So let's start with my birthday weekend. I had a bunch of people up to go watch the Cubs/Brewers game on that Friday, then worked on organizing the basement on Saturday. My mom and dad were so helpful in working on getting things in order down there. We've needed to get down there since we moved, because it was basically a "dumping ground" for the movers (the garage was, too... that's our next job). I got some shelving units and we cleaned up down there, and it looks so much better. There's also now room to move some of the crap out of the garage and down to the basement. Saturday night we went out to an awesome dinner at a place in Bay View called Riviera Maya. The food was SO good, and so were the drinks. What a great birthday dinner, and great birthday weekend in general! We had brunch down in Racine on Sunday, too.
For Easter weekend, Dwyers came up on Friday evening for a little visit. It was funny seeing Delanee, who is only 10 months older than Preston, yet she is about a foot taller. They played so well together, and I had such a great visit with Melissa and Chris. We stayed around town since Skip worked Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights, so Sunday we went down to Racine for Brunch with the Easter Bunny at the Yacht Club. Preston was a little weirded out by the bunny, but we at least got a couple of pictures. That was pretty much all we did for the weekend.
I've started playing softball on Monday nights, which has been fun. However, I'm WAY rusty and it's been an adjustment getting my body used to playing again! My hands have been pretty sore lately, but it's been worth it to get out and play. I've missed it!
The last weekend of April was Phase II of the yard. You'll remember back in October we did Phase I, so now we needed to fill the holes left by the pond, smooth everything out, and get grass planted. Which we did. However, I had gone out to dinner at Joey Buona's the night before, so was pretty damn hungover from the $5 unlimited wine. I was not the most productive yard-worker, so I was glad everyone else was! Dad and Mom and Harrisons were a huge help, and we were able to get everything done by the early afternoon. We went to dinner over towards Mom and Dad's hotel that evening, then I completely crashed by 9 that night. We went to a memorial service on Sunday for my friend Roger's father who had passed...
Last week was a short one, as I took off Thursday afternoon and all day Friday originally to go up to Wisconsin Dells for a nursing conference Skip planned to attend. However, we decided last minute that we would save some money and stick around home instead for sort of a "staycation." I'm so glad we did. Thursday we did a brewery tour at Lakefront after I was done with work, then celebrated Cinco de Mayo at Las Palmas. Sadly, we got the news on Friday morning that Skip's Grandma Cerow passed away early that morning. She had been in and out of the hospital for a few weeks, so we knew it was coming, but it was still very sad. Skip debated about going out there for the funeral, but ultimately we decided he would stay home. We were happy, though, that we had gotten the chance to get out there in March to spend time with her while she was still alive.
We went to lunch on Friday with Sarah Weseloh and the kiddos, then to the zoo, then came home so Preston could take a much-needed nap (after I picked up my bike from getting tuned-up. Now I can ride it to work!). We had a gift card to a sushi place in Waukesha, so we used that for dinner. It was so delicious! I'm mildly obsessed with sushi, so it was a treat. Saturday we hung around the house until we got on the road to Illinois. We swung through Lake Geneva to stretch our legs and get some ice cream, then took a roundabout way to Woodstock. Pat was in town for a visit, so Nancy and Jim had everybody over for dinner and to celebrate Mother's Day. We had such a great time visiting everyone down there, and Preston had an especially good time hanging with all the girls (he's the only boy of 7 great-grandkids on the Preston side... poor guy!).
Not surprisingly, the boys slept until 10:15 on Sunday, so I rode my bike solo to church, while they slept (I seriously wish I had it in me to sleep that late, but I just can't do it anymore). When I got home, we hung around then went down to the Milwaukee Public Market to peruse. While most of the stuff there, albeit fresh, is pretty expensive, the St. Paul Fish Company stall has a lobster dinner for $12.95, so we got one of those to snack on. With some lobster, a few freshly-shucked oysters and $3 beers, we had a great afternoon!
Preston has his 18-month dr. visit today, so I will update more on him later!
In the meantime, some pictures:
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| Going somewhere?? |
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| Just hanging out in the car seat. |
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| I love broccoli! |
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| New cheese face :) |
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| Meeting the Easter Bunny |
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| Not so sure... (although I wasn't either, as this is the scariest bunny costume EVER) |
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| Looking for eggs! |
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| Got some!! |
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| Mmm... eggs! |
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| So happy to eat! |
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