Pat and I took a road trip home, during the week of 4th of July We left KC on Tuesday 6/29 and I ended up staying until Tuesday July 6th. Pat needed to go back home on Saturday the 3rd, because he was working the 4th of July and all the festivities that were going on.
What a great time we had...family, friends, food...all kinds of great activities! No work, no worries!! It was wonderful. The first day home we hung with our families. We have not seen our families since the wedding (almost 8 months ago at this point!) It was so nice.
Wednesday 6/30: It was a gorgeous day...we spent the day outside in our pool soaking in the sun, and getting caught up on life.
Thursday 7/1: What a busy day we had... We picked up family at the airport who flew in from San Diego to join in the festivities of the 4th. Pat's brother, his wife and almost 6 month old baby arrived into MSP. We had lunch and got caught up with them, before we headed off to our first outing to the new Twins stadium Target Field
What a gorgeous stadium! We arrived early and walked around the whole ballpark! We didn't want to miss anything!
We finally got situated in our seats (Picture taken from our seats) The Twins were playing the Tampa Bay Rays that evening, game 1 of 4 in the series. It was a warm beautiful night in downtown Minneapolis. We enjoyed all sorts of ball park food, had a great time...unfortunately we lost the game 5-4 in the 10th inning :(
Friday 7/2: We spent the morning getting massages!
http://www.massageenvy.com
This was only my second professional massage ever...and I enjoyed all 50 minutes of it. I didn't realize how tight my back has become, from sitting hunched over a desk for 10hrs at a time. It felt really good to get my trap muscles worked on.
We had lunch at http://www.oldchicago.com/home I had the
Buffalo Chicken Rolls
(Original buffalo chicken, Mozzarella and blue cheese dressing rolled and baked inside our handmade pizza dough. Topped with buffalo sauce drizzle, celery and carrot shreds. Served with blue cheese dressing.) They were so good!
Friday night we had a get together with all of our friends and family and had dinner, drinks, and many laughs! It was such a good time to get everyone together and enjoy each other's company! "A little Chicken Soup for the Soul"
Sat 7/3: Pat left in the morning for the 7 hr trip back to KC. I went scrapping at my local scrapbook store where my girlfriend Laura works. I had such a good time getting caught up with her, and getting a few pages done. After the store closed at 6...I headed home to find all of our neighbors out by our pool, hanging out and having dinner together.
Sun 7/4: Happy 4th of July!! The weather in MN was very overcast a big bummer, since I wanted to spend the day in the pool soaking up the sun. We made the best of it though and had another fabulous homemade dinner outside with all the neighbors surrounding the pool until 11pm! Chicken wings, corn on the cob, pasta salad, beans and bars. I was a happy camper!
Mon 7/5: I spent the day at Archiver's with former co workers of mine...Scrapping the day away! It was so fun to sit down with these ladies after all of this time has passed since my move, and act like no time had passed whatsoever! The day was filled with laughs, memories, reminiscing, and actually getting some pages complete from our San Diego/Las Vegas trip.
(The photo I took, is of my unfinished layouts! When you are forced to fly home with carry on luggage, you are limited to what you can bring with you...so I just brought the basics!)
Tuesday 7/6: I spent the day visiting with my grandparents before heading to the airport. I left MSP at 7:20 with a layover in Milwaukee, WI. I had a great view of Target Field and the Metrodome on takeoff, and really wished I would have my camera out for that picture! I had a 2 hr layover in WI and finally at 11:45pm I arrived home into KC!
This picture taken in Milwaukee after going through the security check point! Ain't that the truth...being "Discombobulated" then having to become "Recombobulated" Ha ha...made me laugh!
