Weekend with Kaelobbe

Since we had one last long weekend before Matt went back to school, we decided to "kidnap" our nephew Kaelobbe from Indy for the weekend. Our favorite little buddy was stuck at home, while his sister and younger brother were spending time with Grandma & Grandpa in Quincy (since he had to go to school), so Matt surprised him by showing up at his house to bring him back here! I wish I could have seen his face, but apparently the look was complete shock. :0)

We started off our spoiling session... I mean weekend... with some pizza and Super Nintendo on Friday night, followed by a trip to the store at a time waaaay past bedtime... I shouldn't be saying this...no one will let me babysit ever again! He got to sleep in on Saturday, and he's 7, so it was fine. :) Such a bad influence!

Saturday was a day full of fun, and wore Matt and I out! We went to lunch at McD's so Kaelobbe could play at playland, and then headed for Kaelobbe's favorite place- the bowling alley! Every time we come to visit, going bowling is all he talks about, so I thought this would be perfect.

Look at the concentration! So serious! Isn't he cute?

Pondering his approach

The running start

The pitch

Watching the ball go into the gutter... :0(

Bummer! Oh, man!

A few frames later, he recovers nicely from the gutter ball, with a....

SPARE!! Hooray!

As you can see, our first game was great for Matt and Kaelobbe...not so much for me! What does that say about my bowling skills when I get beat by a 7 year old?!?!

After bowling, we went to the mall to let Kaelobbe burn up some more energy at the play area. He found a friend and they chased each other for almost 45 minutes, playing tag. Then we decided to play some Skee ball at the mall arcade (only 25 cents per game!), and Kaelobbe won a pocket full of candy.

We headed home for some dinner, and then snuggled up together on the couch to watch Indiana Jones. Kaelobbe spent most of the movie in my lap- he's the best cuddler! (and I love it!)

On Sunday, we brought him to church with us, which served to confuse several people, since he looks just like he could be ours! The weekend ended much too soon, and we drove to Crawfordsville, IN to meet his parents.

In our Sunday best

We had a blast with our buddy and love him lots!! He is welcome to come and stay anytime!

New Year, New US!!

I have been on a blogging break for quite a while now, so I decided to post an update. Plus, I am avoiding the work that may keep me up all night...what's another 15 minutes?!

We had a busy Holiday season! We left on Christmas Eve (since the roads were terrible the day before) for my parent's house, and celebrated Christmas with them this year. My mom made an awesome meal, as always, and we played games and just had a blast. The next day, we headed out for Matt's parent's house, leaving the cats with my parents- they love to cat-sit! We spent the weekend with Matt's family, eating lots of great food (they really know how to have a feast!), playing games, and laughing.

We came home for a few days, since I had to go back to work, then we decided to ring in the New Year with Matt's sister and her family in Indy, since most of Matt's Family were there too. We had so much fun, and got to celebrate Kaelobbe's birthday with them too. We headed back home again on New Year's Day, and got home just as my brother pulled into town from South Carolina! We visited with him and he headed for the Quad Cities to pick up his wife on Friday. We spent the weekend with them at my parent's house, and time went by way too fast. I cherish every moment I get with my brother, since he is in the Navy, and I only usually get to see him about once a year, for only a few short days.

Anyway, things have now calmed down a bit. Matt worked the Illinois High School Theatre Festival at the Krannert last week, which, we calculated, ended up being 85 hours of work in 6 days! The extra money will be nice though, and he had fun, for the most part.

We decided to rearrange some things in our house, and moved Matt's office into the spare room with mine, and moved our elliptical into his old office, where the extra TV is! It is so nice to be able to have the TV as a distraction while exercising! And I have actually been exercising!!! Okay, it has only been 2 days so far, but I'm off to a good start. I wish I had before pictures, but here's the after:

I have extra motivation to get fit, as I am going to be running a 5k in April in the Christie Clinic/Illinois Marathon. Relax, it's only a bit over 3 miles, I'm not crazy! But I am excited, and Matt is going to run with me. Such a good hubby. :0)

We've been trying to eat healthier as well, and here's one example. I made some awesome salads for dinner tonight, and they were yummy and good for us!
Doesn't that look delicious? Here's to sticking to a goal... Hope you all are doing well with your New Year's plans!