The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder (free download!)

Tonight we're enjoying a date at home: drinking garedelli hot chocolate and listening to The Long Winter. (Do you have your salt pork and potato bushells ready?)

Saints and Soldiers

Here's an off-the-beaten-path movie for a World War Two buff like Bryan. We watched it on Friday evening from hulu.com. One thing I noticed about the movie is its presence of the the LDS group (Latter Day Saints). I found out today from my friend Ruth that the movie is produced by Excel Group, which is a Mormon company. We really liked the movie! It's based on a historical event, not as violent as Saving Private Ryan, and shows the possible redemption of the human spirit. Definitely a great snuggle movie! (And a conversation piece for the next day!)

The Event of the Year (so far)

Tonight is the Spring Awards Banquet that the Puccis, Ava, and I have been planning since February! We're beginning the evening with cocktails, then dinner, and finally an auction where agents can "bid" on super-cool prizes--including a cool-tool that Bryan picked out from Home Depot. The Banquet will be held at Milwaukee Public Market down in the 3rd Ward. We're looking forward to a fun evening with food provided from award-winning vendors!

Date Night with Todd Agnew

Bryan's favorite musician came to the Waukesha area again! (Click here for his previous visit). We met up with the Wolniakowskis and the Weinbergs from our small group and enjoyed a GREAT concert. A band from our church (C2K) opened for Todd, and afterwards we chatted with the C2K bass player, Jim. Jim and his kids spent the afternoon playing kickball with Todd, and they REALLY enjoyed getting to know him.

Unfortunately, we did not get a picture with Mr. Agnew. He was battling the flu earlier in the week, so he didn't have a "meet & greet" time after the concert. However, we did get some great video that's we'll post once we get a faster-moving computer!

Us

Kurt and Becky Wolniakowski

Brian, Krista and Becka Weinberg