A week in Cavalier, ND

So we have been out of town since the 1st of July, and I am currently supposed to be packing so we can leave town again tonight, but I had to take a few minutes to give a brief rundown of our time at Grandma and Grandpa S's (my S not his S) house.

So we flew up Tuesday evening and that was pretty much it for Tuesday.

Wednesday, Stacie took half the day off so we went out to lunch with her and Mike and then we went to order tuxes for the three boys for the wedding. I have to admit that the He-Mart looks exactly the same as it did 20 years ago when I was a kid and would go in there for whatever reason my mom would make us go in there. That night we started the wedding invitation process, and that was a good thing to do.

Thursday, we went out for lunch with my mom and then ran some errands with her around town before calling Mike to see if he wanted to go golfing. So Sonny and I went with Mike for a quick 9 holes before Stacie came home from work. That night we went out and bought a few fireworks in preparation for Friday (we called them practice fireworks).

Friday was the Fourth of July (Happy Birthday America!) and we got ready and then went as a collective whole to buy fireworks before heading out to the lake for the afternoon. Needless to say, Lukin got soaked because he went to clean off his shovel and knelt down in the lake and that was the end of that. After that, we headed back to the house for a game of Bean Bags but the peanut gallery (aka: Dad and Sonny) annoyed me and I stopped after one round. Then we had our annual bar-b-que before getting to the fireworks for the evening. Sonny is a little ADD when it comes to lighting off fireworks but it's fun to watch him be like a little kid...but having him be like a little kid means you have to discipline him like a little kid ("One at a time!", "Don't hold the firework in the same hand as the punk!" Stuff like that.)

Saturday, Sonny went golfing with my dad and all the uncles. I stayed at home and my friend Karie, from high school, came over with her new baby, her "Baby Daddy" and Katelynn. We told her that she looked good with the two kids and that taking care of a third (Lukin) for a night would be a good thing. She joked that she would leave her two with my parents and then she could go out for an evening. That night we had steaks on the grill for supper before just hanging out at home for the evening.

Sunday, we went to church, then went golfing again with the uncles, but this time I got to come too. Then we came home and got freshened up before heading to the Kittson County Fair. I had never been to that fair before but Dad wanted fair food for supper and so we went. We came home after the fair and worked on invitations again for the wedding.

Monday, we woke up and I decided that we weren't going to leave until Tuesday because we were all just exhausted. So we hung out at home that day. We finally got a chance to play some cards with Mom. Mom made enough spaghetti to feed all of Cavalier, and we started on the favors for the wedding.

Tuesday, we got up early and got ourselves all ready and packed and were out the door by 10:15-ish. We headed to Grand Forks and had lunch with Amanda since I hadn't got to see her the whole time I was home, before heading to Michael's to find more wedding stuff, and then heading to the AP to come home.

Our time at home has gone quickly. I had my annual physical yesterday. Fun times. And now like I said, I should be packing for our trip tonight.

I will probably write all about that trip too when I get home.