Labor Day Weekend

I can't remember the last time we had such a great weekend. We had company for dinner Friday night. Saturday Mike and I went on a 'real' date. We got a babysitter and went out without Evelyn for the first time since my birthday (Feb 27th). We went window shopping for furniture, to Biaggi's (Italian) for dinner, to the mall to bum around, to Cheesecake Factory for dessert, and to Starbucks/Barnes & Noble to hang out. It was an awesome time! But the fun didn't end there. Sunday night we had our good friends Carlee & Jerry over to play some Uno and hang out. Then Monday was a jam packed with fun. We had a picnic with our friends and the missionaries (who are absolutely hilarious!). On our way out of the park from our picnic we ran into a big group of people we know from church. They were celebrating their daughter's 16th birthday by having an 'ice blocking' party. The pictures will tell you the rest of the story (and what ice blocking is, if you don't know):

Take a block of ice & cover the top with a towel...

...then ride down a hill on it. That's ice blocking. I gotta tell ya, I haven't seen something this entertaining in a very long time!

One of our missionary friends makes these 'para cord' bracelets. They are all the rage right now. He made Evelyn and I a matching set.

Face plant!

Amos had quite a good time chasing everyone up and down the hill. He won the hearts of everyone! He's such a good boy. Although, he kept eating at the ice blocks.

Would you look at that cute little face!

This is our sweet friend Carlee.

And this would be Jerry. He's...well, he's lots of fun! We'll just leave it at that.

After our fun and crazy afternoon Mike went to shoot guns with some friends. Iowa is definitely rubbing off on us. Watch out - next time you see us we'll be wearing cowboy boots, overalls and reliving every detail of the Iowa vs Iowa State football game. Just kidding! We really love it here.

The fun has come to an end and it is now time to get this place packed up and ready to move in a week and a half. We close on the house next Wednesday and move that Saturday. We are bracing ourselves for all the excitement and stress that come with moving. We'll try to keep in touch, but don't hold your breath ; )