Bags concept is a winner

Well, our first bags tourney is now behind us and I'm happy to report it was quite a success, despite the crazy situation we had to work through. Unbeknownst to us, Wildcards had an expired liquor license and had already been warned by the police that they were not allowed to serve alcohol until they got the liquor license up to date. Obviously Wildcards did not inform of us this situation, otherwise we never would have hosted the tournament there!We were pretty ticked when the cops showed up and shut the bar down. They did let us finish the tournament, we just couldn't serve any more drinks. Had this of happened earlier in the day, it would have been a major disaster but in all reality we actually lucked out because a lot of people were already out of the tourney anyway and were just hanging out by that point.  Everyone still had a really good time. We got a lot of good feedback and learned a lot from this first tourney, so we only hope to make the next one better!

Thanks to everybody that came out!

Girls day at the zoo!

I was off work Friday, and Janine and I took the girls to the zoo. Surprisingly, they were both good all day long! I thought they might get cranky from walking around in the heat, but they both seemed to really enjoy the day. We got some great pics of those two! Bellz is SUCH a good helper, she was trying to feed Kendall and push her stroller around all day. Aww :)

Yes, we are still alive

Well ello friends! I know, I know. It's been a while...

For those of you who have been asking, the wedding plans are going well. Less than 3 months to go and then I'm gonna be a Ulanoski. :)  Our invitations came in the other day and I love them - I think they look way better in person than they did online. Score! They don't know it yet, but I'm going to recruit my mom, Linda, and Janine to help me assemble those in the near future. Oh the joys of being a MOB, MOG, or MOH - you get to help out with all the fun stuff! Hee hee. We are also in the process of booking our dj (FINALLY), and Linda and I met with our caterer yesterday to start tackling the menu for the reception. This morning, we are going to the post office to apply for our passports. We are going up to Wisconsin the 3rd week of July for a makeshift reception all my rellies want to throw us, and I've got a shower planned at the end of July so I'm looking forward to both of those as well. It's all coming together now!

Keith and Amber were here this past week to housesit for my parents while they were in Austria/Switzerland/Germany. I have to pick my mom and dad up from the airport later this afternoon and I can't wait to hear all about their trip and see all their pics! Anyway, K and A brought their new puppy Kami with them and she is just a riot! A bit rambunctious, but she's a puppy so that's to be expected. We told them they should start taking bike rides and making her run along side them to burn off some of that energy. Lol 

Janine and Kendall came over to see Kami, and as soon as J9 opened her door to get out, Kami jumped right in and plopped down on the floorboard. I'm thinking she likes car rides.

Bella was helpin Kendall get her shoes on when it was time to leave. Cute!

Come out and join us!

Lenny, AKA Bob Vila

If you hadn't already heard, Lenny has come up with a new business venture...he wants to start a bags league in St. Louis. As in, bean bags. Some people call it cornhole. You throw bean bags at this board and try to get the bag in the hole. It's a really hard concept. lol. Anywho, we are kicking off the league by hosting a bags tourney at Wildcards next month, (more details on the tourney coming soon!) and the first order of business is to build these boards. Now all y'all know Lenny isn't all that handy when it comes to tools, so when he came home with a table saw, a circular saw, a router (?) and some sanding thing, I thought for sure he would be missing a limb by the end of the weekend. I'm happy to report all limbs and digits are currently in tact! He's already got quite a few pieces of wood cut and one whole set put together, and I have to say it looks a lot better than I expected, especially since he has never used any of these tools before. Way to go Bob, er...I mean Len!

The makeshift workshop

Memorial Day BBQ

Memorial Day weekend wouldn't be Memorial Day weekend without a little fun in the sun and and some BBQ. We did both Sunday afternoon out at Jason and Janine's house. Erika, Matt, and Molly were also in town from KC so it was nice to be able to visit with them as well. I think all the girls had a good time playing together. What a good way to kickoff the summer!

Love the look on Molly's face here. She was making that face for like 10 min straight. SO CUTE! :)

Yeah, I'm cool with my shades on!

"Oh look at me, I'm all that b/c I can bounce a ball on a bat!"

Sunday's 5K Results

I subjected myself to another 5K this weekend - this one benefitting the St Louis Zoo. Considering we have run maybe ONCE since the last 5K, and this course was much hillier than the last one, I think we all did a great job. Once again, my goal was to run the entire thing, and I actually did it this time! There were several times where I wanted to take a break and walk for a minute to catch my breath, but I kept pushing myself and before you know it, I saw the finish line up ahead and then was able to sprint towards it. My official time for this one was 29:27, with an average pace of 9:22 per mile. Yay! Can't wait for the next one! In the words of Janine, I may be becoming a bit of a "fitness fanatic." Lol