The week before that we were able to see our friends Mike, Kristi, Cora, & Henry for a short time before heading over to Dave & Lauryn's for dinner. They live just blocks away from one another. We are so glad that we finally got to see Dave & Lauryn's new place. It is a beautiful home in Minneapolis and we are so excited for them as they start their life together. While at Mike & Kristi's I saw a minivan sitting in front of their house. Yes, they got a minivan. I have to say, I'm jealous. I know, I know, how many people are proud that they drive a minivan? I would be! Plus, the convenience would be so nice. Nate and I have had the minivan conversation many times. We actually had it before we got married and he made me promise him that I would never get one. It wasn't a pinky promise though. :) I'm hoping that the good old camry holds out for a few more years, but when it decides to leave me I may have to fight hard for the minivan (it conveniently holds both strollers and golf clubs for road trips honey).
I was able to squeeze in a chiropractor appointment a couple of weeks ago. The last time I wrote I think that I put that I had been running. Well, right after writing that I began to experience a lot of pain in my right hip, down my leg. I eventually went to the chiropractor who has been working with me. She instructed me not to run until today. It was still painful, but she is seeing me twice and week and has me doing certain stretches and exercises. I'm hoping that sooner rather than later things will loosen up and I can get back into my routine. Not that I'd be running outside a lot this week anyway. It's been in the 90's. I got up at 5:15 this morning to try to run and was reminded that our days are getting much shorter. I couldn't believe how dark (and hot) it was out at that time. On a side note, when I saw the chiropractor I told her about this hard are in my back that felt like a big muscle knot, but I knew it wasn't that. It did hurt a little when I pushed on it a lot. Well good news, it's not a tumor...it's a "fat pad" or lipoma. Gee, great! Just what I wanted to hear. Brings a whole new meaning to having back fat.
As mentioned before, we spent this past weekend in IA for my cousin Amanda's wedding. We arrived to my parent's house around 11:00 pm, after a very long day. My day was crazy in the ED, I didn't get off work until late so had to pick the kids up at the zoo (where my sitter was picking her kids up from camp), and therefore got home even later. I threw a few things in a bag, we fed the kids, and jumped in the Traverse. We made a quick stop to fill up with gas and made one more stop after we hit a deer. Yep, that's right. The Traverse is evidently a deer magnet. Don't worry, we didn't kill the deer...it was already dead. Yes, you read that correctly, we hit a dead deer. The lovely person who killed the deer didn't feel the need to remove the dead carcass from the middle of the road so we hit it. The gas gauge went from full to empty and I told Nate that he had to pull over to make sure that the gas wasn't leaking. I was very concerned that we were going to explode with the kids strapped into their carseats in the back. Long story short, we did not explode and made it safely to my parent's house with plenty of gas and the check engine light on. I took it into the local garage in the morning (while Nate was enjoying his time on the golf course). One of the sensor cables underneath came unplugged. They plugged it back in, reset the computer, and we were good to go. Thank God!!!
The kids and I had lots of visitors on Friday...aunts, cousins, and Grandmas. Thank you everybody for coming out, it was so good to see you all. Don't worry, I know that you came to see the kids and not me, and I'm ok with that. :) A Huge thank you to Aunt Moe Moe who altered Ava's flower girl dress. It looked so much better on her and I didn't have to worry about her skirt falling off as she came down the aisle. :) Friday night Grant hung out with Grandma and then Aunt Darlene while Nate, Ava, and I went to rehearsal and then dinner. Grant got to hang out with Aunt Darlene and cousin Sara on Saturday night while we were at the wedding reception as well. Thank you so so very much!
Saturday morning Grant and Daddy went into Norway for a parade while Ava and I headed to the church for pictures before the wedding. I was quickly reminded that Ava will never be a model. That girl can not fake smile for the life of her. Half of the time she looks stunned with her eyebrows raised up, and the other half she has a crooked smile and looks like she had a stroke. Thankfully she was well behaved that day though. She was exhausted by Saturday evening. She fell asleep on my lap around 7:00. Poor thing!
Sunday morning we hung out with everybody at Grandma & Grandpa's. Ava got to take a tractor ride and drive the tractor with Grandpa (Grandpa says she needs a bit more practice before driving on her own). We got on the road just before 11:00. We made one stop for lunch and were home around 4:00 so that we could start laundry and get some groceries for the week. We were grateful for a quiet ride home from both kids!
Monday was back to work for the both of us. This week has been so hot that we're planning nothing outdoors. Today I took the kids to my own personal hell...the Mall of America. It wasn't as bad as I had envisioned, but I'm glad that we're done with it. I had a bunch of returns that had to go back there. Tuesdays are "Toddler Tuesdays" at the mall so they always have something for the kids. Today it was a singer and they had crafts set up to do. So, Ava did some coloring and some dancing while Grant took him nap. We were back home in time for lunch. I think tomorrow morning we'll venture out to the Children's Museum. Ava loves that place! I think that I'll be getting a membership to there as well.
We hope that you're enjoying your week and staying cool!
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