Titanic

We had yet another busy weekend at the Marthaler house.  We spent Saturday cleaning up the house and taking the kids to their Korean language class.  Justin enjoyed a nice long run.  In the afternoon, Justin and Cami headed out for a father/ daughter date.  Cami was convinced that girls did not play sports, so Justin took her to a Girls softball game.  The UW Badger women played against Ohio State.  Being the girly girl that she is, Cami told Justin that she was cheering for the red team (Ohio State was red, UW was white) because they looked more beautiful.  It is good to know that she is learning that one can be athletic AND be beautiful.  We love our sweet and innocent little princess.On Saturday night, we headed to Door Creek church to attend their FamJam service.  It is a service where families can learn about a virtue together.  The kids in their Sunday school learn a virtue every week and then once a month the families come together to learn more and talk about the virtue.  We enjoyed the service and met some great people. They even gave us a babysitting directory.

On Sunday morning we headed to Milwaukee to go to the Museum.  They are featuring a Titanic exhibit.  Dana's Aunt Pam is a member of the museum, so she was able to get discounted tickets for us.  Ben has been reading about the Titanic from books he has taken out from the library.  He became interested in it after seeing a show on the History channel a while back.  All of the kids enjoyed the exhibit, especially the ice berg that they could touch...brrrr

We ate our lunch that we packed for the trip to give us a chance to recharge and then headed to the butterfly exhibit. The kids were able to see and touch real butterflies.  The kids were pretty tired after that, so we looked at a few other areas before ending in the Streets of Old Milwaukee.  Ben and Cami both asked if we could go back. Ben stated that he would prefer a trip there WITHOUT his siblings so that he could read more and see more.  I guess he realizes that they are young and their attention spans are not as long as his.  

On our way home, we stopped off at the Webers house for dinner.  The kids were able to play and the adults were able to talk and catch up.  Thankfully on our way from the museum to their house, all the kids took a nap.  It made for a much happier visit.  After a long day and a delicious dinner ,we headed for home.  

Before bed, Ian had a bit of a fever which carried into Monday.  After several phone calls to the nurse due to high temperature throughout the day (100, 103, and finally 104), Dana took him in to see the doctor.  Thankfully he is getting better from the medication for a double ear infection. 

Tonight we were able to have a dinner out with our Christ Care Small Group (bible study) at Benvenutos restaurant.  We just ended a 12 week Financial Peace course at our church and got together to plan out the next topics of our bible study.  Our neighbor (soon to be former neighbor as they just sold their house) offered to babysit for us so we could go out kid free.  Everyone had a great time!

We now look forward to another busy week, including Thursday event of Town Hall For Hope LIVE with Dave Ramsey.  It is being broadcast LIVE nationwide at 7pm CST.  Check out www.townhallforhope.com if you are interested in attending this free event.