Thanks to my parents and Joelle, Shaun and I were able to go away to Ohio this past June - all by ourselves! It was so nice to see everyone again and relax and do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted to! We love our little sweet pea and missed her but it was nice to do adult things all weekend!!
We had a great time and we also got to meet our new nephew River!! He is just precious and I can't wait to see him again!!
Thanks again to Gina & Steve for being awesome hosts and making us feel at home :)
Little Baby River-Man!
Shaun teaching Gina how to throw bags! She did pretty good!!
I don't think Reese missed us too much!
Daiquiri's on the deck!
Out at Papa Boo's! We had a blast here!
Us with Ryan & Bekah!
I think they look so similar here :)
Couldn't leave this one out!!
This pic is blurry but I just love it - we had so much fun!!
Tegan and Shaun "playing" the guitar!!
And we end with these two monkeys...they are too cute and we are so glad we got to spend time and play a little with them before we headed back!
So glad we were able to make it out and visit! We had a blast!
Not ony have I been slacking on posting to my blog but we have seriously been slacking in the romance department! Where does the time go? The last 2 monts have been a slight blur but I am back in the the blogging business - so hopefully I haven't lost too many readers!!!
Shaun and mine's date night last week did not exactly go as planned! I had planned to go to Quonset - which has a.m.a.z.i.n.g pizz and then I was going to take hime to Illinois State Beach and we were going to have a romantic date night on a blanket next to the lake.
Well, it actually went something like this:
* Call pizza in at 5:15 for take out - they tell me it will be ready at 6:00
* Get to Quonset at 6:05 and wait until 6:30 to get our pizza
*Drive out to Illinois State Beach to find that it is closed due to storm damage
* Drive to Waukegan Beach and go to get pizza out of car to find out that I had placed it on an angle and that all of the green pepper, sausage and pepperoni had slid over to one side of the pizza
Oh well...things don't always go as planned now do they? :)
It was still a nice time and good to get away and relax for a night.
Shaun and I went mountain biking a couple of weekends ago - and man did it kick my a*$!!! I thought that I knew what mountain biking actually was and let me tell you...I did not!
First - let me give a small disclaimer:
My bike is a wanna-be mountain bike. It is a Mongoose, it is about 8 or 9 years old, it is heavy and I got it for free when I purchased my 1999 Volkswagen Passat. It was good for when I wanted to take a little ride down a flat, paved path or around the block...but up hills, down creek beds and through foot deep flooded creeks...not so much!!!
I started out pretty good until we got to a part where we had to cross this foot deep creek (I am NOT exaggerating). Shaun went across it no problem and I kind of hung back, trying to find a better place to cross, one where my shoes would not get soaking wet 5 minutes into this little adventure.
no.such.luck.
I also asked Shaun to come back over to my side of the creek and walk my bike across and then come back and carry me across the foot deep creek.... did I mention yet foot deep creek?
He said no.
Ughhhh!!!!
So I just braved it and across I went. Fortunately I was wearing my nice running shoes so the ventilation was good and my shoes were going to dry out fast - unfortunately I was wearing my nice running shoes which were now covered with mud and clay and sopping wet.
Feel sorry for me yet?!?!?!
Hahaha...
Well, all in all it turned out to be a very nice day. I felt like a big wimp but it was a really good work out and it was really nice to be out in nature - just Shaun and I!!!
Here is Shaun before our adventure started!
Here is what I looked like for most of the journey:
but...the scenery was more than beautiful. Look closely for the white arrow - I got a pretty good shot of some deer!
We also found this really awesome spot where a huge tree had fallen into the creek and we went out and sat on it and took a few pics:
We had such a good time. It was so nice to spend time like that together. It was a really good work-out and I will even say that I would do it again.
P.S. The best part of my day today was when I was driving into work for an early meeting and the sun was rising - it was beautiful and I had a great tune playing:
Thank you so much for the thoughtful date night last week. I loved the dinner you made me, it was sooooo good!
Even though you always cook for me (we are a modern family!) it feels more special on date night! Also - thanks for renting girlie movies for me. I know you probably really don't like watching these movies but you get them because you know I will like them :)
I love you very much. Can you believe that we have been married for over 2 years already??? It really does not feel like 2 years ago that we walked down the aisle and honeymooned in the Dominican Republic...where has the time gone?
Can we go back soon? :)
Thank you for accepting me the way that I am. I know that some days are harder than others but it is so nice to know that I have a partner in life, someone that will be by my side no matter what.
