pleasant surprise

i have a new artist added to my favorites, brandi carlile. the song above is probably my favorite by herbecause it reminds me of me and brian. he didn't like her at first because he thought she was shrieky, but lately i think she's been growing on him.

yesterday we had a date planned to walk around green lake and have a picnic. he was really funny about wanting to get an early start and get out of work right away, which was unlike him but i didn't mind.

then he wanted to get coffee at some shop he claimed to have run by many times but never stopped at so he drove and drove around this residential neighborhood by the woodland park zoo. then he insisted on taking all our picnic stuff and walking to the coffee shop, which was in the opposite direction of the lake. then he insisted on leaving our bread knife in the car. then he insisted on cutting through the zoo parking lot. then we started walking past this ginormous line with a bunch of people also carrying lawn chairs and coolers. then i called them all suckers for waiting for whatever they were waiting for. then brian handed me two tickets that said "brandi carlile" on them. he took me to a concert!

he's the best. it was a great show.

shower for baby hongburt

ok, ok that's not really the baby's name (we hope) but my mom and i threw a shower for jenny and baby boy goodman, curently alias "hongburt." below is a slide show with the pictures!
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wisconsin trip update

i'll try to cach y'all up on the trip brian and i took back to michigan and wisconsin. the above picture was from the sculpture park in chicago.

there is a really cool bean-shaped mirror building there. we used it to take some creative pictures.





we had a lovely time taking in the sights downtown.






we also went to "the billy goat tavern," which is an old diner downtown.

it had a menu, but all they seemed to let you order was a cheesburger. if you attempted to order anything else, they would harass you until you relented.

we had no regrets, though. they were good.

do you fondue??

brian and i are in wisconsin right now. it's been busy with side trips to michigan for a family reunion, door county, and other adventures. we took out my mom and dad for fondue for a mother's and father's day celebration.

florida is warm.

i went down to florida to visit kelly and fernando last weekend. it was a really really great time.



we did lots of fun things, but here are a few highlights. asado.



fernando made asado with three types of meat. my brother affectionately calls one of the cuts "angel meat" and i now know why. it was delicious.



we ate it sandwich style with tomatoes, and i must say, i'll be looking for some latin grocery store soon to buy some for myself.





kelly and i tried to go to the beach, but it was way too windy. this picture looks just pretty, but actually the waves were about 7-8 feet!



the sand was stinging our legs. and there was no way we could have used the beach umbrella.



that is a sand cliff i am trying to put my foot over. i don't think i would have been able to get back up!



the next two are for connie: they use the griddle you gave them all the time every saturday!! thought you would like it.