This is my last Friday in Wisconsin. Next Thursday is move-day. On Wednesday I started packing; I started with our pictures in our living room. I got teary-eyed as I took them down. I started thinking about all that has happened during our stay in Milwaukee. It’s sad to think I’m taking Carly away from her home and what she knows. I know that we’ll be living by family, but still I feel like we’re leaving family in Wisconsin. I decided to write down a few things that I love about Wisconsin, and some memories I have, for this post. Here they are:
- Aldi. I love Aldi. I especially love their plain bagels, spaghetti sauce and cheap produce.
- Being within 15 minutes of 3 Targets, and being less than 5 minutes away from one of those.
- Game nights with the Callisters
- Green Bay Packers mania
- Kringles
- Wisconsin accents. “do you want a 'beg’ for your milk?”
- The memory of Casey being hit on by a large black woman at the Quik Pantry on 99th and Brown Deer.
- Working at Educator’s Credit Union. That has hundreds of memories in itself. Like this, this, this, this, and this
- Beautiful Summers
- Lightning bugs
-My entire foot being pooped on by a cow at the WI State Fair. And I didn’t get the ‘don’t wear flip-flops to the Fair’ memo.
- While visiting in Utah, people asking me how living in Minnesota is going.
- Fleet Farm
- Sprecher Root Beer and Cream Soda
- Scrumptious milk and cheese.
- Butter in the shape of a lamb around Easter time.
- Being able to drive 15 minutes one way to go downtown, or 15 minutes the other way to be out in the country with cows and corn.
*And most of all, our Wisconsin Family:
Our BYU Kohl’s family at a going away party the Callister’s threw for us (more pics to come):
We will miss having the missionaries around, and being a part of the “missionary process.” We love all the Elders we’ve gotten to know. Here are Elders Wonnacott and Barker. Elder Barker has been in our ward for about 6 months (or longer). They would ask me to make them BBQ chicken pizza every time they would come over to eat, and I loved having them over because they would swoon over it. They told me that my BBQ chicken pizza is famous in the Wisconsin Milwaukee Mission. I don’t mean to brag or anything but my pizza is kind of a big deal.
My Primary kids (minus 2)
The Young Men and Young Women. Casey and I have both had a chance to get to know most of these kids. They are awesome.
Thank you for the memories Wisconsin!
Great Linds, I'm at work, now crying trying to hide my tears. That picture of all of us is so touching. Our wisconsin family is just that, a family. We are really going to miss you guys!!
ReplyDeleteThis makes me want to cry too. I wish I could have had longer than 2 years in Wisconsin. Love the one about Minnesota!
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