Marquette Game

Marquette vs UConn:

Jeff & Connor at the game:

We had a brief but eventful trip to Milwaukee this week. We drove there on Wednesday to see Marquette play UConn in Basketball. We arrived in the afternoon, checked in to our hotel and met up with our friends the Horners and Sippels for dinner at Capone's. My friend Margaret, who lives in Milwaukee also joined us for a bit before we headed to the game. It was a sold out game, and was televised on ESPN. It was really loud and everyone was all pumped up. Unfortunately Marquette lost, but we all had a fun time. Connor thought it was too loud and didn't like how high up we were, but Porter seemed to take it all in, despite the fact that he was going on 20 min of sleep all day and it was past his bedtime! On Thursday we went to Marquette's campus, bought some stuff in the campus store, checked out Joan of Arc Chapel and the Engineering Building and then had lunch at Kopp's, Jeff's favorite burger & custard place. We then headed back to Minnesota and into a treacherous winter storm which was really quite frightening at times. The boys both did great in the car both ways. It took us about 2 hours longer to get home than it normally would have. I'm glad we all made it home in one piece and didn't end up in the ditch or in an accident!

Ben, Porter & Connor in the hotel lobby:

Going up and down the ramp:

Nancy and Porter at the game:

Snuggling in the hotel bed:

Mmmm....room service!

St Joan of Arc Chapel on Marquette's campus:

The Engineering Building at Marquette:

Lunch at Kopp's:

Mmmm...Kopp's frozen custard:

Hamming it up for the camera:

Porter really liked the custard:

The treacherous road trip:

Other big news, Connor got a new bike for his 6th birthday, which is coming up next Wednesday. He now has hand brakes and 6 gears! He's very excited as you can see by the photos. His party with school friends is today. They are going to Lookout Ridge in Woodbury and he will be joined by 10 of his pals from school. It should be a fun time, and I will post photos later.

Connor and his new bike: