Yesterday was our 7 yr Anniversary!!! Doesn’t that seem crazy?? It is hard to believe that we have been married that long. Time flies when you’re having fun I suppose :0) To celebrate we went to Jim’s Bistro (in Peoria Heights) we had never been and it is pretty pricey so we saved it for a special time. It did not disappoint! Dusty had a salad, filet & yep FRENCH FRIES…and I had soup (tomato basil gorgonzola – AH-MAZ-ING) & a pork chop served on top of sauerkraut and with baked apples on top. It was delish! After dinner we headed to Target and we just browsed around While also purchasing some gifts for ourselves :0) We then headed to Fresh Market where we treated ourselves to picking out 1 or 2 items, it is such a fun store to walk around!! And lastly we went to get ice cream – first we tried the Kiwi something place in Metro Center and it was NASTY! so I opted for DQ instead. Thanks to Amanda for babysitting our kiddo’s and making the night possible!
This past weekend I went on a trip to Columbus, OH with Mom Funk & Linda. We went to TNNA (The National Needlearts Association). Basically it is a huge convention that offers classes, has a fashion show, personal buying opportunity & then “market”. We went for Market & everything else was just bonus. We left early Friday morning and got there in good time. We headed straight to a place called “The North Market” which is a food place & has tons of different yummy foods. Go there sometime. We checked in at the convention & then waited in line to do the “Yarn Sampling” where different vendors sell products at wholesale for a personal use, so if you wanted some yarn from a particular brand but not enough for the whole store this is when you did that. This was so much fun but I couldn’t help but feel slightly sad, there were SO many things I wanted & I left with NOTHING! I thought oh, to have lots of money! The next day I did get something I wanted though so don’t feel too bad :0) After that we went to a Fashion Show which was fun but SO COLD!!! It was neat to see what is trending & then see the totally weird stuff!!
Saturday was filled with just “Market” that is where you walk around a giant area that has 100’s of booths set up of different items but all Needle Art related (Knitting, Crochet, Needle Point, Yarn & etc) we went and checked out different brands, placed orders, dreamed of orders we wished we could make. It was a l-o-n-g day but fun! I should mention the reason we went is because Mom & Linda are part owners of a Knit shop (Knit 4 Together – in Dunlap) and they went on this trip to purchase new yarn for the store for fall & winter.
Sunday we got up leisurely & then went over to market & checked out some more booths, then we headed to The North Market grabbed some lunch & headed home!
Meanwhile my amazing hubby stayed home with the kids. They had a blast! Friday night they camped out in the back yard, Saturday they went to the Glen Oak Park & the Zoo, and Sun. they got up and went out to breakfast before church.
Before that was Father’s Day. We celebrated Dusty on Sat. by eating at Cony’s and then coming home & opening gifts. Sun. was spent at his parents house with the whole family home :0)
Sorry this was so long but I thought it would be better than 5 little posts! Enjoy the pictures!
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- Here was our stash of gifts.
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- My gifts: Barefoot Contessa book, Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds, Sweet Trail Mix & my craving —-BlowPoP’s!!
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- K-Cups Reg & Decaf & then these berry things…he likes them, I do not…good choice dear!
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- Gia in the Tent – She loved it!!!
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- Oliver in the tent – he also loved it!
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- More playing in the tent
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- Gia loves to play baseball!!!!
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- Daddy & little girl
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- Hello Blue Eyes!
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- Daddy with his 2 kids
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- Opening gifts
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- Gifts: The History Channels “The Bible” and 2 sets of sausages from Pottstown
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- Me & the kids, Oliver would hold the beef stick up to my nose and tell me I was Pinnochio
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- Papa & his Girl
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- Cousins eating dessert…this is how I found them all huddled under the tree :0)
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