Being Stand in Grandparents

Thiis Friday I went up to Oshkosh to spend my day off with Courtney.

We had a really fun time shopping at some of her favorite local stores.

I spent quite a bit but I did get a lot of Christmas shopping done which was nice.

We picked the girls up at school, I was a surprise and they were both in great moods.

We had a snack at DQ and John and I headed home after a pizza and beer stop at Cranky Pat's.

On Saturday we played the part of Treyton, Kaliyah, and Harmony's grandparents so Louisa and Tim could go to a Foster Parenting class.

We took them to a fall festival at the high school which was rather lame, but they had fun.

We had a treat at the gas station yogurt place and then played with them at their house.

John and Treyton were outside for at least an hour tossing the football around.

I think they both had a great time.

Kaliyah and I played school.

Both of those kids are just so nice and well behaved.

It was fun to be their stand in grandparents for a day.

Today we celebrated 500 years of the Lutheran Reformation with a great church service.

Now I am handing ouot candy to the trick or treaters!

Nice, relaxing weekend before another busy week sets in!

Volleyball!, Volleyball, and more Volleyball

This was a great weekend of volleyball.

Courtney and Paul had a very busy Saturday with Soli playing soccer in De Pere, Paul playing in his band at the Farmer's Market, and Tiz playing Volleyball at a tournament at Trinity.  They could not be two places at once, so Courtney asked if John and  I would cheer on Tiz.  

We watched her play six games, three for the A team and three for the B team.

The girls played for third place in the A division and for the championship in the B division.

They played so well.

My girls never played volleyball so it was fun to watch it.

It's really an exciting sport to watch.

In between games we kept an eye on Soli who had been dropped off after her soccer game.

She enjoyed playing with a group of older kids, like 7th and 8th graders, they were hitting the volleyball around.

They seem to really like Soli a lot!

After all the games, we went out for some Mexican food and drinks.

Then we watched :The Great Outdoors.

It was a fun way to spend a Saturday.

John and I stayed overnight, went to church this AM and watched the Packers lose.

Now we are home and getting ready for another Monday.

It's a nice short week for me though with Thursday and Friday off, so bring it on.

A Much Needed Quiet Weekend

It is Sunday.

The packers are playing the Vikings today, right now.

Aaron Rodgers just got hurt and it does not look good for us.

Aside from that, it has been a much needed quiet weekend.

We had a trip to the pumpkin patch and grandparent's day this week in school so a quiet weekend was much appreciated.

On Friday, john and I did the grocery shopping, enjoyed an Aldi pizza while watching some TV

On Saturday we went shopping.

Started at the outlet mall, bought gifts for mom's birthday and new tennis shoes for each of us.

We intended to go to Brookfield square and then catch a movie in Delafield but it was raining so hard that we opted to skip Brookfield Square and go to an earlier movie.

We saw The Mountain Between Us and it was a good way to spend a rainy day.

After the movie, we shopped a bit more and then went to Bismark's for a burger and a few pitchers.

More TV and early to bed.

Today we helped Louisa out at church.  Treyton had eaten cereal with milk on it and had a reaction so we picked Kaliyah up from Sunday School, took her to church and I was able to hold Harmony the entire time.

Made for a nice church service.

Now if only these Packers can rally and pull this one out!  

Go Pack Go!!!!!

Shopping, Slime, Ninjago, Mineshaft, and Waldvogel's, Oh MY!

It's been one very full, fun weekend.

We got to spend the whole weekend with the girls and I am tired and ready for bed at 4:00 on Sunday.

They arrived with John on Friday night.

We all went shopping at Walmart and of course, they had to buy a few necessities.

Little "Tweezers" for dinner and TV till almost midnight.

A great fun night.

We had intended to go to Waldvogels Pumpkin Farm on Saturday but the weather did not sound promising so we opted for a Sunday visit instead, more on that later.

On Saturday morning we made slime, lots of slime.

John and I got our new phones.  I gave Tiz my old one so she was thrilled and Soli took John's even though his was deader than a doornail.  She still loves hanging on to it.

We took Soli to see Ninjago and Tiz stayed home with Gigi.

Cute, funny movie.

Soli loved it.

After the movie we went to Mineshaft for dinner and games.

It was total sensory overload.

So many lights, so much noise, yikes!

We did enjoy the food and the girls had fun using their tokens for a few trinkets.

$40.00 later the girls walked out with two sets of rubber teeth, a few rings, and a few other things.

On Sunday after church we headed to Waldvogel's.

The weather was, indeed better, but everyone else thought so, too.

It was so crowded!

John spent most  of his time waiting in line for the train so we could do some other fun things.

Lines were long but girls had fun.

Tiz and I fell down in the lost mine, so dark in there!

We did get a wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch to pick our pumpkins and we did get to enjoy a caramel apple plus do some of the other fun things.

The girls ended up in the corn which is their favorite thing.

Tiz had cheer so we had to be done with Waldvogels by 2:00 which is when Courtney came and picked her and Tiz up.  We could have used about three more hours, but at least we got to do some things.

