Sunday, August 24, 2008
Stop the harrassment!
Alright, for those of you who have been on my case to update my blog, get off my back. Just kidding, but I finally got to it. I have had these next few posts created but not finished and I just needed to take the time to sit down and do it. August was my last month of work and I was just swamped with things to finish before my last day which was last Thursday. So I hope these few posts will hold you over for a little while. Enjoy and I hope you all had a great weekend. Tomorrow is Connor's birthday, so hopefully I will get some pictures of his party and special day tomorrow and add them before the busy weekend comes.
Connor's Friend
Connor just loves my cousin Andrew. This summer they have been able to spend a lot of time together. Andrew's mom and I both didn't work on Mondays, so we usually went swimming together. And the boys just love to go swimming. The first 3 pictures are at my house when Andrew came over to visit for the afternoon. They decided to hitch up the wheel barrow to the power wheels jeep and pull each other around the yard. Then they went swimming in our kiddie pool in their undies, which they thought was pretty silly, but they had a blast.
These last couple are when we went swimming at my aunt's house, they pretty much think they are the cutest boys in the world. And I would have to agree, I think they are!
These last couple are when we went swimming at my aunt's house, they pretty much think they are the cutest boys in the world. And I would have to agree, I think they are!
Softball
Here are some pictures of Ben playing softball. The one of Connor is when he was trying to be the third base coach and tell them to stop, stay there!
Grandpa Gregs Bday
Grandpa Greg (Ben's dad) celebrated his birthday the other weekend, and for his birthday his sister Linda, and her husband George, came up to visit from Virginia. Connor and I had never met them before, and Ben hadn't seen them for many years, so it was great to spend the weekend getting to know each other and visiting. Connor really had a thing for Linda, and he still asks, "Mom when is Linda coming back?" It's really sweet, but she also came with many presents for him, so she really won him over.Girls Weekend
So the second weekend in August we had planned a girls weekend trip to Chicago. It was me, my mom, my aunt Tammie, her daughter (my cousin) Alisha, my mom's neighbor Kaye, her daughter Stephanie and their friend Corina who went. The 7 of us all road together in my aunts van (yes it was tight for room) so we had to make several stops on the way there. We left Thursday morning at 10:00 from New Richmond and made a stop for lunch in Black River Falls, mainly so we could get our picture taken with the famous orange moose.
Then we decided we needed to stop at the rest stop when you first come into Illinois, once again to get our picture taken. Somehow I downloaded the wrong picture here, so we all look a little goofy, but I didn 't want to try to find the good picture, so this is what you get:)
We made it to our hotel at in Arlington Heights, just outside of Chicago, at about 5:30pm and I wish I could say we were all starving for dinner, but our stomachs were saying something else. "Where is the closest beer." There was a flyer hanging up in the hotel advertising the restaurant Sweet Baby Rays, and it just so happened that on Thursday nights that have a special on Bud light. So we were game. It was also pretty coincidental that the restaurant was Sweet Baby Rays, as my dad is completly obsessed with Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce. So we had to make sure we got out picture taken by the sign.
At the restaurant we all ate some great food and polished off a few beers faster than I thought possible. But we were at a restaurant and looking for a bar to go to so our waitress recommended a dive bar within walking distance so we took a chance and headed there. Once again it was our lucky night as they had a special on all miller products. So we had our fair share of beers at this bar. As you can see from the picture below there must have been some men in the bar that had a thing for all our boobies, we all got felt up that night:) After the bar we went next door to the liquor store, bought some more beer for the hotel room, and called for a ride back to the hotel. By the time we got back to the hotel everyone was really tired so we decided to call it a night and go to bed.
The next day we were going to head into the big city. We took the Metra train to Chicago which took us about 45 minutes to get there. This picture is from the second story on the train looking down at the girls below.
When we got into Chicago we walked Millenium Mile and did some shopping, and visited Navy Pier where this next picture was taken.
