Our visit included dinner with Jess and Jerry.
After helping Charlotte get her new apartment in order, all three of us piled in the truck to drive back to Wisconsin to meet Hannah. Along the way, we stopped for a photo in Delavan, Wisconsin, which is the home of the original P.T. Barnum Circus as well as several other circuses that toured the country in the 19th century. More than 100 circus performers of that era are buried in local cemeteries. Charlotte posed at the foot of a commemorative statue of Romeo, the elephant who toured with the Mabie Brothers U.S. Olympic Circus in the 1850s.
Hannah flew from Vermont to Madison, where we met her at the airport with an official cheesehead gift, a welcome to her post-graduation home. Then we ran around for two days contributing to the local economy and helping her set up her apartment.
Vivian, Hannah and Charlotte in the new 'hood.
Becca, Hannah and Vivian celebrate their jobs with Epic.
Capitol Dome in evening.
Vivian and Hannah pose on the porch of their new place.
This trip may be costly, but the rewards of seeing our "kids" happy and healthy and launching full force into their adult lives truly is priceless. We're couldn't be more happy and proud.