In looking back it probably would have been better to go on Saturday in the drizzle, but live and learn.

Here are a few photos;

Another Weekend and Here Comes October!

Another weekend is over and just like that October is here!

It was a nice quiet weekend for John and I.

On Friday we did the shopping.  We are really enjoying the self checkout at Walmart.

We never thought we would like it, but we sure do.

The best part is that no one has to talk to us and we have no one to blame if we are slow!

After shopping we came home and watched some TV.

On Saturday we took a nice long walk to the post office to pick up my new phone and to collect fall leaves for my sensory table at school.

It was a beautiful fall day.

Since it has been so dry lately, the leaves are falling off the trees and immediately drying up so it is not a very pretty fall.

Oh and back to the new phone.

John's phone died so we decided to go with Consumer Cellular and both order i phones.  Our plan is much cheaper that the one we had with US cellular even with new phones.

Anyway I didn't even look at the new phone on Saturday.

I baked a few healthy pumpkin things on Saturday afternoon.

Yep, John and I are again trying to eat better and exercise more, we will see how that goes.

The sweets I made were good.

On Saturday night we went out with Joan.

We went to Anne's pizza in hales Corners.  It was very good.

We had a great time chatting and catching up with Joan.

We took pictures but they are on Facebook if you want to see them.

On Sunday, I started trying to activate my new phone before church.

So far, I have no service, of course, I don't!

We will see how this all works out.

After church, John and I took a long walk while he got an oil change at Farm and Fleet.

We ended up walking on the railroad tracks for quite a while to get from the baseball park back to Oak St.  I was very nervous that a train would come, but we made it safely back to Farm and Fleet.

We planted some bulbs and I baked a few more things.

It is going to be a stressful week at school since our childcare director was asked to leave her position.  Now my preschool teacher has to help out in the childcare, so that leaves me short handed, hopefully we can press on.

One day at a time for sure this week!

Until next time...

Soccer, Cheer, Packers and other assorted things

It's been a busy bur fun weekend.

On Friday we did the shopping and watched some Lifetime movies over a few beers.

On Saturday we left early for De Pere where Soli was playing two games of soccer.

It was a very hot day.

It's been in the 90's for the past three days with no end in sight, so we knew it would be hot at the games.

Luckily we could sit in the shade of a building.

She is part of a soccer academy so during the game, the coaches are teaching the kids the rules.  It's an interesting way to do kids' soccer.

I, personally like the free for all park and rec style.

At any rate, I think Soli had fun even if it was so hot.

We all went to lunch at a nice little bar/restaurant in De Pere.

John and I brought the girls home with us for the night.

All they did was watch TV and eat, but that is okay because sometimes that is what you need to do!

On Sunday we went to church to hear Koine.

We sat with the Budreaus and the girls had fun with Harmony.

After church we got lunch at kwik trip and then had to head to Oshkosh to take Tiz to her cheer practice.

Courtney and Paul were working a Packer game so we were in charge of transporting her to and from the practice.

The Packers almost lost, but pulled it out in overtime.

It was a fun weekend.

Sorry so short, but I have a few things I have to take care of tonight, so this will have to do.

A Quiet but fun weekend

This last week John and I decided that enough fat was enough fat.

Yep, it was time to watch what we eat, yet again, and start walking more regularly so we could lose a bit of this fat.

We walked every night last week for at least three miles, so that was good.

We shopped on Friday and bought lots of fruit, a few veggies, and other things that we thought were better for us than sweets and ice cream.

So, far, so good.

We did not have any visitors this weekend, so we knew it would be a quiet, inexpensive weekend compared to others.

We had a great adventure of Saturday which took us to Apple Holler in search of some freshly picked apples which we found there along with too many people and too much heat.  It was almost 90 today.

We found our apples and headed on.

We would not have gone to this apple place except that it was on the way to see John's folks at the veteran's cemetery in Union Grove.

We had not been there for quite awhile so it was good to pay the a visit.

Always a humbling experience to go to that cemetery and see all those markers for all those brave men and women who have fought for our freedoms.

The markers all stand in perfect rows just like the soldiers in the military.

After our visit there, we headed to Elkhorn to check out some of our old haunts.

Elkhorn will always hold such a special spot in our hearts.

We bought our first home there and we brought both our babies home to that house.

And we made many life long friends there before we moved back to Watertown.

We visited our first apartment, our first home, our church, and the downtown area.

It was a sweet trip home.

Then we stopped at Herb and Pearl's grave on the way home.

It needed some flowers so we decided to return on Sunday.

John grilled brat burgers for us.

We finished watching Under the Dome and called it a night.

Today, Sunday, after church, we headed to Herb's grave with  my mom and our bouquet of flowers.

After that we visited my dad, grandma, grandpa and Ohma, too.

It was a weekend of visiting our dead loved ones, I guess!

Lifetime movies filled the afternoon and the Packers play tonight so 

Go Pack Go!