Noelle, Scott and I weathered the trip down to visit the Perrine's to surprise Stephanie for her birthday. To say the least we succeeded in our surprise and she was not expecting that we would come down to visit. The three of us arrived at Chris and Ed's house on Friday night, Stephanie was at work so we decided to go and surprise her there. We got there just as she was getting off of work, we stayed and hung out with her at work for awhile. Saturday was the day of
the party Aunt Chris planned. We slept in late and had a relaxing day until around noon when all hell broke loose. People were coming over at four and we had two apple pies to make, a taco dip, chicken carbonara. To say the least we were put to work to get this all done. The picture is the awesome taco dip I made! It was the taco seasoning dip, refried beans, guacamole, cheese, lettuce, cheese, tomatos, and olives. It was quite amazing.
After dinner, which was awesome, we played the longest game of dominoes in my life. Eight people not paying attention, not good, we also played spoons, and other games late into the night. Graham ended up staying over and on Sunday he was fascinated by the cat. He is getting so big and is very cute. All in all it was a very good weekend. We had a lot of fun and it was a lot of driving. Scott was a trooper and drove the whole way.
Things we learned: Scott and Noelle are both lovers of Arby's, where Turkey Run State Park is, Gary IN is the smelliest place on earth, driving through Chicago is about ten dollars in tolls...One way (we went around on the way home, much less expensive), and Stephanie does not work at a whole in the wall type of bar, it is very nice and upscale!
the party Aunt Chris planned. We slept in late and had a relaxing day until around noon when all hell broke loose. People were coming over at four and we had two apple pies to make, a taco dip, chicken carbonara. To say the least we were put to work to get this all done. The picture is the awesome taco dip I made! It was the taco seasoning dip, refried beans, guacamole, cheese, lettuce, cheese, tomatos, and olives. It was quite amazing. 
After dinner, which was awesome, we played the longest game of dominoes in my life. Eight people not paying attention, not good, we also played spoons, and other games late into the night. Graham ended up staying over and on Sunday he was fascinated by the cat. He is getting so big and is very cute. All in all it was a very good weekend. We had a lot of fun and it was a lot of driving. Scott was a trooper and drove the whole way. 
Things we learned: Scott and Noelle are both lovers of Arby's, where Turkey Run State Park is, Gary IN is the smelliest place on earth, driving through Chicago is about ten dollars in tolls...One way (we went around on the way home, much less expensive), and Stephanie does not work at a whole in the wall type of bar, it is very nice and upscale!