The past week

This past week we went out to the great Midwest. I say great without any hint of sarcasm this time because the weather was perfect and it was very relaxing. We flew to Omaha on Thursday and drove to Sioux Falls and staying with Ben and Laura (who share a backyard with Paul and Kevin). Ben and Laura just had twins not too long ago and it was great to see them. Those kids almost never cried and were cute so the stay was way more relaxing then I thought it would be.

Brenda and her old roomies with their children. Brenda is only holding one for the picture and has no intention of getting one of her own.

Besides seeing family the other reason we went out there is to see the second of my six college roommates get married. Eric and Rebecca’s wedding was great. As the pictures below show we had a great time.

Greg and his family...It did not take him long after the wedding day to get a kid (very adorable family).

Big pimping in a caddy after the ceremony. His brother forgot to unlock the doors ahead of time...dumb Brian.

Here is the happy couple...and Eric and Rebecca as well.

Hooker has a new girl now and here they are together...Eric, where is your other hand and why are you smiling???

Brenda loves to "bust moves" on the dance floor. We owned that place and most of the time there was only about 7 people on the floor and every time in included Brenda. By 930 the dance looked like it was going to die, but we kept it going for the next 2 hours (until we were kicked out).

The very rare Paul Lemahieu dancing picture...with moves like this you gotta love the guy.

Dorhout and his new girl. She is way to good for him and he needs to know that.

Another dancing shot. Huisken loves to dance and Brenda commented that she was very impressed.

The after party went till about 2am and then Brenda and I drove back to Sioux Falls.

The next day I drove back to meet up for a lunch BBQ with a few of the guys...You have got to love Brats.

Laura and Ben with Ashton(right) and Addison(left). We made these onsies for the kids one saying Little Mantis and Granger WA, and the other saying Smashing Jalapenos and Crewport WA (the name of Lauras fictional band in high school of which she was a member playing the...you will have to ask her..too riskay for this blog).

We also had a chance to go to the pool with my niece and nephew. They had a great time in the water, and although I got yelled at by a 16yr old my first time down the slide for not following the rules, I also had a great time. The rules state that “children must slide feet first”, and I figured that since all of the rules said children that they did not apply to adults…I was wrong.

Landon with Brenda at the pool. Lots of fun and I loved taking the 3month olds out on the lazy river and soaking them. Laura was very understanding and not hyper protective like a lot of first time parents.

Lyndsay and us in the backyard.