Happy Belated to Amb!

Wow, I have not been good with updates.

Last Sunday the 22nd, was Amber's 26th birthday. Josh had to work the Iowa bball, game. So I met up with mom and dad and we went down to the machine shed in davenport for supper. We listened to the bball game on the way down, and just when we got there it was over. Well, it was over, but tied so it was going to OT. We went into the restuarant and I asked if they would turn the one 5'' TV to the hawks game, and my head was biten off by the 1 person watchin nascar.

Anyway we ate some supper, and shared our gifts. Then went onto Amb's for the homemade ice cream and cake. mmmm good stuff. Hope Amb had a great day.

Then we basically have been doing the same old crap....

Last night was the last women's bball game at home for the season. American Idol finalist from like 2006 or 2007 sang the national anthem and at halftime. Here is a youtube link of the anthem. the sound recording on my camera isn't to great. However she was good!!!! I wish we could get more people in that could actually sing for the anthems. Or try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY3GchlnzvQ

Blah

Well nothing new to report, same old.

Josh is visiting his mom in Georgia for a few days. My dad has requested some peanuts out of the trip. Amber has a birthday coming up on Sunday. SO as you can see things are just so exciting!

Well not too much new to post. On Sunday we had a gathering at the house for my birthday, and of course what would a birthday be without the home made ice cream. We threw the ingredients into the mixing machine, then had them ready to go in the ice cream machine, and it wouldn's spin. We finally got it going, just in time for the 3 pizzas to arrive, from Happy Joes, sooo yummy. It was a good time, I had a great birthday this year!

Josh's basketball reffing is coming to an end, but he did get a district or playoff type game, so he is really excited, and it is a great accomplishment. He is also busy with the Iowa basketball programs as this year Iowa is hosting the first and second rounds of the women's NCAA tournament.

I have been busy finishing up my scrapbook from our wedding, yes I know that was like 2.5 years ago, but good work takes time. I also an preparing for another 5k in Moline in April, on the 25th to be exact. Any runners out there? the more the merrier, let me know and I can send on the details. The run is sponsored by a bar, how bad could that be?

Happy Birthday to Me!

Well look what my Uncle Tom found. Isn't this a great picture of me as a baby? I don't see much resemblence today, maybe the extra chins? Anyway I turned another year older today, I think I should start turning a year younger at some point.

Who Let the Dogs Out??

Last night was the big dog race half time show at the Iowa Women's Basketball game. There are about 9-10 dogs that come to entertain the crowd. They lay 2 mats down, which become the race lanes. They set up jumps and put a ball at the end of the run. They hold individual races then a few relay races at the end. There are all kids of dogs, many mutts, but there was a Lab, border collie, jack russell, german shepherd, etc. There was also an official, bet you couldn't guess who that was, that's right it was Josh. Good Times. I also made sure to get a delicious ice cream at the game too. Iowa played Michigan and won, 76-69 (i think)

Here is a video of the race, it is linked through youtube. Hope it works. You can copy and paste http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ8Z612H9W0

Winter blahs

Winter brings the "Blahs." What can you do about, go to an Iowa bball game I guess. Well we did just that. Jolene went with me and we cheered the Hawks on to an overtime victory over Wisconsin. Click on the link, or copy and paste to listen to the trombones and tubas after the game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb555LYckgQ

we're back!!

Well we survived another vacation. We are back in the frigid tundra, known as Iowa. I guess we picked the best week to be away, however the entire country was under a cold spell, the warmest it was in Florida the last few days we were there was about 68 degrees.

Well lets see, where was I in the updating of the activities? Looks like i need to start with Wednesday. Since the cooler weather was moving in, we hoped in the car and headed to Fort Launderdale, about 60 miles south. We found a spot close to the beach for parking and sat on the beach in the sun all day. It was a bit windy, but nice. There were construction workers in the area, that took their lunch break on the beach, one guy was wearing a flannel shirt and stocking hat. I wonder what they would have worn in the actual cold.

We took the scenic route back to Jupiter along the ocean, we hadn't had anything to eat, so we stopped off at this place for a slice of pizza. We ordered 2 slices by mistake, they were huge, we ate like a half of a pizza each. Then we got back to Jupiter and got cleaned up for a late supper, not realizing how burnt we were. We went to this sports bar called the Quarterdeck, good food an lots of water!!

Then on Thursday the forecast was about 67 and cloudy. We just couldn't imagine not going to the beach that day, so we waited until the afternoon, when it might have been warmer. In the morning we went to a Busch Animal place, where they rescue animals people think are pets and try to release them back in the wild, or make a nice home for them. We saw foxes, gators, eagles, panthers, and many more. While we there we thought we woul dcheck out the gift shop, well the old lady running the place about checked out too...the EMT's were there, things weren't looking good for her health. We left and headed for the beach.

For supper we tried out this place called Guanabanas. A new restuarant in town desgined after Hawaii. The restuarant was entirely outside, well except for the kitchen. It was cool, palm trees and tiki huts. The food was delicious as well, I would highly recommend the macadamia nut, coconut encrusted snapper.

Each night we came back to the hotel room to the Game Show Network, I am addicted. I wish we had it at home. I think we can get it for a 2394 dollar upgrade. There is just something satisfying about yelling at the tv to answer the game show questions, makes you feel smarter than the contestant.

Friday came, and we had to get to Orlando by 6 ish to catch our flight. WE decided to leave early and take the ocean road back north, the interstate is just too boring. We took US Highway 1, there are lots of little ocean towns, with many expensive homes.

We stopped back at Cocoa Beach one last time, shopped around a little more, and decided to get a meal on the pier. It was the warmest spot around, in a break from the wind and facing the sun. There was a foursome from Boston at the bar that we chatted with as well. There are so many nice people vacationing in Florida, as well as nice locals, very laid back. While we were visiting and eating, Josh was the lucky one who got pooped on by a seagull! It really topped off the vacation, and it was super funny. After all that excitement we took one last walk on the beach, Josh changed his shirt and we headed for Orlando.

Once in Orlando we were going to visit with some folks who winter there, that are from Iowa. We managed to catch up with them for a little while, then had to be off as to not miss our flight, we still had to return the rental.

We grabbed a super quick bite to eat at Joe's Crab Shack, and in the hub-bub Josh left his debit card behind. Things were not looking up for him.

We returned the car, checked in and were ready to fly home. We were both anxious as we saw on the news the previous day the plane crash in New York. I hate flying to begin with, I was so happy when we landed at the Moline airport just before midnight.

We bundled up, as much as we could, considering we didn't take our winter coats to FLorida, found our car, cleaned the snow off, and made the trek back to Iowa City. And that is our vacation. We aren't planning any more vacations for a while, i will appreciate the break from flying. However this time of year does get a little boring ( i am sure i will be super busy with the scrapbooking)