After a long day of walking we headed back to the hotel to put on our jammies and drink some more beers. While shopping I bought a game called Would You Rather... and we had a ton of fun playing that game. We also got a fun show from Kaye when she came up to our room dressed like this.....
The next day brought a lot of time spent on the trains as there was construction going on, and we weren't quite sure where we were going. We wanted to go to China town first and it took us a good 2+ hours on the train to get there. We spent a little while there, and then had to leave again as we had tickets to a comedy show that night and wanted to make sure we got there in time. We found the theater and decided we needed to have a few drinks before we went and also needed to get some food. We went to a restaurant and we all ordered a beer.
But thanks to Stephanie, we had brought a whole bag of beer and mikes lemonade with so we didn't have to buy any more beers, we just took the beers from our bag and poured them into our old beer bottles, or a beer glass. Pretty sneaky, I can say I've never done that one before. Also while we were eating Kaye decided to surprise us all with the beautiful rings that she "bought" for us. Her friend was actually trying to get rid of them, so Kaye gave them to us. As you can see, they aren't the most stylish of rings, but it was still fun.
We still had about 30 minutes to burn before the comedy show started so we went across the street to a park to finish our drinks. Alisha and Stephanie did a few shots of vodka.
And for some reason we wanted to take a picture with our boobs hanging out. We were getting a few stares and laughs from the other people in the park.
After the comedy show was done, and we had all had multiple drinks, we had to try to figure out how the heck to get home. This is a picture of everybody looking at the maps thinking they knew what they were looking at. We did make it back to the hotel that night, somehow.
And finally this is everybody jammed into the van on the way back to NR. It was a long but fun weekend.
Then we decided we needed to stop at the rest stop when you first come into Illinois, once again to get our picture taken. Somehow I downloaded the wrong picture here, so we all look a little goofy, but I didn 't want to try to find the good picture, so this is what you get:)
We made it to our hotel at in Arlington Heights, just outside of Chicago, at about 5:30pm and I wish I could say we were all starving for dinner, but our stomachs were saying something else. "Where is the closest beer." There was a flyer hanging up in the hotel advertising the restaurant Sweet Baby Rays, and it just so happened that on Thursday nights that have a special on Bud light. So we were game. It was also pretty coincidental that the restaurant was Sweet Baby Rays, as my dad is completly obsessed with Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce. So we had to make sure we got out picture taken by the sign.
At the restaurant we all ate some great food and polished off a few beers faster than I thought possible. But we were at a restaurant and looking for a bar to go to so our waitress recommended a dive bar within walking distance so we took a chance and headed there. Once again it was our lucky night as they had a special on all miller products. So we had our fair share of beers at this bar. As you can see from the picture below there must have been some men in the bar that had a thing for all our boobies, we all got felt up that night:) After the bar we went next door to the liquor store, bought some more beer for the hotel room, and called for a ride back to the hotel. By the time we got back to the hotel everyone was really tired so we decided to call it a night and go to bed.
The next day we were going to head into the big city. We took the Metra train to Chicago which took us about 45 minutes to get there. This picture is from the second story on the train looking down at the girls below.
When we got into Chicago we walked Millenium Mile and did some shopping, and visited Navy Pier where this next picture was taken.
After a long day of walking we headed back to the hotel to put on our jammies and drink some more beers. While shopping I bought a game called Would You Rather... and we had a ton of fun playing that game. We also got a fun show from Kaye when she came up to our room dressed like this.....
The next day brought a lot of time spent on the trains as there was construction going on, and we weren't quite sure where we were going. We wanted to go to China town first and it took us a good 2+ hours on the train to get there. We spent a little while there, and then had to leave again as we had tickets to a comedy show that night and wanted to make sure we got there in time. We found the theater and decided we needed to have a few drinks before we went and also needed to get some food. We went to a restaurant and we all ordered a beer.
