Only in Michigan...

Last weekend Dan and I ventured up to Michigan. I don't really feel like doing a whole post on that weekend. But, I did want to post these pictures.
This is something that you will only see in Michigan:

Only in Michigan would you see a deer strapped to the top of a car...

Here's a picture of me and Dan in the place we got married 5 months ago:

ok that's all. bye bye!

Our Trip to St. Louis, MO

This past weekend Dan and I joined his parents and Tara on a trip to St. Louis for Tara's soccer tournament. Neither Dan nor I had actually visited St. Louis before. In between soccer games on Saturday we were able to visit the famous Arch of St. Louis. Now, I have seen this thing before but I had never ventured up it. Needless to say, it was a very interesting experience. I thoroughly enjoyed every part of the weekend. It was great to be able to relax a little outside of Demotte for a while.

Now for some pictures to highlight the trip:

that's Tara in the center
our attempt to take a picture with the arch...that's a tough feat!
some of the soccer girls (Tara on the far left)
yep that's how high it is

a view of the car from the very top-it's the green van in the center of the photo
the itty-bitty windows we got to look through...or at least Dan looked through :)
I wasn't into the whole leaning over thing...but Dan found something he liked...
A baseball field
to get to the top of the arch you had to ride in these ridiculously small pods that hold 5 people...as you can tell...Tara enjoyed it more than me :)
It was beautiful there. Fabulous fall colors and seventy five degree sun shining weather! We could not have asked for a better weekend.

Now it is back to the swing of things. I have parent teacher conferences Thursday and Friday. I am anxious to see what these will be like. Not having my own class makes it hard for me to plan ahead for these. Jr. High conferences are a free for all. The parents show up and go to whatever teacher they want to talk to. We'll see if any talk to me :) Dan is still busy at school, working hard. The soccer season is over so he can refocus on his classes.
But of course, we are counting the days until our next relaxing weekend. Thanksgiving can not come soon enough. Then there is Christmas when we finally get to see Jeremy and Jackie again. It will be nice to see my family for a change :)