Here was a quick visit to see my NC niece and nephew!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Michigan-July 24
At the last minute I decided to go up to Michigan to help Julie, Dave, and Leah move down and to go to Maureen's bridal shower. It was a quick fun trip. Of course it started with lunch at Olgas then a visit to Aunt Paula's. My first night was spent at the Cavallaro's house. On Friday Julie and I did a little shopping and then went to hang out with Nicole and Anthony. That evening Tom and Nicole had a little cookout. I introduced the high school crew to bananagrams but they didn't love it. Saturday was the bridal shower. It ended up being indoors and a bit toasty since there were isolated thunderstorms all day. The shower was nice. The ending was the best. Eric showed up and was given the best gift of all...a velvet portrait of the alien ET for his initials. Maureen's aunt got it as a wedding gift so she was happy to have someone to give it to after 26 years. I hope it makes an appearance at the wedding. It would be a great photo backdrop! After the shower I went to Andy and Susan's but they were not here. It was good to see the family, meet Drew's adorable girlfriend and hold and spoil Allison. Sunday was spent with Tom, Nicole, and Anthony. I attempted to go to the pool, we went to the park and we had Thai food! Sunday night I stayed at Aunt Paula and Uncle Sal's in order for an earlier departure. I taught them bananagrams too and they liked it but need more practice. Mom and I took turns driving Julie's car to NC. Now everyone is here and I leave for Europe tomorrow.
Coshocton, Ohio-Roscoe Village
On the way up to Michigan my dad wanted to stop in a historic canal town. Roscoe Village is in Coshocton, Ohio which is in middle of the state. The town was really cute. You could buy a tour ticket and visit all the buildings where people would be in costume portraying what really took place during the 1800s. However, since my dad was in charge of the trip we missed the last tour which was at 3. We arrived at 3:15. It was a bummer but we could look in all the windows and visit the shops. Then it started to rain so we couldn't take a canal tour either but it was okay. Instead we went to Walgreens to burn a CD of my pictures and then to The Warehouse Steak n Stein for dinner and live music. The evening ending with a trip to the sauna and hot tub for me.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Summer Trip #2 Michigan June 2009
For my second trip of the summer I rode up to Michigan with the 'rents. We went for a visit, of course, but we primarily went to help Julie and Dave pack for their big move and to meet the newest member of my mom's side of the family.
The trip for the most part was uneventful. I spent most of my time watching Leah since the house became messier and messier with packing which meant it was less and less baby proof. We went to visit Leah's boyfriend Noah where Leah learned to walk with a toy which was pretty exciting and I had to have Olgas.
On Thursday I met Scott and Joe in Ann Arbor. As expected Joe and I got to Scott's house before he did. We wandered around looking for him only to see him pull up minutes later. Typical! He gave us a tour of his lake house he is renting with some other folks. Then it was to downtown Ann Arbor. Our first stop was a martini bar. It was early so they had mini martinis on special. I had a few of those and was done for the night. Joe and Scott continued to drink and reminisce about college. They did some dumb stuff! The end of the night was pretty exciting. As we were walking back to the car we saw an SUV with a bunch of black guys get pulled over by lady cops. The car was not speeding however they were dumb enough to have the windows down and solo cups hanging out. As they were pulled over Scott hid behind a billboard at a bus stop to watch the incident. While Scott was doing that Joe and I went to find a bathroom. We told Scott we were going to go to the bar/club right near the bus stop. When we got to the door we noticed there was a cover so we kept walking. We had to walk a good bit for a free pee but we figured Scott would be smart enough to call us. While we were in the bathroom more cops arrived at the scene but nothing major transpired. Scott says the cops saw him and asked him what he was doing in which he replied he was heading to his car or something. Scott then had to leave the scene and find us. He was silly enough to pay the cover to go in looking for us. After a few missed cell phone calls we met up and went home. I really wanted to introduce them to Bananagrams but I forgot it. Plus it was late and my Michigan mother, aka Julie, texted me to see when I was going to be home. She forgot to tell me I had a curfew :)
Julie and Dave had a wedding (Adam and Heather's) so my mom and I fought over who got to watch Leah. I did the rehearsal dinner and my mom did the wedding. Leah when you are old enough to read this I want you to know that you were great until bed time came and then you were t-terrible. You cried and cried and wouldn't let yourself relax. After more than an hour you finally allowed yourself to go to dreamland. Thanks for that! Please don't do that again :)
On Saturday I had plans to stay with Tom, Nicole, and Anthony while my mom babysat alone but Nicole was under the weather so the plans changed. We ended up going to Rochester and I hung out with the Chircos for an hour. They weren't as sick as I thought but I did not bring stuff to stay over. We also visited the Thielemans. Leah was a perfect angel! Then it was wedding crashing time. Julie requested we dress Leah up and meet up with them to take a few family pictures since everyone would be looking nice. That is exactly what we did!
