We are still winding down from a wonderful Easter weekend! We spent the weekend in Illinois with my parents and extended family. We celebrated the life of Jesus, His death, and resurrection! It was a jam packed weekend, and while it is always good to be gone, it is always even better to be home.
We didn't leave Sharpsville until Saturday evening because we were busy planting and repairing fence in the cattle lot. Of course the first thing we did upon our arrival in Grayslake was hug and kiss everyone, then challenge my parents to a game of Scrabble. We won't talk about who won...it wasn't me.
Sunday was full of church, family, good food, good drinks, and watching Bubba...no not Brady, Bubba Watson...win the Masters. On his Twitter bio he describes himself as "Christian. Husband. Daddy. Pro Golfer. Owner of General Lee 1." Yes his parents call him Bubba, yes he is a county bumpkin from Georgia, yes he drives the General Lee, yes him and his wife just adopted their first child less than a month ago, and no he has never taken a golf lesson in his life. How awesome was that?! I love that guy...he is such a fresh face for the game of golf. He isn't a emotionless robot like the golfer stereotype. And he definitely isn't a psycho dickhead like Tiger.
On Monday Brady and I were invited to speak on a Diversity Panel at a local middle school. It was basically career day for the 6th graders. There were eight of us who sat at a table in front of all the 6th graders, and all the kids had a list of all our careers and they had to try to match up the person with their job. We all answered vague questions that might lead the kids to guess what our job is, but we didn't tell them who had what job until the very end. There was a famer (Brady of course), a dog trainer, a vet, a marine, a cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune, and a couple others including me, the crop insurance specialist...how exciting right!? A couple kids thought Brady was a Marine! It was a great day for us and the kids! We had a lot of fun and got to meet some great people, the kids also learned a lot and a lot of stereotypes were broken down...letting the kids know they can be anything they want to be when they grow up! The best part of our middle school visit was when Brady revealed to all the kids that we were married, he put his arm on me and said "me and my beautiful wife work together on our family farm"...you should have seen all the kids giggling and whispering =)
Then Monday night Brady, Mom, Dad, and I went to Bills Pizza...yum. Sidenote - whenever we go to Illinois I have to eat either a hot dog or pizza. Yes we have both of those food staples in Indiana...and yes they also suck. I was so spoiled with delicious food growing up close to Chicago. Anyways then we drove down to Linden and hopped on the train to Wrigley. We spent the evening bundled up, sipping on Old Style, cheering on our Cubbies. Of course they lost...what's new...but we still had a great time!
Our weekend trips to visit my parents are always fun and eventful! I love seeing Mom, Dad, Dan and all the extended family! I wish they would just move down to Indiana already!
We didn't leave Sharpsville until Saturday evening because we were busy planting and repairing fence in the cattle lot. Of course the first thing we did upon our arrival in Grayslake was hug and kiss everyone, then challenge my parents to a game of Scrabble. We won't talk about who won...it wasn't me.
Sunday was full of church, family, good food, good drinks, and watching Bubba...no not Brady, Bubba Watson...win the Masters. On his Twitter bio he describes himself as "Christian. Husband. Daddy. Pro Golfer. Owner of General Lee 1." Yes his parents call him Bubba, yes he is a county bumpkin from Georgia, yes he drives the General Lee, yes him and his wife just adopted their first child less than a month ago, and no he has never taken a golf lesson in his life. How awesome was that?! I love that guy...he is such a fresh face for the game of golf. He isn't a emotionless robot like the golfer stereotype. And he definitely isn't a psycho dickhead like Tiger.
On Monday Brady and I were invited to speak on a Diversity Panel at a local middle school. It was basically career day for the 6th graders. There were eight of us who sat at a table in front of all the 6th graders, and all the kids had a list of all our careers and they had to try to match up the person with their job. We all answered vague questions that might lead the kids to guess what our job is, but we didn't tell them who had what job until the very end. There was a famer (Brady of course), a dog trainer, a vet, a marine, a cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune, and a couple others including me, the crop insurance specialist...how exciting right!? A couple kids thought Brady was a Marine! It was a great day for us and the kids! We had a lot of fun and got to meet some great people, the kids also learned a lot and a lot of stereotypes were broken down...letting the kids know they can be anything they want to be when they grow up! The best part of our middle school visit was when Brady revealed to all the kids that we were married, he put his arm on me and said "me and my beautiful wife work together on our family farm"...you should have seen all the kids giggling and whispering =)
Then Monday night Brady, Mom, Dad, and I went to Bills Pizza...yum. Sidenote - whenever we go to Illinois I have to eat either a hot dog or pizza. Yes we have both of those food staples in Indiana...and yes they also suck. I was so spoiled with delicious food growing up close to Chicago. Anyways then we drove down to Linden and hopped on the train to Wrigley. We spent the evening bundled up, sipping on Old Style, cheering on our Cubbies. Of course they lost...what's new...but we still had a great time!
Our weekend trips to visit my parents are always fun and eventful! I love seeing Mom, Dad, Dan and all the extended family! I wish they would just move down to Indiana already!
Brady and I getting ready to leave for the game!
View of the field from our seats, Mom and I had binoculars so we could get close ups of all the cute baseball butts!
Snuggle party to stay warm!
Dale and Brady snuggling before we left on Monday morning...aren't they so cute?!
Sorry its been a while! Thanks Megan for kicking me in the pants and making me blog!
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