My kiddos arrive for Open House on Tuesday which for me officially marks the end of the summer. Just when I was starting to getting bummed that we didn't get to sneak in one last fun summer adventure we managed to find a couple of days when neither of us had to work to spend some time together and get a little wedding planning in too. We headed to New Glarus on Tuesday for a tour of the brewery. Turns out - it's FREE! That's my kind of tour! :) To make it even better, Paul thought to stop at the Chamber of Commerce for a coupon book for a bunch of the shops and restaurants in town. {Apparently my couponing and refusal to pay full price for things is starting to wear off on him!} We had an awesome time at the brewery even though the tour was self guided so we didn't really know what was going on. We got to see them bottling the beer which was pretty neat.
From there we headed to the New Glarus Hotel for lunch. An experience we will never forget. Our table was directly across from the other dining room's door. About half-way through our lunch the chef came out and started giving a cooking demonstration to the people in the dining room. Talk about being the background to a show! As if that wasn't awkward enough, the chef finished just in time for the yodeling demonstration to start! You think I'm joking? I'm not. Luckily we had a 10% off our meal coupon from the book so it was ok. :)
We wandered around town some more after lunch. We taste tested some cheese at the cheese and fudge store. Don't worry, we bought some fudge too. We got our free gift at the flower shop thanks to another coupon and then headed home. That night I drug Paul along to a FREE dance lesson. {Thank you, bridal show!} It was only 30 minutes, so he can't complain that much, and we had a ton of fun!
On Wednesday we headed to the Green Bay area to go cake tasting. Why so far away? Have you ever heard of Uncle Mike's Bake Shoppe? That's why. It helps that my bridesmaid Brittni's family owns the bakery but even so, it's worth the 3 hour drive for some of Uncle Mike's baked goods! We taste tested some AWESOME cake, then spent the afternoon with Brittni and her fiance Scott. Paul convinced us to go to Lambeau for the stadium tour. You won't be surprised to find out that we used our student IDs to get a discount on our tickets! :) It turned out to be a pretty fun tour and definitely worth the $10 for the chance to walk out of the tunnel onto the field. After the tour we went to Titletown Brewery for drinks and then out to eat at Margarita's. It was an awesome afternoon with some great friends before making the drive home.
So, all in all, a great end to the summer! We're both anxious for our new school years to start and excited to see what the fall throws our way!
