Weekend with a Capital W

This past weekend we spent in Madison. Hence the "capital." It was a LONG weekend. Ty had a Cartography conference down there starting on Wednesday night through Saturday. It was a nice little get away. He entered a giant research project in a poster contest with 22 other maps made by people from across the country. There were people who were grad students from Madison and Penn State (apparently two of the best schools for his program) who entered their posters, so his expectations weren't high. I am still SO proud of him. While he was listening to people speak from Google Maps and ESRI (the company that makes the software he uses in school), I was galavanting around in Milwaukee with Brittany and Alyssa, my sisters who live there. I was great to FINALLY see my sister's house they had bought last winter and hangout with them just spending time catching up. I hadn't seen either of them in months! WAY TOO LONG!

After a busy day of pretty much nothing but getting coffee and eating(its what McDaniels do),I headed back to Madison to see Ty. Friday was another day of conference and I was able to see Brittany and her husband Eric with Ty for lunch. We ate on state street and after they left I did a little shopping....AT GOODWILL! Thats right, there is a GoodWill on State Street! AMAZING! Call me crazy, but a brand new Banana Republic shirt with tags still on for 3 dollars is worth looking for! After the conference, Ty and I walked around the State Capital, and saw a familiar face, someone from Chippewa (Sarah Wallace) was there touring the capital with a friend for the State Tennis Tournament! Lyssa came Friday night and hungout. We ate(of course) and chatted. Then we walked around the Mall. Over all, it was a good trip. We enjoyed every moment with family and realized just how much we missed them.