I Love my Friends.

Two of my very best friends came to visit the last weekend in July.  They came the last weekend in July last year also, so we are going to try to make it a tradition!  It is soo nice to have people around you that you have such history with like Jen and Kathy.  I miss being around people like that!

I decided we were going to be tourists for the weekend!  We started out on Friday going to Ravinia for a concert.  It is an outdoor amphitheater, but is more of a lifestyle around here.  It is so pretty with all of the lights in the trees and you bring a picnic with your dinner.  We had fun to just listening to the music and being together.

We love Skinnygirl!

This picture doesn't give it justice!

On Saturday, we headed to Milwaukee!  We went up to see my friend from ASU, Brandon, and his girlfriend Andrea.  Our first stop was to a brewery for a tour and a reserved tasting paired with cheese.  I didn't realize there were soo many different kinds of beers!

After the tour, we headed over to the Brewers game.  Brandon and Andrea planned the tailgate, and the food was so so good!  Much better than my version of a tailgate.  It was soo very hot, but we made the best of it!

After the tailgate, we headed into the game.  We sat realllly high up, but it was a great view.  We were still so hot.  The people around us were definitely interesting and pretty drunk!  Fun times.

After the game, we headed back to our hotel.  Even though the drive is only about an hour, we thought it would be fun to spend the night.  The next day, we stopped at the Mars' Cheese Castle.  David can not drive by it without stopping in.

After the cheese stop, we went downtown for a chocolate tour.  I am leaving that for another post though...

Mrs. Barnett : )