Just like "Snakes on a Plane", "Kids on a bus"
Well, this blog spot will be shorter than the past two blogs.
Gramma and Grampa Vissers came into town last Thursday and left on Monday. Last Thursday, Vicki went out with her Call Girl friends for dinner at Macaroni Grill and I brought the kids and Grandparents to Lakefront Days (Prior Lake). They were offering free ice cream, face painting, music, and crafts. We got to the park and found no spaces left so had to park downtown and walked uphill 1 mile in the 80+ degree weather to the park. They had shuttle buses but we didn’t see the buses until we were almost at the park. At the park, we all enjoyed ice cream and I met 2 city council members since I am applying to be on the PL Natural Resources Commission starting in November. The kids got their arms painted. Brooke got the Little Mermaid and Riley got a fish. On the way back, we took the shuttle bus back and the kids set next to each other. They thought it was great and reminded them of the Disney bus in Florida.
On Friday, I met Vicki and the whole family at lunch time at the Shakopee Pulte development to show them the model version of the house. Wayne and Carol liked the house and thought it was pretty big. Afterward, they headed out for lunch. That afternoon, I planned for a happy hour with some co-workers at BW-3. We had about 15 people show up and had a great time drinking beer, eating food and playing trivia. Following the happy hour, I swung by the house to pick up Vicki for a friend’s 40th surprise party. This friend was at the happy hour and already had a buzz when he got home and was totally surprised. I had spoken to his wife a couple weeks back and I was helping her keep him out while everyone showed up at his house. She had an excellent spread of food (Mexican buffet), dessert (cheesecakes, cookies) and drinks (Margaritas and beer). We had a great time drinking and eating with my close work friends.
On Saturday, we split up with boys going with me and girls going with Vicki. Vicki and the girls went to Linen N Things, Toys R Us, Michaels, and Kirklands. The boys went to the bike shop, farmers market and Sam’s club. We all met for lunch at Godfathers. Afterward, the boys went to the new house and walked through all the rooms. The windows are in and all the framing is up. That night, we sat on the deck, drank beer and ate a light dinner after eating godfathers for lunch.
On Sunday morning, I left at 5:45 AM for St Paul for the Inline Marathon. This is the 5th year that I did the race and wanted to move up from the open category to advance to get a better time. Well, the race didn’t turn out as planned. I started in the back of the pack and before we got to the 1 mile mark, some skater hit my boot and I crashed. I landed on my left leg. I shook it off and got up but my legs were shaky. I couldn’t hold an edge and my boot was loose. I had to stop and tighten the boot and then my feet went numb since the pavement was really rough. I skated with a guy in his 60’s but he wasn’t into drafting so I couldn’t find anyone to break the wind for me. On the second lap, I had to pass open skaters and it was chaos. Around the 15 mile mark, I got stung by a bee on the ear. It really hurt. Well, I finally finished and struggled up the big hill at the end. I went to the medical tent and they bandaged up my road rash. I had some on my lower leg and my the upper thigh/butt. My ego was hurt more than my body parts. I finished 15 minutes slower than I planned. Oh well, I’ll be back for next year and go faster.
On Sunday afternoon, we went back to the new house to show it to Vicki and take pictures. Well after taking the first 3 pictures, the batteries in the camera were dead. So now I have to go back there this week to take more pictures. We grilled out last night and took it easy and watched Enchanted. The kids loved it.
Now it’s Monday and writing the blog.
This week we are planning to go to the county fair, Tot Shabbat and take it easy.
Stay tuned!
Gramma and Grampa Vissers came into town last Thursday and left on Monday. Last Thursday, Vicki went out with her Call Girl friends for dinner at Macaroni Grill and I brought the kids and Grandparents to Lakefront Days (Prior Lake). They were offering free ice cream, face painting, music, and crafts. We got to the park and found no spaces left so had to park downtown and walked uphill 1 mile in the 80+ degree weather to the park. They had shuttle buses but we didn’t see the buses until we were almost at the park. At the park, we all enjoyed ice cream and I met 2 city council members since I am applying to be on the PL Natural Resources Commission starting in November. The kids got their arms painted. Brooke got the Little Mermaid and Riley got a fish. On the way back, we took the shuttle bus back and the kids set next to each other. They thought it was great and reminded them of the Disney bus in Florida.
On Friday, I met Vicki and the whole family at lunch time at the Shakopee Pulte development to show them the model version of the house. Wayne and Carol liked the house and thought it was pretty big. Afterward, they headed out for lunch. That afternoon, I planned for a happy hour with some co-workers at BW-3. We had about 15 people show up and had a great time drinking beer, eating food and playing trivia. Following the happy hour, I swung by the house to pick up Vicki for a friend’s 40th surprise party. This friend was at the happy hour and already had a buzz when he got home and was totally surprised. I had spoken to his wife a couple weeks back and I was helping her keep him out while everyone showed up at his house. She had an excellent spread of food (Mexican buffet), dessert (cheesecakes, cookies) and drinks (Margaritas and beer). We had a great time drinking and eating with my close work friends.
On Saturday, we split up with boys going with me and girls going with Vicki. Vicki and the girls went to Linen N Things, Toys R Us, Michaels, and Kirklands. The boys went to the bike shop, farmers market and Sam’s club. We all met for lunch at Godfathers. Afterward, the boys went to the new house and walked through all the rooms. The windows are in and all the framing is up. That night, we sat on the deck, drank beer and ate a light dinner after eating godfathers for lunch.
On Sunday morning, I left at 5:45 AM for St Paul for the Inline Marathon. This is the 5th year that I did the race and wanted to move up from the open category to advance to get a better time. Well, the race didn’t turn out as planned. I started in the back of the pack and before we got to the 1 mile mark, some skater hit my boot and I crashed. I landed on my left leg. I shook it off and got up but my legs were shaky. I couldn’t hold an edge and my boot was loose. I had to stop and tighten the boot and then my feet went numb since the pavement was really rough. I skated with a guy in his 60’s but he wasn’t into drafting so I couldn’t find anyone to break the wind for me. On the second lap, I had to pass open skaters and it was chaos. Around the 15 mile mark, I got stung by a bee on the ear. It really hurt. Well, I finally finished and struggled up the big hill at the end. I went to the medical tent and they bandaged up my road rash. I had some on my lower leg and my the upper thigh/butt. My ego was hurt more than my body parts. I finished 15 minutes slower than I planned. Oh well, I’ll be back for next year and go faster.
On Sunday afternoon, we went back to the new house to show it to Vicki and take pictures. Well after taking the first 3 pictures, the batteries in the camera were dead. So now I have to go back there this week to take more pictures. We grilled out last night and took it easy and watched Enchanted. The kids loved it.
Now it’s Monday and writing the blog.
This week we are planning to go to the county fair, Tot Shabbat and take it easy.
Stay tuned!
Brooke's "Little Mermaid"
Riley's "Fishie"
Eric's "Roadrash"
House pictures.... Now we have a shingle roof and more....
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