September 2015: Just another month of Crazy

I hate starting off a blog post. Its like...do I just go straight into what I want to talk about or do I open with a joke? How about a funny story about something my cat did, or the fact that it isn't even October yet and I already freeze at night because my husband has to sleep with a fan in his face, which, most of the time ends up blowing on me all night.

September. Its nearly over, and I find myself wondering when September became our October. For as long as I can remember, every weekend in October has been spent doing something. Whether it was fall-related like getting a pumpkin from the patch or picking apples or hiking around in Garden of the Gods and appreciating all the colors of fall..well, this year we have 2 WEEKENDS THAT ARENT BOOKED UP! ...we haven't had a "free weekend" since we moved in June. Granted, part of that is our own fault for booking ourselves up so tight, but sometime soon I would enjoy sleeping all night and then not getting up the next morning. I know, I know, Sleep when I'm dead, right?

September started off with my husband turning 24 :) september 1st, to be exact. Here is a blurry picture where he is blowing out the 4 candles i put on a cake we bought from the store.

 This was followed by a lovely three day weekend, (September 4-7) which you might have read that we spent the Labor day weekend road tripping through Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. If you didn't read about that adventure, here is a summary. If you did, here's a recap

• Iowa and T-Mobile's relationship is not on speaking terms. Literally. We had ZERO signal the entire time we were in the state. As soon as we crossed the border into Minnesota, we got signal back.

• The National Czech and Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is really neat! Go there.

•The Mall of America is...a big mall.

•DO NOT stay in the Doubletree by Hilton in Bloomington, Minnesota. Its terrible. Sleep in your car if that is the only hotel with vacancy. We got eaten by something (bedbugs? Fleas?) , staff was rude, got turned away for breakfast after waiting in line for 20 min..yeah, just don't.

•Wisconsin likes to welcome guests with severe thunderstorms and hail. Jerks.

September 12- the weekend after our roadtrip, was spent enjoying the music of the Legend of Zelda symphony orchestra in St. Louis, Missouri. Front row seats! (Well, technically 6th row, but no one was allowed to sit in the first 5 rows, so we were the first row of seats that they sold tickets for.) This was a belated birthday present for my husband. I bought these tickets the day the went on sale, so I was able to grab the best seats we could.

  


Powell symphony hall is beautiful. We made my husband's bowtie, and we also made a tri-force for my necklace, which, unfortunately you can't see from my phone pictures.



September 19- we decided to check out Gateway Fun Park in Collinsville. Pretty sketchy place as you pull up to it, the sign is very plain and looks rundown. However, we got a deal on armbands which allow you unlimited access for 2 hours. We were able to play 36 holes of miniature golf, and rode their go-kart track once. I kept track of our running total to make sure we got our $25 worth (which, $25 for two people wasn't bad to begin with) but I went to school for accounting so I guess it must be the accountant in me that has to keep track of the numbers. :)

Micah did end up hitting a hole in one on one of our 36 holes..I, however got several hole-in-5's..(5 was our limit for a single hole before moving on)
 
  Serious face for go-kart race!

September 20-  Callie, Kourtney, and I paid a visit to The Melting Pot in University City, Missouri. If you've never been, its a fondue restaurant where you get a 4 course meal for $35-$45 a person, depending what kinds of meat you order. The food is good, but the desert is what you stay for.

And this past weekend, September 25-26 was spent doing sound and video for Cole and Erica's wedding. Congrats you two! Your day was beautiful! And here is a typical wedding selfie

In other news, our cat has an urinary tract infection and his medicine makes him fall asleep in hilarious ways, and I have finally finished Pretty Little Liars on Netflix. I don't know what to do with my time now. 

Also! No one likes Mondays, right? Well...

Mondays are 30 cent wing day at Unkle Munkey's. Spicy is the best. The BBQ is Ok, and the Munkey sauce one is just alright too. They also have a Buffalo sauce, but we neither one like tabasco-y flavors. 

Monday is also buy one get one free sushi rolls at Wasabi sushi bar. 

We love food. And Edwardsville.