The story behind the name

I have always loved sea glass because of the beautiful green, blue and brown hues that are made even more breathtaking when they are tossed in the water. I am also drawn to pretty glass bottles, especially those with unique shapes, textures or stories. When we purchased our land, it had lot of garbage where our driveway now sits. Included in this garbage were lots of glass bottles in all different shapes, sizes and colors. As unappealing as this may sound, there have been many beautiful and unique glass bottles found at the property. While we obviously do not want to drive on a green glass road, the road itself was only made possible after lots of green glass was recovered. So therin lies the story behind the name of the Adventures at Green Glass Road.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Lots of house progress and pictures from our vacation

As some of you may know, I was gone for two weeks on a road trip with the kiddos. We left on Friday, May 13, and returned home on Memorial Day. We visited:
Grandma and Grandpa at the mountain house
Laura, John and Alex in Milwaukee, WI
Karen, Andy and Brunson in Chicago, IL
Michael, Rachel, Everett and Rory in La Crosse, WI

We also visited to:
the Betty Brinn Children's Musuem
Safe House restaurant
Milwaukee County Zoo
Chicago Children's Museum
Shedd Aquarium
and the Rainforest Cafe in Chicago with my friend, Pete
Chicago Nature Museum
River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, IA

It was a very busy two weeks to say the least. We spent one week in Galena, IL at a rental house with my parents, brother's, sisters-in-law, niece's and nephew as well as my aunt Karen. The kids loved seeing their cousins, aunts/uncles and of course, Grammy and Grampy. There are lots of pictures of our adventure in the slideshow this week.

Keith stayed in Maryland and worked on the new house. In those two weeks, he finished the majority of the siding, had the septic installed, finished the soffit, trimmed out the porches and dug out the corner of the basement foundation to fix a leak.

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