John's birthday visit over labor day weekend

Grandpuppies Gertrude and Lucy

John and Jessica's new apartment and John with BD pie

Church founded

by Steve's great

grandfather and

Zirbel grave sight

at church.

Steve and John visiting at the dog park.

Over labor day weekend we visited son John and his wife Jessica. It was a fun weekend as we also celebrated John's 27th birthday. We packed alot into the weekend! Fri we ate at a Japanese habachi grill restaurant(good stuff). Sat we went ancestor exploring and found the church that Steve's great grandfather founded and also had the pleasure of hunting down a 97 year old wife of Steve's grandpa's cousin. We then attended the taste of Madison-lots of good food to be had there. Sun we attended church in a movie cinema which was a new experience for us(a friend of our daughter is worship leader there) but a great worship experience, and then had a birthday breakfast at Perkins(hence the pie with candle), had a fun afternoon at the dog park playing 4 handed pinochle(Jessica is a new but formidable player of the game), swam at the hotel pool which had a basketball hoop so that we could play HORSE(fun times), and Chili's rounded out the day. Mon we had a great breakfast cooked by John and Jessica(the jalapenos are still burning my nostrils!) and then we headed home. We had a fun, fun weekend-thanks John and Jessica for your hospitality-we love you, Mom and Dad