Wii Are Family

So I know we haven't posted awhile, but thankfully there really hasn't been all that much to report. We celebrated Fathers Day with the Noyd's out at Mike & Linda's camper that Saturday. I made bbq pork, sliced up a watermelon, and made scotcharoo rice crispy treats... and Steff was overheard saying as we brought in the food, "I love having a sister-in-law, all I had to bring was buns and a pasta salad!" It was kind of cute, On Sunday my Mom & Dad came up, as did my sister, Jan, and her husband, Larry. It was their first time to our house. Eric and I said last summer after a few visits to their house that we could just vacation in their basement, so hopefully now we can return the hospitality sometime. We pick up some great marinated rib eyes at Weber Meats that Eric grilled up and had a great lunch. It was nice to spend time with family.

Things seem to be a little less busy these days, and that is a good thing. We don't really have much planned for the long 4th of July weekend, and we are really looking forward to it. Our bedroom furniture is being delivered tomorrow, and I have been crafty and made a couple of decorative bulletin boards for the office so hopefully we can get clothes transferred to the new bedroom chests, and can hang a few more things up. If the weather cooperates we may do a little yard work/weed pulling too. We also hope to have some time to play with our newest toy.

We bought a Wii, and Wii Fit. It has been lots of fun.... even the Wii Fit. It is actually a pretty good work out, and much easier on both our allergies than walking in our subdivision. So far my favorites are hula hoop and yoga.

Well that is all for now. We have our CD of all the pictures from the wedding. I hope to post a few of our favorites soon.

Visitors From Near & Far

There were no road trips last weekend, but we did manage to see lots of friends and family. Jenn, Sidney and Abigail were in town visiting Jenn's brother and sister-in-law and their family for a long weekend. How convenient that I moved to the town where they lived! They came over to see the house on Saturday, and then we went to Dave & Janice's for lunch. On Sunday we had an open-house at our place that Linda and Steff organized for some of Eric's extended family to come and meet me and see our place. It was lots of fun to meet everyone, and get to show them our house. Kudos to Linda and Steff for putting it all together. I still have lots of work to do on the outside, but I am making progress, but the inside is looking pretty good. We finally got some pictures hung and the last of the boxes either unpacked or moved to the basement. We will have more pictures to put up once we get the wedding pics ordered, but it is definitely coming together. Jenn and the girls and her sister, Mary, come over just after the open house for another visit and to say "Hi" to my parents who had come up for the open house. On Monday evening Eric had a meeting, so I went over to hang out with Jenn & the girls one last time before they headed back to Colorado the next day. It was lots of fun to see them again so soon after the wedding. It is kind of cool to see Eric really getting to know them, and them getting to know Eric. On Monday night when I went to visit, Abby asked after about 45 minutes "Hey! Where is Uncle Eric?".

This weekend is going to be a lot less busy. I had a bit of the flu yesterday, and am just now getting back to normal. I may do a little yard work if it isn't too muddy. Eric is out helping at a Scottish Rite event, but other than church that is pretty much all that is planned for this weekend. We are looking forward to some rest and relaxation.

Beers, A Wedding & A Graduation

The last weekend in May was a busy one, hence why it has taken us a week to recover and blog about it. Friday we left Geneseo about 4 p.m. and headed towards Nashville, TN for my "little sis" and good buddy Nathan's wedding on Saturday. We stopped in Mahomet for gas, and some yummy Monicals pizza. I was jonesin' for some Monicals, one of the things I miss from C-U. We were back on the road after filling our tummies and the fuel tank, but had to make an unscheduled stop at the rest stop just south of Champaign for about 15 minutes to wait out the most wicked storm... that at one point included hail. Back on the road, and we stopped for the night in Mt. Vernon. Saturday we hit the road for Nashville, and and stopped at Yazoo brewery for the afternoon. Thank you Nathan & Stacey for having a 6:30 wedding!!!! Yazoo was lots of fun, had great beer, and we could have stayed longer. I reminded us bit of what Schlafly Brewery in St. Louis was probably like about 5-10 years ago. Definitely a similar vibe, everyone was totally loving their jobs and the beer. We had a great time. After a bit of a traffic jam due to construction we finally made it to our hotel in Franklin, TN and met up with Nikki to go the wedding.

The wedding was outdoors at the Carnton Plantation. It was beautiful. Stacey looked stunning, and Nathan although a tiny bit nervous, looked ridiculously happy. The reception was fancy yet totally casual and just relaxing and fun. Ironically enough they served Yazoo beer, so that was good. And in lieu of a cake they had a sundae bar... yummy and totally hit the spot after more than our share of graduation cake. The wedding was super special for lots of reasons, it was the first one Eric and I went to as husband and wife and well that was just kind of fun, Nathan & Stacey met and started dating the same time as Eric and I, had a long distance relationship, and got engaged and married about the same time we did so that has been kind of fun. But most of all it was special because even though I haven't had the opportunity to get to know Stacey all that well I can tell that she makes Nathan so happy (and she is totally cool to boot) and to quote "Friends" it is very obvious that "She's his Lobster!". I also got to meet Nathan's mom, who I got to know a bit through comments on Nathan's blog. Way cool... I enjoy the Moms.

Sunday we left Franklin at about 8 a.m. to start the drive home, stopping in Carlinville for the afternoon/evening to see my nephew, Eric (the other Eric, Eric Pfeiffer) graduate from high school. Kind of amazing that he is a high school graduate. Seems like yesterday he was sucking his thumb and dragging around his blanket aka "Keewawa". He plans to got to SIU-Edwardsville in the fall to study biology. He eventually wants to be a dentist. After the ceremony we hung out at Jan & Larry's for a bit and had a light supper and then headed for home.

Needless to say it was a LONG and tiring weekend, but totally worth the time and effort to share some very special moments with family and friends.