Bye Bye Mom and Dad

A great Vacation was had by all!

Last Day In Lancaster

We spent our last day in Lancaster with more of the same: Eating and Playing! Here's Alice licking the beater . . .










. . . . and then later enjoying a spin on that crazy mini-merry-go-round!!

. . . and being silly with Great Grandpa!

Hanging out at Great Grandma's House

We've had a blast hanging out in Lancaster. . . and Alice is being a total RockStar! She completely gets where we are, who is here, who isn't, where Mommy and Daddy are, and she's enjoying herself!! Yay for us that she's not a crying toddler who wants Mommy!! Alice is eating well, sleeping well, and playing and teasing like a Sanner!! :) Here's our trip thus far - pretty much breaks down into two catagories - Playing and Eating: (Don't forget - check back later for pics - I'll post them when I get home.)

Playing


Alice loves Great Grandma's and Great Grandpa's big backyard. She insists on wearing her shoes before going out - and has made good use of her golf clubs.


Mom, Dad, Alice and I went over to Jerry and Jody's to check in on Jody - who just had surgery - and Alice hit the jackpot with Jody's Daycare Playground!


Alice is just like her Auntie Carrie - and loves to check out Great Grandma's photo albums - especially if Alice is the STAR of the book! She points to her picture on Great Grandma's "mantel" and says, "ME!"


Alice has discovered Great Grandma's satallite radio. We have it tuned to the Kids station. Alice has been dancing and drumming on just about any cool sounding surface!


Bathtime has been fun in Great Grandma's utility sink! There have been 2 so far - even tho it wasn't bath night tonight, Alice had been out at the Camp and needed to be scrubbed down - according to Grandma. . . and the end of bathtime (rinsing the hair!!) is the worst experience EVER!


Great Great Uncle Chuck brought the COOLEST Tea Pots home from Saudi Arabia - and Alice has been the sweetest little hostess to anyone who is thirsty.

Eating

Come on - you have to know that we all gain about 5 pounds just by walking through Grandma's door! Alice has fit right in!!


Of course we had Cheez Whiz sandwiches in our hands before we even got all the way into the house - and YES Lonny - we used the banana spreader to apply the cheez whiz to bread!


Great Grandma and Valorie made oatmeal raisin cookies that we at FRESH from the oven with ice cold milk.


For supper the other night we had MY favorite - warm butterscotch pudding with cream on top! YUM!


Today, after visiting Auntie Ruthie and Auntie Viva at the Senior Apartments, we headed up to Dean's Dinner for lunch (and the ice cream that Grandpa promised Alice).


And tonight - because it was too hot to have the oven going - Great Grandpa insisted we all go up to the Drive In for supper. Grandpa had his eye on the Rhubarb Custard Pie (the last piece!) - and shared it with Grandma and Alice. (yes, Alice told Grandma to put the plate "right here.")

So - the usual (and my favorite) things happening up here this week - Visiting, Relaxing, Eating, and Playing! :)

Mom and Dad Arrive

So Lonny and I picked Mom and Dad up at the airport late Thursday night. Mom and Dad even joined me and Alice at Storytime on Friday morning, after which we drove out to Minnetonka to take Lonny out for lunch. Saturday, we took Mom and Dad (and Jaime's family) out to see the house - and we just get more and more excited to move every time we see it!!


After we showed off the new place - Lon and Jaime went out to lunch with her family - while Mom and Dad and I headed up to Auntie Sue's to help get ready for chili dinner. It was a great afternoon spent with family. Grandma and Grandpa were there - and all the boys came up for supper.

Saturday night, Lonny, Jaime, and I took advantage of having babysitters - Jaime got some much needed work done - whilst Lonny and I got to go over to Cousin Jon's to celebrate his birthday with him! (We also got a sneak peak into Michele's big Sunday - congrats Michele!)


Sunday was relaxing as Dad headed up to Lancaster with Grandma and Grandpa and Lon and Jaime started packing to get ready for their trip to Seattle. They are celebrating their 10th Anniversary out there! Congrats Lon and Jaime!

So - late Monday morning, Alice, Mom and I packed up the Scion and headed to Lancaster. The trip was very easy - Alice was a ROCK STAR!!


We've already had a great day and a half in Lancaster - I'll blog more about it later. . .and check for pics - as I don't have the cord to upload here! :)

DAG @ Acapulco

Well, Christy tried to have a DAG gathering at her "new" house in Forest Lake - but we ended up with deciding to just meet for dinner at Acapulco in Blaine. Then they started dropping like flies - and it was just Tom, Mike/Andrea, Christy, and ME! It was still a lot of fun - great to see each other - for some it had been a year, but I hadn't seen Mike and Andrea in like forever! We did decide that we need to do something special for our 10 year reunion next year - for those who graduated on time - it's been TEN years since we got our Masters!! (I gradated the next year - but whatev!) :) So - Christy and I are going to start working on getting the whole Anoka II Learning Community back in touch - and TOGETHER next spring!! Be watching for it!!

Video of "Our House"

Lonny made a great video of our latest trip to the new house! Check it out for those of you who can't wait til September! :)

It's Ours!

The inspection went great today! We close September 17th!