The next event was to the boat. On the way over we stopped to meet Allison Anne Tuladziecki. She was so tiny and beautiful. Congrats Andy and Susan! Landon didn't want anything to do with her and Leah wanted to be able to do everything Landon did. At the boat we entertained the kids, took a dinghy ride, and ate lots of yummy food.
The last events of Michigan included a swim at the Forest Lake Country Club ,watching the movers load up the majority of Julie and Dave's stuff, and meeting Julie's neighbors. Why is it when you are moving your neighbors suddenly come out of the wood work?
Then it was home for me to tutor, dog sit, and just hang out at my pool. Money and sun are two of my favorite things.
Here is a slideshow of the trip. I am slowly trying to get better at this blogging.
The trip for the most part was uneventful. I spent most of my time watching Leah since the house became messier and messier with packing which meant it was less and less baby proof. We went to visit Leah's boyfriend Noah where Leah learned to walk with a toy which was pretty exciting and I had to have Olgas.
On Thursday I met Scott and Joe in Ann Arbor. As expected Joe and I got to Scott's house before he did. We wandered around looking for him only to see him pull up minutes later. Typical! He gave us a tour of his lake house he is renting with some other folks. Then it was to downtown Ann Arbor. Our first stop was a martini bar. It was early so they had mini martinis on special. I had a few of those and was done for the night. Joe and Scott continued to drink and reminisce about college. They did some dumb stuff! The end of the night was pretty exciting. As we were walking back to the car we saw an SUV with a bunch of black guys get pulled over by lady cops. The car was not speeding however they were dumb enough to have the windows down and solo cups hanging out. As they were pulled over Scott hid behind a billboard at a bus stop to watch the incident. While Scott was doing that Joe and I went to find a bathroom. We told Scott we were going to go to the bar/club right near the bus stop. When we got to the door we noticed there was a cover so we kept walking. We had to walk a good bit for a free pee but we figured Scott would be smart enough to call us. While we were in the bathroom more cops arrived at the scene but nothing major transpired. Scott says the cops saw him and asked him what he was doing in which he replied he was heading to his car or something. Scott then had to leave the scene and find us. He was silly enough to pay the cover to go in looking for us. After a few missed cell phone calls we met up and went home. I really wanted to introduce them to Bananagrams but I forgot it. Plus it was late and my Michigan mother, aka Julie, texted me to see when I was going to be home. She forgot to tell me I had a curfew :)
Julie and Dave had a wedding (Adam and Heather's) so my mom and I fought over who got to watch Leah. I did the rehearsal dinner and my mom did the wedding. Leah when you are old enough to read this I want you to know that you were great until bed time came and then you were t-terrible. You cried and cried and wouldn't let yourself relax. After more than an hour you finally allowed yourself to go to dreamland. Thanks for that! Please don't do that again :)
On Saturday I had plans to stay with Tom, Nicole, and Anthony while my mom babysat alone but Nicole was under the weather so the plans changed. We ended up going to Rochester and I hung out with the Chircos for an hour. They weren't as sick as I thought but I did not bring stuff to stay over. We also visited the Thielemans. Leah was a perfect angel! Then it was wedding crashing time. Julie requested we dress Leah up and meet up with them to take a few family pictures since everyone would be looking nice. That is exactly what we did!
The next event was to the boat. On the way over we stopped to meet Allison Anne Tuladziecki. She was so tiny and beautiful. Congrats Andy and Susan! Landon didn't want anything to do with her and Leah wanted to be able to do everything Landon did. At the boat we entertained the kids, took a dinghy ride, and ate lots of yummy food.
The last events of Michigan included a swim at the Forest Lake Country Club ,watching the movers load up the majority of Julie and Dave's stuff, and meeting Julie's neighbors. Why is it when you are moving your neighbors suddenly come out of the wood work?
Then it was home for me to tutor, dog sit, and just hang out at my pool. Money and sun are two of my favorite things.
Here is a slideshow of the trip. I am slowly trying to get better at this blogging.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Memorial Day 2009
Julie and Leah came down to NC for Memorial Day. I was excited to take Leah swimming in my neighborhood pool, however, that did not happen because my pool had a big leak. Instead we (yes me, Leah, and Julie) sat and played in a baby pool on the deck. We also attended the Birdsong Lane Pig Pickin' Picnic with the wonderful neighbors. To end the weekend we took a trip to Duke Gardens with lunch in downtown Durham at Alivia's. We ended the weekend with a stop at my house. It was a grand time for all! This is also my first attempt at using Picasa. I will get better with the pictures, I promise!
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