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!!

We lost again, haha. I moved up to forward to try to get some offense going. No luck. I did have some great passes and we got close a few times. We just can’t seem to get it going. Our schedule changes up for the next three weeks. We will not play again until Wednesday, August 4th. The B/C tournament is August 6-8.. I will have the schedule soon!!

What’s new?? Haha. We lost again tonight, but played really well. Our passes were much better we just could get the offense going. I had an assist on our only goal. I also joined a team for the B/C Tournament coming up on August 6-8. Going to be a blast!

We lost tonight 7-3. With the week off and the super busy weekend I was dragging ass tonight. I had a few chances on goal, but did  not score. Oh well, maybe next week. I am still trying to figure out which team I will be on for the tournament in August!

Last Thursday and Friday night Sarah and I cleaned the house from top to bottom to get ready for Jami’s baby shower. It looked great! Whew!

This is going to be an interesting week at the office.

Sarah and I had one fantastic weekend! Friday night we went to Maria’s for dinner followed by the Art Walk in downtown Springfield. We found her a really nice dress at a store called Indie’s. She looked cute in it!

Saturday we got up at a decent time and headed to St. Louis for a Cardinals game. We got there a bit early and tried to find some clothes at the Galleria mall. The game started at 5:35 so we had just a short amount of time to get checked in at our hotel before the game. Luckily the hotel had a shuttle to the ballpark. We did not want to drive at all. The shuttle was packed tighter that a can of sardines. Probably a code violation. Our tickets at the game were amazing. We had seats in the Redbird club. They were just below the broadcasting area. The section has its own private concessions including fresh cut prime rib, stir-fry, and just about everything you could every want. The lines for beer were really short too, and that included a full bar. I even bought a Cardinals batting practice jersey that you can only buy in that section. It was sweet. I only wish the game would have gone better. The birds got their butts kicked. After the game we made our way to the Arch for a free John Legend concert. It was Fair St. Louis so they also had some concessions set up. I had a lamb gyro, Sarah had a  chicken. They were super tasty. The fireworks under the Arch were  kick ass. We were both having a great time. We walked around for a bit after the show and finally got a cab back to the hotel. We went straight to Syberg’s, the bar in the hotel. They had some karaoke  going so I was a bit scared. Some of those people were really good. One guy sang some Sinatra and Ray Charles. One girl even tried to pick us up. I think she was a swinger, lol. Sarah also sang a couple of songs that night. Saturday we made our usual stops to Trader Joe’s and World Market. Super fun trip.

Sunday night we went to Linda’s for our family gathering. We grilled some brats, drank some beer and watched fireworks. The country club fireworks were far better than James River this year. Might have to watch them from our back porch next year.

Around noon today we went to my parent’s for lunch. We got to hang out with Romain and Sherry which I never get see enough of. It was fun. Sarah and I spent all afternoon shopping. Yeeehaw, we got some cool stuff today.

We won our game 7-6 tonight. I had one goal in the second period. We had a few extra people to start the game putting us at 15 skaters. We actually ran 6 defense. That was pretty cool. I played back and we tried to limit our shifts to 45 seconds. The game was fun. We are off next week for the fourth.

Yesterday Sarah and I met a few friends at Kauffman stadium in KC for a Royals vs Cardinals game. We did some tailgating in the parking lot prior to the game which is always a bad idea! We had a blast though. It was 95 degrees outside and even hotter in the parking lot and inside the stadium. It was an awesome time and the Redbirds won!

We had another loss tonight 5-0. We just can’t seem to get some offense going! Next week we may try putting together a “power line” and see what happens. I had 3-4 nice shots on goal and managed to get a break=away or two but nothing ever came together. Drinks at Patton Alley were fun after the game!

We lost our game again tonight. Our team has quite a few brand new players so it’s sort of difficult to get some offense going. Most of our night was spend on defense. It’s still fun playing though. I pulled my groin again tonight. I need to start doing some exercises during the week the get loosened up!

Our garden is really taking off! The tomato plants are 3x their original size and are producing. The peppers are doing really we also. Two or three plants have a pepper. The onions are out of control along with the cilantro, parsley and basil. We are about to get overwhelmed with produce! I love it. The zucchini and yellow squash is also growing well next to the house. There are quite a few flowers on each plant.

I bought an iPhone 3Gs today after Apple lowered their data rates. It’s awesome! I am finally one of the cool kids. I have wanted one since they came out years ago. Sadly, Sarah was not eligible for an upgrade until next month. We’ll get her one as soon as we can!