i need a vacation

does the term 'slave labor' ring a bell for anyone. well mike and i are prime examples of it. our vacation home was the most hectic one ever, aside from the disney vacation. here is a brief recap. we arrived, prepared for tom and katie's baby shower, did the shower, watched fireworks, ran 10K/20K, drove down state, made 5 batches of cookies and 5 salads, rolled 20 lbs of meat, hosted a rehersal dinner, went to a wedding, drank alot, tried to fly home but got delayed 3 hours, drove to philly to pick up the dog. and now we have finally completed out vacation.

the baby shower went really well.

the fire works were awesome and anya and asia loved them. we sat far enough away that they werent too loud.

i ran a 10K in just under 60 minutes and mike ran a 20K in 1:21. we both beat our goals.

this cookie making experience has given me the final bit of proof i needed to say for sure that i am not a good cookie maker. but with a combined effort from more than just me, the cookies were still good. the rehersal dinner was just great. the food was good, the kids had a great time getting completely filthy. they needed a prebath before i would fill up the tub.

the wedding was beautiful. there were a couple funny moments during the ceremony, but that just added to the charm. Eric and Jasmine were so happy and mike got a good picture of the first kiss. so cute, kinda weird, he is my little brother.

autumn came over after the wedding and since she cant drink, i had to drink twice as much for her. bad idea. i was the first one asleep and unfortunatly i was the first one up too because asia didnt want to sleep in. thank goodness for the animal alphabet.

it was a good trip and we got to spend alot of quality time with alot fo relatives. i got to hang out with my pseudo sister in law, shannon (brandon's girlfriend) that was fun. hopefully next time i can spend some time getting to know my new sister (in-law) Jasmine.

we may be coming back in mid-september. Mike wants to run the air force marathon in Dayton, OH. and we figured, if we are driving all the way out there, we can go a couple more hours to see family.

our camera's memory card decided to get pissy and not work, so it may be a while before we get pics of the wedding and other trip stuff. be patient.

by the way, japanese beetles are the demon bitch bugs from hell!