But thanks to Stephanie, we had brought a whole bag of beer and mikes lemonade with so we didn't have to buy any more beers, we just took the beers from our bag and poured them into our old beer bottles, or a beer glass. Pretty sneaky, I can say I've never done that one before. Also while we were eating Kaye decided to surprise us all with the beautiful rings that she "bought" for us. Her friend was actually trying to get rid of them, so Kaye gave them to us. As you can see, they aren't the most stylish of rings, but it was still fun.
We still had about 30 minutes to burn before the comedy show started so we went across the street to a park to finish our drinks. Alisha and Stephanie did a few shots of vodka.
And for some reason we wanted to take a picture with our boobs hanging out. We were getting a few stares and laughs from the other people in the park.
After the comedy show was done, and we had all had multiple drinks, we had to try to figure out how the heck to get home. This is a picture of everybody looking at the maps thinking they knew what they were looking at. We did make it back to the hotel that night, somehow.
And finally this is everybody jammed into the van on the way back to NR. It was a long but fun weekend.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Wiener Island
Well our camping trip was a complete success. We went up to the Chippewa Flowage with our friends Brian and Terri and their daughter Alexis, and Ben's cousin Jake and his wife Emily and their daughter Sage. We ended up staying on the island called Weiner which inevitably became the most commonly used word of the weekend, and the butt of all the jokes. We let Brian and Ben head up Thursday night after work to find a campsite and get it all set up for us. By the time they got up there, it was pitch black and downpouring rain. Once the rain stopped the packed up the boat to find an island, after searching dozens of islands, they finally found an unoccupied island, which happened to be Weiner Island. By the time we got there with the kids on Friday around noonish, they had set up a nice camp, and to our surprise the island even had a toilet! The kids had tons of fun playing together, and we all spent a ton of time fishing. However, it's a good thing we brought some fish from our freezer that Ben had caught earlier in the summer as the fish weren't biting too much. There were tons of tiny blue gils caught but not enough to feed us all for dinner. However, we did learn that we brought way too much other food so there is no way we would have starved anyways.
I also took the kids out for a couple rides around Weiner Island in the poke boat and they both enjoyed that very much. They got to take turns paddling the boat and splashing the water. However, I thoroughly enjoyed taking it out by myself at sunup while everyone slept for 3 more hours than us. I would take the boat out to the middle of the water where I could see the sun and just sit and read my book. It was the most relaxing thing in my life, I wish I was there right now.
During the weekend, Connor decided that he didn't want to be potty trained, or he was just too lazy, so there was many clothes of his being washed in the water and hung up to dry. He did like to pee into the water however, so once we figured that out, he would at least not pee in his pants.
Now these pictures were taken from Jake and Emily's boat on our way back to the boat landing. We managed to get all of our junk, 4 coolers, two tents, 6 camping chairs, bed mats, clothes, food, sleeping bags, fishing poles and tackle, and everything else we needed for the weekend, all in the boat. And if you look closely in the second picture, we also were towing the poke boat behind us, filled with more of our stuff. I wish we could have got an aerial picture of the boats to show you just how packed it was. I didn't think there was any way we would make it all in one trip, but leave it up to Ben to get it accomplished.
The weekend was absolutely great and we can't wait to go back again.
Brewers vs. Twins
Well I think it has been decided that Connor is going to support his parents by becoming a professional baseball player. He's been showing us his skills lately and it is pretty impressive. He gets so excited when he hits the ball. Then he even runs the bases for a home run. Now it's just a battle over which team he would play for, the Twins and make mommy happy, or the Brewers for daddy?!?
Connor also had to show us how brave he could be in his jeep. He thinks he can drive right through anything and over anything. My plants and flowers take a pretty hard beating from the jeep, especially now that it goes extra fast and he figured out how to steer it. He also decided he was going to drive backwards up the bean bag platforms, I thought for sure he was going to tip over, but he acted like he knew exactly what he was doing. He thought he was pretty tough shit.
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