Packers, Badger Hockey, and Stoltz Insurance

This weekend started with a Friday night Hockey game against Minnesota State (Mankato). We met Scrots & Carissa for some pre-game drinks and suffered the freezing cold walk to the Kohl Center. It was one of the coldest days this winter and we managed to make it to the game. The weekend continued with a visit from Mr. Kyle Stoltz Insurance and Alex Decker. I was very lucky to score 4 tickets to the Rayovac Box and we enjoyed every minute. Pre-game drinks, a Badger win, Pokey Stix, and a trip to Gray's Tied House. Scrots, Travis, & Razz joined us at Gray's after the game. It was an amazing visit from our bestest West Bend buddy...we miss you Kyle!!

Sunday continued a great weekend with a Packer victory and they are headed to the SUPER BOWL! We might not be Packer fans but we will cheer against the Bears any day! Go Packers :) It was a great game and it's been a great year in Wisconsin Football...

So cute! :)

Kyle & Alex
Cara, Scott, and Kyle

Kyle, Scrots, Razz, & Scott

Cara & Scott

Alex & Cara

Scott, Cara, Alex & Kyle

Cara & Scott

Cara & Alex

Kyle & Alex

Cara & Scott

Cara & Kyle :) Miss you buddy

...ONE HAPPY ISLAND...

A picture of a beautiful Aruba sunset to brighten your day :)

There is a reason why Aruba is called "ONE HAPPY ISLAND"...

Enjoy :)

Hockey, Colts, and NFL Playoffs...

Finally a slow relaxing weekend! Friday night was spent with Razz & Palmer at the Hockey game. It was an uneventful game. We finally took our Christmas decorations down on Saturday, ran some much needed errands, and watched the Colts game with Casey. It was so nice to spend some time at home and do the things we've neglected to do. I love the Month of January because we can enjoy time relaxing time together. The only bad part is the freezing cold temperatures.

Happy Birthday to Razz - January 9th - :)

Razz, Palmer, and Scooter

Scott & Cara
One more with Palmer's eyes closed...

Rose Bowl--1.1.11

The Tournament of Roses - The Granddaddy of Them All!

The Badgers played in the Rose Bowl yesterday. We had the O'Malley Clan over to watch the game. It was a great day, a good game, and a tough loss. It was an incredible experience to cheer the team on this year. We rushed the field TWICE, once for the Ohio State victory, and again when we became co-Big Ten Champs. It was a great season, only 8 more months until the 2011 Season begins ;)

Happy 2011...

This year with the majority of our friends at the Rose Bowl we decided it would be a perfect year to do something low key. It was the most amazing day...we braved the horrible fog and went to HoChunk for a few hours. Then we came home and made our fresh Spicy Grouper and cocktail shrimp from the Seafood Center. We also had pomegranate spinach salad, our speciality potatoes, and pomegranate martinis. We continued to celebrate with a trip to the Neighborhood Bar with our neighbors, Garret & Jessamy. Jessamy was a big trooper, she is 9 months pregnant and rang in the New Year with us! Here are a few pictures...

Before Dinner

Self-timer picture with Kirby

Jessamy & Garret

Happy New Year!

Cheers to a happy and healthy 2011! Hopefully everyone keeps their New Years resolutions. :)

Sorry - I'm back...and Aruba

I'm so very sorry. It's been a quiet 6 weeks or so on our blog. We have been very busy this holiday season. I had to complete ALL of my Christmas shopping by December 9th because we went to Aruba with the O'Malley Clan for 7 days. Once we got back it was only a few days until Christmas. The 6 weeks included Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas Tree/house decorating, Christmas cookie baking, Christmas shopping, Razz's Holiday party, Christmas Happy Hours, O'Malley Family Christmas, Hinrichs Christmas in Minnesota, Mandli Christmas, and New Years. I also managed to work and go to Boot Camp everyday. It was an incredible 6 weeks but I'm glad that our lives will finally slow down a little in the New Year...I've included a few Aruba pictures for your viewing...

Where we spent our days - the lazy river!

Scott @ Sunset

The Beach @ Sunset

The Aruba Crew...

Quality Time in the 53593...

This past weekend was just what my body ordered. As always we had a Badger Hockey game on Friday night. We finally went to a place Scott has been begging to try. We grabbed dinner, went to the game, came home and went to bed early. On Saturday we woke up, worked out, and then prepared for a full day of Football, Basketball, and Hockey spectating. Hooray for a Badger Football win @ Michigan. Unfortunately, that was the only win we watched all weekend. The Badger Basketball team lost @ UNLV. The Badger Hockey team lost both Friday and Saturday night in Overtime to UMD. We also watched the Huskers lose at Texas A&M. It doesn't end there...our Vikings lost on Sunday to the Packers :( It was a tough weekend for our teams, but right now the most important team won!! Go Badger FOOTBALL!! Our weekend was low key and we loved every minute of it. After this crazy fall it was a much needed break. We needed to catch up on sleep, quality time together, and chores around the house. We also managed to put up all the outdoor Christmas lights before the weather gets cold and nasty. Sorry it's not a very exciting post, but it was the perfect weekend to get some much needed relaxation...

I'm even more excited for the short work week, Middleton Sport Bowl, Turkey Day, Black Friday, Badger Hockey, and Badger Football. Bring on the Thanksgiving celebration...

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone :)

Rayovac Box...YES please...

On Friday night our PHA (Personal Hearing Aid) department at Rayovac had the opportunity to sit in the company box. We took Nikki to Wando's for her first fishbowl and enjoyed many Spotted Cows. To enjoy a blast from the past we stopped at The City to enjoy a skyscraper at the end of the night. It was a fabulous Friday night of fun...

Cara & Nikki (cube buddies)

Robert, Cara, & Nikki
Scott, Sarah, and Scrots

Jessamy, Cara, & Sarah

Scott, Garret, & Scrots

A new record...

83 points in a UW Badger Football game. The Badgers played Indiana yesterday and dominated. They broke a Big Ten record and a School record. Besides the rain it was a fun game. Only 2 more games this season...next week at Michigan...

Sarah, Scott, and Cara

One sick little puppy...

Our love for our baby girl runs very deep...deep in our pockets and much much deeper in our hearts. Yesterday we spent almost 6 hours in the 24 hour Emergency Vet Hospital. Our poor little girl got sick while we were at the Badger game and our neighbor stopped over at our house to find her and she wasn't doing well. We rushed home and she wasn't her normal self. Our little princess is always happy with her tail wagging and always up for some fun. She was barely moving and constantly getting sick. It's scary when your Vet is closed and you don't know what to do...so we were off to the Emergency Vet. She continued to get sick until we saw the Vet. It's crazy how much we love her, we were so worried. They did some lab work and injected her with fluids. They wanted to have her stay overnight with an IV but we refused. By the time we went home her tail was finally wagging again but that didn't last long. We didn't get much sleep last night but we are happy to say that today she is doing a little better. We are off to see our Vet tomorrow to make sure she's ok.

She finally ate today for the first time in almost 2 days and she has spent the majority of the day in her favorite spot...cuddled between her Dad's legs.