Stuck on the tarmack.....

On Monday we packed up & headed for the airport, checked in and boarded the plane. Once we were seated the flight attendant announced that we had been too slow in boarding & would be delayed by 30 minutes due to the landing of Air Force One. How COOL i s that?!?

Check out Patty's blog, she got some great pictures.

I needed a baby fix......

From the moment that I stepped off of the plane I announced my need for a baby fix. It had been 2 years since our last visit & 2 more babies had arrived since then & I was very anxious to meet them.

Finally on Sunday everyone arrived with spouses, girlfriends, fiances & children. It was CRAZY!

Here are Frank & I with our great nieces & nephews.

Then we added our nieces & nephews, except for Kelli who had to work.


Then we took away the babies & added all of the better halves.


After a couple of hours with a full house with 6 kids EVERYWHERE I was ready for a few hours of quiet with Patty getting some more scrap booking done.

It was great to see everyone!

Off to see the Rock Star!!

After dinner we went to the Democratic Club to see Onion. Everyone came out except Carrie & Joe. They have a new home that is further away.

Ryan is always ready for a photo.


Tad & Tonya were there. Tad presented Frank & I with this years Cardinal's shirt. We love getting those.


Here's our "Rock Star"!


Goofy girls.

What happened???

We were even able to sneak Kelli in.

Frank & Patty tore up the dance floor.

We had a great night!

An Awesome Dinner.....

Mary Lou & Melissa had told me several weeks prior to our trip that they had some place special that they wanted to take me for dinner. Well, that place turned our to be Tabor Hill Winery. I have no idea what would make them think that "I" would enjoy something like this.

It was neat to see the grape vines bare with the ground covered in snow.

This was Patty & Bob's appetizer. A little of this & that.

My filet & mini baked potatoes. YUM!

Frank's bacon wrapped duck.

Patty's pecan crusted raspberry chicken.

My cheesecake. Double YUM!!


It was an awesome dinner with wonderful company!

My buddy Rigby....

I'm pretty sure that Rigby only gets lovin from Patty, so when I am there I give him lots of love!

This dog is unlike any I have know, he cracks me up.

He is a big baby. He will look outside & if I ask him if he wants to go out, he thinks it's a great idea until he gets out there & feels the cold & then he wants to go right back in & lay in the sun on the floor of the dining room.

On Sunday I was at the house alone & decided to take him for a walk. Well, you would have thought that his world was turned upside down. Every 15 feet or so he would stop & look back at the house & then at me as if to say "Hey Lady, enough is enough, let's go back." We were only outside for about 15 minutes & as soon as we went in he went directly to a sunny spot on the floor. What a wimp!

We brought the warm weather with us.....

When we arrived at Patty's everthing was covered in snow, but by the time we left 3 days later it was pretty well cleared out.


Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

A weekend in South Bend

First things first.

We arrived at 10:30 to an absolutely gorgeous day! Since our stay was going to be a short one, we had to prioritize where we went and what we did, so naturally our first stop was Don's Liquor Oasis!!

Happy Birthday Michael!!!!

The Big Winner!

Every year at the end of the Super Bowl game someone who has chosen the winner & score correctly is the big winner & is awarded a coin toss coin from the Highland Mint & is the proud recipient of the "Chicken Award".

This years winner was Janice! Most people are not so happy to win because you have to display the chicken for a year in your home. Anyone from the party could drop by at anytime throughout the year & the chicken must be proudly displayed in plain view. My household has had the honor of it twice & I don't care to win it again. LOL!



Congratulations Janice!!