removed, blah, blah).
Monday, July 5th:
- Milwaukee Brewer's game.
- In the sausage race, (the age old battle at Brewer's games among the German sausage, Polish sausage, Italian sausage, hot dog, and chorizo) the Italian (pronounced "eye-talian") sausage came out victorious. He may have been on the juice--or at least the marinara sauce.
- Back to Beloit
Brent with second cousins: Ava, Aidan, Olivia, Ceci, and Lucy
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