I don't normally post very many personal things on my scrapbooking blog, but since I DO post my weekly "Ventage Tuesday" posts, I thought maybe my scrapper readers would like to hear about our first ever Ventage meet-up! Memorial Day weekend was the very first time that all five of the Ventage girls were together! That's Angie, Barb, Katrina, Stephanie and me...all in the same place at the same time! It was epic. ;) The occasion? To celebrate our very own Stephanie's birthday! If you follow me on Instagram, you were bombarded with photos of that weekend. In fact, we even had our own hashtag...because we're cool like that. ;) If you want to check out the rest of the photos, search Instagram for #averyventageweekend. Here are my photos (plus a few that I've stolen from my friends!)
Breakfast at Graze in Madison with Barb + Katrina + Stephanie Hamen (yes a different Stephanie!):
We totally ate cheese curds for breakfast. When in Rome... ;)
A trip around the Dane County Farmer's Market - the best market EVER. :)
Katrina eating a WI squeaky cheese curd!
Next we headed up to Green Bay to meet Angie and Stephanie. There were some fun times in cars... ;)
Dinner at Hinterland in Green Bay, which was incredible. I had a quatro fromaggi pizza. It was perfection. :)
Drinks at Hagemeister Park, which is a bar right on the river. It was chilly, but we had a nice fire to keep us warm. Some of us had drinks to keep us warm...me, not so much. ;) My brother and Ryan also came to visit since they live in GB, and I don't see them very often!
The next morning was Stephanie's birthday garden brunch...which was, in a word, lovely. Every little detail was perfect. I had such a great time!
Stephanie and A.J.
Katrina and Sammy
After the party, Barb, Katrina, and I headed back to Madison, where we met my family for dinner at the Great Dane.
It was a wonderful weekend...I had an incredible time, and I can't wait for us to all be togther again soon. We are all very different, but we all connect on different levels and over different topics. I would say we all compliment each other very well! I am so, so lucky to have these girls in my life!!
