Back of the house with shingles (7/2/08)
On Thursday, we went over to Jake's house for awhile in the evening to grill out and then went to Brian & Val's house to hang out and Brian & his brother shot off some pretty cool fireworks from their backyard (an advantage of those rural lots!!)
Jay was able to get his old Rattlers basketball uniforms which he has informed me will be framed and placed in the "man cave" portion of our house someday.
Friday afternoon we got some lunch downtown but spent most of the afternoon hanging out at Mike & Sandy's house. Jay got in some golfing later in the afternoon with his brothers and friends. We then went to some the Geiss's house to grill out for supper and, while we were there, Jay and Darla got to rescue a dog...which ended up to be one of Jay's boss's dogs! The dog ("Buddy") got away on them while they were staying at their parents' house in GU by digging under the fence. We saw him running by. I tried to get Buddy to come to me by just calling him and walking over to him but he took off down the highway. Jay & Dar hopped on a 4-wheeler and eventually were able to track him down and bring him back into town on the 4-wheeler. Jay and Mike tried going around town with the dog on the 4-wheeler to see who he belonged to (had Bismarck tags but no name/address tag). They had no luck with that so they called the Bismarck PD and found out the dog's name, on of the owner's names and the owner's cell phone number. It was then that it dawned on Jay that it was his boss's dog. The dog was safely returned to his owners and Jay and Dar did their good deed for the evening!!
After that we went downtown GU for the street dance with Gwen Sebastian and her band playing. We got to visit with a lot of people - it was a good time. We then returned to Geiss's to catch the fireworks display and then Jay & I headed home.
I woke up in the middle of the night that night with bad stomach ache and I wasn't the only one. Apparently some flu bug or food poisoning was going around because Landon, Mason, Ran and myself all got sick and Taylor had some stomach aches as well. I was better by morning but missed the 5k walk I was going to do with Val. Probably a good thing - I most likely would have slowed her down - she took first place!!
Saturday we went downtown again for lunch and went back to the house. We went to see Michaela's art at the art show and to the GU museum with Jay's parents. Then we decided since we dragged the boat back we better head out to Lake Tschida for awhile. We took Lynds and Nick with and stayed out on the lake for a few hours. It was a bit choppy but warm and not bad overall. Felt good to get out on the water with the boat - first time this summer we took it out!
Saturday evening we spent visiting with friends and family again. A LOT of stories between Jay and his brothers/friends/cousins began with "Remember when..." and followed by a lot of laughter!
Today we got up and bummed around again for awhile. We got to visit Grandma Schaff in the nursing home before we came back to Bismarck. When we got home my parents brought the dogs home since they were on their way back from Pollock. We are grateful they took our dogs for us and I think they had a good time with the beagles!
For more pictures from this weekend...click HERE.
This afternoon the beagles crashed and we thought that was a pretty good idea so we took our last nap of the vacation we've had. Made some of Jay's walleye he caught earlier this year for supper and then I actually headed into work for a few hours to get caught up before I head back tomorrow morning!! I know Jay would have liked a longer vacation but I feel refreshed, well-rested and ready to tackle things at work again!
Other than that, we're just unwinding for the evening. Jerz is snoring on the couch and Bailey headed back to bed awhile ago!
Life is...back to "normal" for now! :)
We had a great time this weekend but it's always good to be home. We can't wait until that HOME is our new house - just a few more months!!
Have a great week everyone!
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