Weekend Round-up

So! It was an eventful weekend. Friday night was mostly sitting around. The Hertel's drove down, but by the time they were done with visiting family, we were too tired to go out...

On Saturday, we hung out in the morning and then Josh and Maria came over and we hung out a bit. Then, Jim Gornick stopped by, sans Loni, because she was busy with a musical, and we all hung out. We drove to Highland Memorial Park, to visit Branden, first. Jim has been several times, but neither the Hertel's nor us had been, so it was nice to go visit. His marker is a very nice one, and he is buried right by a nice tree. It was very nice to go there and just see where he is. Something happened while we were all there that was funny, but it was sort of dumb, and we were all laughing and Jim said "Sorry Branden, but we know that you would be laughing too." OH! I remember -- we were trying to figure out which way he was buried in ground, because it didn't seem like there was enough room, and Jim said "Somebody lay down and see how long it is." It was pretty funny. If you are down in the area, definitely stop by and visit him -- well, now you should wait until Spring, unless you can stop by before it snows -- but it is very nice and peaceful.

After that, we went to Lakefront Brewery and went on the tour -- which was very cool and you get a free pub glass out of it and four free beers (or two free root beers) for $5. Then we went over to Mongolian BBQ just north of Bluemound on Hwy 100. After that, we were ridiculously full and tired, so we all went back to our house and just hung out and played board games -- and we all discovered that "Urban Myth" is probably not the best game ever. We played some Cranium and then played what seemed to be the longest game of Trivial Pursuit Star Wars DVD edition EVER! But, we did have a good time. Then, we all crashed and it was time for bed.

Today, we drove up to the Aswegan's in Port Washington and watched the Packer game -- the Hertel's were there and so was G.Nate. They have a BEAUTIFUL house. I really would love their house, but it would need to be down here in the area. Oh well. The game was fun, they have a cool dog, and they made great chili.

Makes me wish that we would meet with everyone a little more often that we do. Oh well. We'll probably have kids soon and then it will all be moot. :)

Anyway, it is probably close to dinner time for me. Later!