Spring Break

I always take the Thursday and Friday off for March Madness... But this time I took the whole week off and my sister and niece came for their spring break!

We relaxed, watched bad tv and good tv (Jericho) and had nightly cocktails :). It was in the 60s and 70s all week so we were outside.. Did bubbles..practiced trick or treating... Watched Iowa beat Dayton in the opening round of the NIT! All in all we had fun and relaxed!

During the days we went to the apple orchard, shopping, went on walks and had a great time! We also had a lot of yummy food... And I love how cuddly my Savanny gets when/after eating... She starts hugging and kissing.. Freaking adorable!

I miss spring break! Totally doing it again next year! :)

A farm birthday

It's so hard to believe but my niece is already 3! We celebrated Madison's birthday this past weekend. It was a farm theme as she like farms :).

Kids just really continue to surprise me. She can carry on a full conversation and really is hilarious. They say the funniest things.

Here are some pictures of the celebration:

Wrestling pics and results

Here are some of the best pictures I took from the wrestling meet. First, wrestling legend, Dan Gable! He was sitting in our section... and only a few rows down!

Some pics from some matches:

We had 8 Hawkeyes in the finals. 2 First place finishers! 4 2nd place finishers! One 3rd place and one 6th place :) We finished 3rd overall behind Penn State and Minnesota.. it was such a great time and our room is already booked for next year in Champaign, IL! :)

Shedd Aquarium

Chicago is an amazing place. Growing up there I sometimes forget all it has to offer!

My sis and I took Savannah to the Shedd Aquarium so she could see the fishies. It was amazing and fun!

Big Ten Wrestling Saturday

Woke up and walked to a DDD... Yesa Diner, Drive in and Dive! This one is called XXX. It was a block from our hotel... And reasonable and cash only ;)

We went to the first session of the B1G Tens after this... And it was fun and a ton of Hawk fans!

For lunch break we wet to The Blue Nile.. Yummmmmmy falafel and baba goanush!

Next, went for beers at Jakes and half the place was Hawks!

Off to the second session and Dan Gable was there! Pics to come on final Sunday wrap up! :)

Dinner at the Italian place and beers at Scotty's! Good day!

Big Ten Wrestling Friday

The B1G Ten's were in West Lafayette, IN this year at Purdue. We got back a week ago and we had such a great time!

We stayed at a hotel called Campus Inn. It is the bare minimums... But only $50/night! And.. So.. Close.. To everything!

We got to the hotel and I put some Hawk love on the windows. We went next door to 9 Irish Brothers for dinner and beers. Wow! This place is completely in Irish garb an has a great menu with a lot of variety.

We started with some beers and fried goat cheese with a raspberry vinagrette with lettuce. Yumm! Next, I had a half order if shepard pie and John ordered salmon with a spicy red sauce with asparagus and taters.

Next up we had beers in our room and went to my new favorite go to- Scotty's Brew House.. Walking distance... Beers.. And happy hour appetizers after 10. The wings.. Are Amazing!!!!!! Best thing we had for Friday! We even ran into some Hawk fans from hawkeyesports.com. Also, on tap, 312.. Mmmmm.

Amazing day! I'll recap Saturday tomorrow :). On spring break with my sis and niece and so much to write about!

On TV!!!!

Well, a funny thing happened during the wrestling championships!

We were on TV!!!! I'm a celebrity ;)

Someone I used to work with posted it on my Facebook wall. John and I re-watched it and sure enough we were on TV a lot! :)