At home for the weekend

This past weekend Bob and I drove up to Minneapolis/St. Paul. Friday evening we enjoyed spending time with Bob's parents, sister and brother-in-law, and adorable niece Addy. We love spending time with them as this used to be a weekly event before we moved to Omaha. We had some great Persian food and then had a dip in their pool.
Saturday morning I convinced Bob to go swimming again as we rarely get the chance to go in the water, then off to meet our friends Mesa and Tony for lunch and to get things for the couples shower we were attending that afternoon. Being with Mesa and Tony made me realize how much I miss that area. I really hope we can move back closer to them in 3 years. Oh and one of the best parts was going to my FAVORITE Ice Cream place. Izzy's. It has been on the Food Network and it is delicious. Bob was also excited and seriously screamed when he saw that they had his favorite flavor Guinness.
Later we attended a couples shower for our little buddy T-nag and his fiance Jen. We all played
"Wedding Jeopardy" where our team won! I was really competitive and it was funny b/c we didn't know very many people there. We also passed around a sheet of paper and wrote the story of Jen and Tony's future. When Mesa got hold of it, it became a little scary. I believe the 4 of us wrote the following-don't quote me though. They then adopted a monkey named Marcel. Marcel taught Jen & Tony to do the Soul-ja Boy. They adopted more monkeys to re-create civil war battles. But the monkeys got off track and had dance offs.
Later that evening the boys left for the Bachelor party and Mesa and I headed out to buy their wedding present and enjoy some girl time.
Sunday morning Bob and I left to come back home stopping at 3 great places, 1: Caribou Coffee! 2: Jim's Apple Farm -it had just opened 3: My parents house to give my dad his belated birthday present.

We had a nice time and we are looking forward to heading back there for the wedding on August 2nd.

Right now I am patiently waiting to hear news of the birth of my new niece. Patience is a virtue that I was not really blessed with. I will keep you posted when she arrives!