So I have been pretty busy lately and not really had a chance to post. Well I've actually had plenty of chances to post, I'd just rather do something else. But here I am, finally posting something. Nothing special.
So it's been a month since I last posted. I've been up to the cities 2 weekends since then. The first weekend we were up was my neighbor's grad party and my cousin's son's first birthday party. The grad party was on Saturday. We went over around 1:30 and were there until after midnight. Well actually, I was kind of back and forth between there and my parent's house, since I was decorating a cake for the birthday party off and on all day. Then on Sunday, we headed up to my cousin's house in East Bethel for the big birthday bash. I got the cake all set up there. 
It was the biggest party I've been too in quite a while. But that's what you get when the first great grandchild (of both sides) has a birthday. It was fun though. They had a ton of munchies. My one aunt brought ladder golf (or whatever the heck it is called - I swear I've heard at least 3 different names for it). Then later, they had subway sandwiches and Chanticlear pizzas (my favorite!). Opened presents - Eric got so much stuff. He has the best godmother in the world - she got him this HUGE wooden swing set (it's so big it has 2 forts - one on each side). It was so cute - they had laid the slide on the ground until they get it set up, but Eric absolutely loved it - he just craweled back and forth all over it. It was funny. We were goign to get a big softball game going since they live across the street from a school with some fields, but it was so dang hot out. So we had water balloon tosses instead. After that we had cake, but by that time, Eric was napping, so he didn't get any cake that day. After that, Adam and I had to hit the road for our trip back to Jackson.
It was the biggest party I've been too in quite a while. But that's what you get when the first great grandchild (of both sides) has a birthday. It was fun though. They had a ton of munchies. My one aunt brought ladder golf (or whatever the heck it is called - I swear I've heard at least 3 different names for it). Then later, they had subway sandwiches and Chanticlear pizzas (my favorite!). Opened presents - Eric got so much stuff. He has the best godmother in the world - she got him this HUGE wooden swing set (it's so big it has 2 forts - one on each side). It was so cute - they had laid the slide on the ground until they get it set up, but Eric absolutely loved it - he just craweled back and forth all over it. It was funny. We were goign to get a big softball game going since they live across the street from a school with some fields, but it was so dang hot out. So we had water balloon tosses instead. After that we had cake, but by that time, Eric was napping, so he didn't get any cake that day. After that, Adam and I had to hit the road for our trip back to Jackson.The last time we were in the cities, we met up with Gina and Coen for dinner at Rosedale. That was fun. Coen is so cute. A lot more alert then then the last time I saw him. On Saturday, we ran a bunch of errands and went to my cousin's grad party. That night we helped our neighbors setup their pool (so awesome - it's like 5 feet deep and 20 feet across - can't wait till i go up there next) and then we had a bonfire over there. On Sunday, we went golfing with Carly and my dad and a couple of neighbors. We went up and played the executive course at Majestic, which was pretty nice - especially since Carly works there and her family can golf with her for free. We weren't sure if they would let Adam qualify as family, but they did, so it was awesome. Then that afternoon, we hooked up the boat that Adam got from my grandpa and headed out. We stopped at a few places on the way home to check things out for the boat. We ended up buying everything we needed at Fleet Farm. I love that place.
On the 3rd of July, we headed out to Fox Lake (about 30 minutes from here) and met up with some friends. I ended up driving our car back with Michelle to her house, where we got dinner ready and just hung out. Once the guys all got back we had dinner and then set up our tents in the yard. We had a bonfire and made smores and pies. Pies are my favorite. Around 4 the next morning, there dog started barking like crazy. Barked for a good 15-20 minutes, until Adam and I decided to go in and use the bathroom. Plus, I was in charge of making breakfast so I had to take the egg bake out of the cooler, wh ich was in the house. But thankfully, when we got back to our tent, we must have scared off whatever was buggin the dog, cuz he was quiet for the rest of the morning. We got up a few hours later and had breakfast, the took down our tents, and headed back out the lake. Adam took his boat out fishing. I hung out at the park where we set up camp for the day, then later went to another park that had a little sandy beach, where we floated in the water for a while. Went back and grilled for lunch, then headed out on the boat for some skiing and tubing. Unfortunately, there's somethign wrong with my eyes ( i forget the name of it), so i can't wear my contacts for awhile. I attempted to tube, but there were quite a few boats out, so the water was pretty rough, and I couldn't handle the bumps - especially since i couldn't see the waves coming at me to prepare myself. Then later we headed back to Kevin and Michelle's and made frozen pizzas for supper. Soon after, we headed home and pretty much went straight to bed. I slept until 11:30 the next day.... oops. I guess I was a bit tired.
This past weekend, Carly and Heather came down for a visit. They got here about 9:30 Friday night. We made some homemade pizzas and hung out. Then Saturday, we made a big breakfast, then loaded up adn headed to the beach. This time, we went to a beach on Spirit Lake. It was absolutley gorgoeus. The beach was nice and sandy, and the water was the perfect temperature - cool enough to be refreshing, but warm enough that you could stay in for a long time before feeling chilled. We packed up and left around 4:30 or 5, then headed to Walmart to pick up a few things. Carly needed contact solution (she uses some special kind, i forget what, so she couldn't use mine). Then we came back and grilled some lemon pepper chicken, made corn on the cob, garlic bread and a big salad. Heather was very proud of herself - it was her first time making a salad from a head of lettuce (not from a bag)- she had a lot of fun tearing the leaves.
After dinner, we set up Settlers of Catan and broke out the wine. I strongly dislike wine, so I didn't drink with them, but between Carly, Heather and Adam, they went through almost 4 bottles of wine. I must say, it was the longest game of Settlers I have ever played. We ended staying up until almost 4 in the morning, so on Sunday, we slept in a bit. Then made cinnamon rolls and scrambled eggs and then Carly and Heather took off. Later that afternoon, I decided to finish tearing off wallpaper in the kitchen, so I spent the rest of the day doing that.
After dinner, we set up Settlers of Catan and broke out the wine. I strongly dislike wine, so I didn't drink with them, but between Carly, Heather and Adam, they went through almost 4 bottles of wine. I must say, it was the longest game of Settlers I have ever played. We ended staying up until almost 4 in the morning, so on Sunday, we slept in a bit. Then made cinnamon rolls and scrambled eggs and then Carly and Heather took off. Later that afternoon, I decided to finish tearing off wallpaper in the kitchen, so I spent the rest of the day doing that. Today, I am scrubbing the walls in the kitchen to get the paste off. Then I need to patch and sand. And then I get to prime the walls and paint! Hooray! We are planning on doing our tile backsplash this weekend too, so by this time next week, our kitchen will be completely transformed, and hopefully almost done. The only thing is, is that we are painting the ceiling too, which I put Adam in charge of, because he has some cool, but ambitious idea for it. But I think it's best to paint ceilings before the walls, cuz it's really easy to splatter paint on the walls when you're doing the ceiling. The same is true for the opposite, but I think it's a little easier to control paint rollers against a wall as opposed to the ceiling. So who knows. It will be a few days before I'm ready to paint anyways.
So yeah. Between all that, and my bible study and scrapbooking with some friends once a week, I've been keeping pretty busy. And it looks like it's going to stay that way until at least September. We have like 3 open weekends for the next 2 months, which will most likely be taken up by something or other by the time tehy get here. Oh well though. It's fun to do things and go places.
