Friday night we went to St. Louis for the Cards/Reds game. It was so much fun! The entire stadium "BOOed!" Brandon Phillips every single time he was up to bat and didn't stop until he walked clear back to the dugout. It was pretty much awesome. The Cards hadn't been playing so hot, so I was slightly nervous that my luck might run out, but fairly confident that it wouldn't. Cards won!!!
This video is of some of the booing! The cheering at the end is because he got out!
It was a perfect night at the ball park. Finally not a 100 degree game! Plus there were fireworks afterward. I love fireworks at Busch!
Saturday morning my parents got here around 11:00. We spent the next few hours watching Iowa and Illinois play. They were playing pretty much at the same time so we did lots of flipping back and forth! My Hawkeyes prevailed! (I mean, I totally saw that one coming, but it was still fun!)
Illinois wasn't as lucky. It looked like it for awhile, but their luck ran out and they lost their rivalry game once again.
We got our flag hung up out front where it will stay for the rest of football season!
In the afternoon we were all hard at work doing something. Dad helped trim our tree and uproot a tree that decided to sprout up about an inch from our house! Mom pulled weeds and I helped drag them all back behind the garage for now. Jacob mowed the yard and dad helped with the trim. Mom helped me do some organizing down in the basement. I started a pile of garage sale stuff. I'm planning to have one next spring. She also hung up some stuff on Jacob's wall in his Man Cave and we made room for the recumbent bike that we bought.
So now we have a big pile of junk in the basement and behind the garage that needs to go to the dump. Waiting on a couple of people we know with trucks to hopefully help us haul it away next Saturday.
I made supper that night. It turned out quite tasty if I do say so myself. Then we just kind of hung out that night.
Yesterday we went to church and then mom and dad treated us to Angelo's for lunch!
Came back to the house and dad put together the bike while mom and I attempted to put together our grill. Haha! That was a hilarious experience. The "instruction manual" was just a picture book. After mom screwed up on Step 2 (which caused about 20 minutes of grief trying to pry the wheels back off), I took over deciphering the instructions and we managed to get it put together!
Next we went to Springfield so Jacob could get a game at Best Buy and then we went to the "fancy" WalMart. Seriously...Wal-Marts have 3 categories in my world. 1. Ghetto WalMart---meaning a WalMart with no grocery store. 2. Super WalMart---self explanatory 3. Fancy WalMart---Bigger, nicer, cleaner
Came back home and mom and I headed to the WalMart here to buy dirt. Dad dumped a few bags near the foundation of our house where water comes in when it rains. Hopefully that'll help some.
Dad showed Jacob how to use the grill, and Jacob grilled us some burgers!
They were delicious!! In fact, we have more meat, so Jacob's going to grill burgers again tonight! Mmm.
While waiting for the grill to warm up...
After supper we went to DQ for a treat. Although I cheated once with the ice cream, I've now officially lost 10 pounds, so I didn't feel guilty for eating it! We came home and ate it on the front porch and then mom, dad and I went for a walk and sat on the porch a little longer. Just was we were getting ready to go in we heard screeching tires and a CRASH! Dad wanted to know where it was so he jumped off the porch and we followed. It was about 2 blocks up from us. No one was hurt, but it was fun to go watch the action.
Today mom and dad headed home. Mom wanted some pictures before they left...which she didn't tell me so I was still in my pajamas, but oh well!
It was lots of fun and I'm glad that they could come for the weekend. Jacob and I have just hung out all day and enjoyed having a paid day off. Probably me more than him, since he got the whole summer off! I just watched TV, rode the bike and messed around on Facebook. Could I get another paid day off tomorrow please?
We really had a nice time, thanks for having us! Your porkchop supper was quite yummy, you did a great job. And, Jacob's burgers were the best I've had in a very long time. :)
ReplyDeleteWe had an uneventful trip home. Dad took a nap, and is trying to recover to go on his trip tomorrow.
Yah for 10 pounds and riding your bike today.
Love you both!
Wow, that is good 10 pounds!!! That is also good that you all had so much fun. I still can't get over how much of a sports fan you are...so cute!
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