May 3, four o’clock in the morning, we headed off to LAX for my parents to catch their flight to La Crosse, and for us to head to Madison. Five hours of flight took us from the west coast to the Midwest, and while I took the opportunity to snooze, Julien snapped a few photos of the geographical wonders we soared over.

Reunited with our #1 fans on Monroe Street

Mischievous GoPro play

Eva loves her tomatoes and takes eating them quite seriously

Tug of war

Catherine put us right to work!

We took a much-anticipated trip to the University’s Geology Museum with Gabriel. He was most excited about the dinosaurs, and in the ninety minutes we were there, he ran through the museum at least five times.

“Desert Roses” – Barite crystals formed in the sand

A complete colony of free-floating sea lilies from a shallow ocean seafloor that covered much of the mid-section of North America some 80 million years ago.

Hanging out with some fossils

Without hesitation, Gabriel announced his favorite dinosaur to be the Tyrannosaurus Rex

Post-museum snack-time with Ernie