Uncle Casey Plays in Milwaukee

We were lucky enough that the AVP came to Milwaukee this year, which meant we finally got to see Uncle Casey and his partner Jake Gibb play some amazing volleyball. They happened to be playing over 4th of July weekend, which made for a perfect family trip. I can honestly say that before this all I knew about Milwaukee came from Wayne's World, so I was surprised to learn that it right on the water and has some fun beaches. I won't say great beaches because our are better ;) 

We had a great time at the beach playing in the sand. The water was way to cold to actually get in. Conrad ate a lot of stand and we got to bury EZ and Netta. EZ got really made at Johnny for making him look like a muscle man once he was buried and not a character from Minecraft. We, however, thought it was hilarious.

The hotel had a pool so we opted to do our swimming in it's much more pleasant water. 

Afterwards Conrad and King were super styling in their towels.

That night we tried to drive and find a place to watch fireworks, but parking was crazy and by the time we found a place King and Conrad were both asleep in the car so we abandoned that endeavor. Luckily, the kids could see some fireworks from our hotel window.

Casey and Jake played great and were undefeated day 1 and then again on day 2. This picture was right after they finished playing a close game the second day. Conrad was so excited by the action that he decided to have a major blow out that resulted in us having to throw away his swim suit. Unfortunately, I had packed 2 swim suits for everyone except him, so I had to go to Old Navy to get a new one. But let's be honest, I was more than happy to do that.

That night was got to have dinner with Casey. King became his new best friend and wanted to hog all his attention.

The 3rd day they lost in the semi finals, which was a bummer, but we still had such a blast. In fact, EZ liked it so much he now wants to learn to play. Milwaukee surprised us with it's awesome children's museum and frozen custard and of course we love getting to see family!