Romain’s family is visiting the US this month and they spent four days in Springfield this past weekend. Most everyone stayed at our house in the spare bedrooms. We had so much fun. Thursday night we grilled some pork tenderloin and drank on the back porch. We were up super late drinking wine, ow my head. On Friday we went to Stockton lake. Romain rented a pontoon boat and a waverunner. Holy cow, I forgot how fun a waverunner can be. I want one! We got some pretty good sunburns. My dumb ass forgot the lunch meat so we have tomato sandwiches for lunch. Still waiting for the pictures from Amy. Friday night we had a kick ass dinner of sockeye salmon, asparagus two ways, mushroom risotto, sauteed spinach, and a fresh Bearnaise sauce. Romain’s mom also made a tasty salmon appetizer. The meal took forever to make and I think we finally ate at 11:30 PM. It was the best meal I have made at home in quite a while. We had even more wine! Saturday we all slept in and went to McAllister’s for lunch, mmm. After lunch it was a trip to Bass Pro to show the girls the big fish. We also bought some clays for sheet shooting. This is a lot of rambling, haha. Saturday afternoon we went my parent’s house for a party. We shot the shotguns for hours out in the field. That was freaking fun. It was even better when we started targeting actual birds while all three of us shot at the same time! We had a birthday party and some tasty food then it was time for fireworks. A giant storm caught us off guard so we had to shoot them off fairly quickly. The wind was gusting at 30 mph so more of the ground stuff did not work right. I was kind of pissed. The aerial stuff wasn’t too bad. I’m glad the house did not catch on fire. The rains came and we left shortly after. Everyone was super tired. We all got back to the house and went to bed. After breakfast this morning everyone loaded up their cars and they headed back to St. Louis. It was  fantastic weekend!!