Well my brother did it! He graduated from college. Where did the time go? How did this happen so fast? We spent the weekend in Madison and I thought it was such a great time. We got to tour Matt's house again and boy was it messy. Sorry if I'm embarrassing you, Matt, but I must share the pictures. Guys (or most of them at least) just live like this and they don't care. I admit I am not near the cleanest person in the world but these conditions are just a little over the top for me. It's normal...it'll make them appreciate their wives even more later. I must say, though that it was my brother who came up with a cleaning system for the house...great job on that!
After touring his house we walked around campus. We really got a feel for what he goes through on a daily basis there, where he walks, where he likes to eat or study, where he works. It was great...a lot of walking! He was interning at the Capital so we stopped there too...couldn't get in though. Then we stopped by the student lounge (shoot, don't remember the name of it) and sat by the water with some nice cold beer. I felt like it was just a really good time with our whole family...I love it when we're all together...just feels right and we balance each other out.
Later that night we went out to eat at
Samba Brazilian Grill. Very interesting. They had this amazing salad bar with all Brazilian food. Then there were about 8 gauchos (Brazilian cowboys) walking around with a huge skewer of meat. Each gaucho had a different kind of meat. This particular night there was duck, 2 kinds of lamb, 3 kinds of beef, sausage and parmesan-crusted pork. Most were pretty rare so I didn't like them but when you got a good well-done piece it was spectacular. They'd come to your table asking if you want that particular meat. If you did they'd cut you off a piece. It was expensive but such a unique experience. After that we went back to the hotel for the night.
In the morning we enjoyed breakfast at Denny's. Then we headed to the graduation a couple hours later. The graduation was super long and of course my brother was practically the last person no joke. So the entire time we're looking for him and finally spot him at the end. Then it was off to take pictures and then home. It was a great relaxing weekend with the family and I'm so proud of my little brother! I took lots of pictures of the campus for him too.
Here are some pictures Scott took. I really respect and admire his passion for photography, he got some really nice shots as always :)
Something you commonly see in Madison
And here are the pictures I took:
Matt at his house (and the paparazzi)
The kitchen
Matt decked out his hallway
Love this shot
Scott, you might be shot if someone from Illinois sees this
State Street
Proud parents
