Our New Car!

After a stressful week and a half we finally were able to take our new car home and keep it! The last couple of weeks have been stressful because Scott has been on call either for the Blood Center or for the Fire Department. On top of that we were in the process of purchasing a new used car, while trying to get it working. When we first purchased it they said they would fix the things wrong with it. When we went to pick it up it still was not fixed so we had to bring it back two more times before they finally fixed it. Meanwhile Scott was stressed out about the car working right and I was sitting at home not being able to go anywhere becuase we traded in my car, with the deal for this one. Anyway we were able to pick up the car on my birthday, good birthday present right! It has worked well ever since then, here are some pictures!

Jedi Scott

Since we purchased the Lego Star Wars game I have come to believe that Scott can use the Force on stop lights. Every time we are in the car going somewhere and the light is red he can turn it green without even looking at the other lights. Also a little while ago we recieved a snuggie, yes I said a snuggie, from his parents. If he puts it on just right he looks like he is wearing Jedi robes. I will let the pictures tell the story! From now on he would like you to acknowledge him as Jedi Scott!

Grandma's Birthday!

We spent the last weekend in February celebrating Scott's grandma's birthday and his dad's birthday. We enjoyed Saturday at her house with family and friends. When we arrived there she brought us around and introduced us to her many friends that decided to show up although the weather was dumping 10 inches of snow on us. It was a lot of fun seeing the family and hanging out. One of Scott's uncles is an avid fisherman and fried up some fish for us for the evening. I tried it and I still didn't like it as much. Here is a picture of her with her cake she turned 85.
Please pray for her because she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. As for right now she is doing well, and gaining back weight she lost the last few months.

POLKA!!

Scott and I with Jackie, James (her boyfriend), and Larissa went to visit our friend Tom at the Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee. It was a Friday night in the freezing cold of February with a line as long as a giraffe's neck, much less to say outside. After about an hour we finally reached the indoors and was seated right in front of the Polka Bands speakers. We dined on fish and shrimp and listened to the loud music being shoved into our ears. Besides losing our hearing we enjoyed the night and even got in one polka! As you can see we inherited gradma and grandpas ability to match and we didn't even know it!

Scott and I dancing

Valentines Day!

I know it is a little late but for the next few days I will be updating our blog and letting you know that we are still alive!

For Valentines Day Scott and I went out to eat at Messina's, where we had our rehearsal dinner, it was really good and romantic. After that we came home and made Thin Mints! That is right I said Thin Mints like the Girl Scout cookies! We received this awesome cookbook from one of Scott's co-workers where it has the recipe for just about every claimed "secret recipe" by the fast food chains and all the stuff we love! Here are some pictures of the night.

Melting the chocolate for the cookie (above)

We didn't have the right mint flavoring it called for so we just used mint extract and they tasted pretty good. Definately not like the real thing but pretty close for just trying it at home!

The finished product!