Another great Sammy Fund Weekend!

Of course, this will be known as the "year of the flu" because there was a nasty stomach bug going around that hit at least 13 people that I know of. My parents came down with it on Saturday night and were out of commission until Monday morning. So awful!

For those of us that managed to keep our food down... the weekend was perfect! The weather was gorgeous - sunny and warm! Matt and I got into town on Friday and met up with Chuck at the Tangerine Bowl for lunch. Matt loves the pork chops there!

Nope, not a mini-bun, this is a mega-pork chop! Gotta love bowling alley food!

Matt golfed on Friday afternoon, while I ran some errands and got a mani/pedi. : )

The weather was perfect for the race/walk on Saturday morning. The leaves had started to turn colors and the walk was beautiful.

Getting ready for the run on Saturday morning - "Hi Matt!"

Sandi and Brett showing off their Disney half marathon shirts

Traditionally, we head to Jed's after the run/walk for chili dogs and beer. This year, we went to Spring Street, but there were still plenty of chili dogs, beer and fun!

Traditional chili dogs after the race

Mom, me and Erin at Spring Street

Andy and Michelle made the trek from Chicago for the weekend too!

My cousin's daughter Madeline kept everyone entertained

My aunt June met Mark Bortz at the YMCA (I think) and he stopped off at the bar for a drink. He played on the '85 Chicago Bears team that won the Super Bowl and he also played football in college at Iowa. So awesome!

Me, Mark Bortz and Erin

Found this on some Bears website

On Saturday night, Matt played in the Texas Hold 'Em tournament. I went to a wine tasting party held by the place my cousin Kelly works. Despite being a tad underdressed for the event (we were in jeans and people showed up in cocktail dresses and suits/ties), the wine and food were so good and we had a fun time! We were camped out by the cheese table = my favorite station!

The golf tournament on Sunday could not have been on a more beautiful day! Is this really October?!?

Keely filled in for my Dad who was under the weather

Grant, Keely and Ross ready to golf

My team - Brian, Andy and Matt

Time to rally (this was also when Brian realized he lost his keys a few holes back)

Beautiful trees!

Hard to tell by a picture... but Andy decided they should drive in reverse for the second 9 holes

Cheers! (They are driving in reverse - we are driving forward at them)

Um... who's driving this thing?!?

After we finished golfing, everyone went out to the 2nd hole to help Brian find his keys. He had lost them when they first shot-gunned a beer. When they went to do the second one about 5 holes later, he realized he didn't have his truck keys anymore. Oops! Even bigger oops because Keely didn't have a spare set with her! Luckily, he found them on the 3rd hole!

We all ended up staying in Quincy on Sunday night after that. My parents were still not up for the 2 hour drive back to Rochester, so they were definitely staying. Keely and Brian weren't up for driving all the way back to Chicago either. So, we ordered in pizza and watched football. We all were exhausted!

More pics from the weekend are on our Shutterfly site.