Memorial Day Weekend

Matt and I spent the weekend in Rochester visiting with my family. The drive back home was awful - terrible storms! There were times when we couldn't see the cars in front of us! Luckily, everyone made it safely home.

On Saturday night, we grabbed dinner at Wings, etc. Wings + Fuel Tankers = a happy husband!

Cheers!

On Sunday, the weather was better, so we ventured outside. Erin and I took Sofie for a walk in the morning. It was more like Sofie taking me for a walk. That dog is strong!

We went to Knights Action Park in the afternoon for some putt-putt. Brett was the big winner... and I was the big loser by far!

Needless to say... I did not make this putt.

My Dad tried to help Sandi - he moved the brick out of the way : )

We also hit some golf balls, rode go-karts and hit balls in the batting cage. Despite the humidity, we had a fun time!

That night, Dad grilled out pork chops and kebabs - so good! This weekend definitely did not help with the Punta Cana - bikini diet!

Sofie was quite entertaining for the weekend - she's adorable! I still say she reminds me of a baby deer... all legs!

Sofie was totally crashed out after all the outdoor time she got this weekend!

She's big enough to get to the counter - she wanted pork chops, too!

Who me??? I'm perfect!

I think she thinks she's much smaller than she really is!

Very helpful at cleaning off the dishes!

Max was not a big fan of Sofie!

Sofie tried really hard, though!

Matt and I drove back to Chicago this morning and I spent a good portion of the afternoon snoozing on the couch. : )

Next up for tonight... steaks on the grill! Yum!

Oh, just hit "reply to all"

Today, when I got into work, I had 86 new emails. This is WAY more than I usually have. Apparently, someone sent an email to a distribution list that included the entire company without knowing it. Then, people kept "replying to all" asking why they had received the email or asking to be removed from the email distribution list or commenting that they, too, had recieved the email (my favorite). In addition, we had 3 other emails from people (one from our tech group) saying to stop "replying to all". The word stop was in red and bold! That didn't stop some people, though. Seriously, what is wrong with people?!? I mean, I get it if the first few people screw this up... but, after you've personally received 50+ emails, do you really think the best thing to do is to "reply to all" again? I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they just automatically responded before getting through the rest of their emails. Otherwise, we work with a bunch dummies. Geez!

Random

I was going through the pictures I had on my cell phone and this popped up... somehow I managed to take a picture of my own screen after a phone call with Erin??? Really strange.

Visit from the p's

My parents came up to Chicago this weekend for a visit. On Friday night, we met up with the Wilken crew (Grant and Patty were also in town) at Uncle Juilo's for margaritas and Mexican food. Fun times!

On Saturday, my Mom and I got in some shopping and met up with Matt and my Dad for lunch at Haymarket. My Dad fixed our a/c up, which of course we did not need this weekend! Hello... what is up with this weather?!?! Is it May or November?!?! Ugh.

On Saturday night, Ross cooked out and we had lots of great food. The girls played a few games of Bananagrams. Sofie entertained us all. She is seriously like a big baby deer. Her legs are so long and she seems to have only partial control of them. : )

She kept trying to get our food at dinner. She finally got a hold of an ear of corn, but she had no idea what to do with it! It was hilarious! She just kept running around with it in her mouth like it was a toy. She was pretty sure she didn't want to eat it, but she didn't really know what to do with it. Eventually, we got it from her and my Dad snuck her some leftover burger. He was definitely her favorite for the night!

What do I do with this thing?!?!

She wanted dessert, too!

All the excitement all night was a little too much for her...

Sofie sacked out on the couch

On Sunday, we all met up for brunch at Le Peep and then spent the rainy afternoon at our place playing cards and Bananagrams. We had a euchre tournament, which my mom and Kyle ended up winning.

Even "Chuck" joined in on the fun - he wasn't the best euchre partner, though!

Awards

Rarely, Matt and I work on the same client. I am usually assigned to projects for other offices. But, one of the clients Matt works on needed some help and I had some time, so I helped out. Matt's one requirement was that we do not work together. I agree... it would be much easier for us to not have to work together and live together. : )

That project wrapped up last week and we had a little happy hour Friday night to celebrate. Two of the people on the team held an "awards" ceremony at the bar and gave everyone a little sign of their appreciation.

Here is mine... yep, the cow poops out the jelly beans! Awesome!

Here is Matt's... kind of a backhanded award, huh! Apparently, someone thinks Matt is a little crabby!

First Cubs game of the season

Last weekend, Matt and I went to our first Cubs game of the year. We thought by getting tickets in May, we'd have nicer weather... but, this is Chicago... what were we thinking?!? Rainy and cold - yep!  Actually, the day before and the day after were gorgeous, just not the day we were there. The game, on the other hand, was good. They ended up winning in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs and a hit by Fukudome. Pretty fun finish! We stayed to sing the "Go, Cubs, Go" song and then it took us about an hour to get home.

Cinco de Mayo

Last night, Matt and I went with Ross and Erin to a Cinco de Mayo cooking class. We were on the dessert team and made Kahlua bread pudding. It was awesome! Other teams made salsas, guacamole, salad, and steak and fish tacos. The food was so good and we left stuffed!

Ross is a natural!

Taste testing + a goofy husband