I went to Wisconsin and didn't eat any cheese...

This past weekend we headed to WI for a wedding... This is the ONE picture I took at the wedding

OK, not even AT the wedding, more like the day before the wedding.  

How many people does it take to hide an extension cord?

Let's back up... We left Friday at noon with only a few obligatory stops along the way

The caged dog potty.

Although I thought this was a necessary stop, the Mister did not agree:

Goodwill in WI?! I'm sure they have different crap then the crap we have in MI?!

After we got to our friends, we got changed and headed out to the rehearsal dinner.  We weren't in the wedding, we're just awesome for driving 6 hours, so we got to go.  Here's a picture of all of us...

Oh wait, that's right, I didn't TAKE ANY!!!  Can you believe it?  

The Mister and I lookin' all foxy and I've got nothing!

We stayed at our friends cottage... CABIN, CABIN! I kept calling it a cottage all weekend, but it's not, it's a CABIN!

**Ghost lovers: the ORIGINAL cabin is across the drive, only a portion of the foundation is left.  It burnt MANY MANY years ago and 2 small children were killed in the fire.  Luckily they didn't tell me this till the last day.  I didn't see or hear anything weird, the dog didn't freak out and no orbs were seen in the few pictures I took.  So ghost lovers... never mind!**

They have BIG flashlights in WI, and I do mean BIG!!!

The next morning we got up

They can thank me later for the FREE plug and if you have cows make sure they're eating QLF!!

So anyway, we got up and went out for a ride in their little 4 wheel car drive-thru-the-woods thingy!

I got all ready to go muddin' in my Coach shoes and fur trimmed coat, I'm fancy like that!

Then we went to check out their new (as in BRAND new) horse arena, it was a little muddy...

So what's a girl to do?

So that is our trip to WI where I ate no cheese, met a GIANT flashlight, slept in a ghost-free CABIN and kept my shoes mud free! The wedding was lovely, I have no pictures to prove it, you're going to have to trust me on that one!

Yes, Darling went to, but she was hanging at their house all weekend, playing with their kids and NOT missing us...they grow up so fast! :(

Hope you had a great weekend!!

I'm back from Cheese Heaven....

Yep, Wisconsin is where this girl was!

The Mister had to go to a certain company's annual meeting and since the wife of the owner happens to be my new BFF (whether she wants to be or not), Darling Daughter and I went along!  

Oh did we have some fun in Cheese curd City!

This was our trip out to Wisconsin... it's a 6 hour drive but we turned it into 12 1/2!

We headed out down the toll road and saw one of these every 5 min. 

Darling with her DVD player

a whole lotta bikes on not a whole lotta car!

Seriously?

  Yes, she's reading while driving through 6 lanes of Chicago's insane traffic!

I zoomed my camera in (cause I'm nosey) and did notice it seemed to be directions somewhere, not a love note, so I'll cut her some slack.

C, this one is for you...

and have you been to my town??

Once there...

we played a little golf

these 2 may have drank a little wine...

and I MIGHT have disrespected a former NFL player!

Yes, that is me giving DD Lewis (#50 for the Dallas Cowboys back in the day) bunny ears!

He seemed like a guy with a pretty good sense of humor and since the Misters buddy couldn't talk me into putting him in a head-lock, I went for the next best thing!

No, he didn't know it and unless he's a follower of chinamommy, he still doesn't know!

Well friends, it's Monday evening and I've got to get caught up on my "The Bachelorette".

Tomorrow I have to run to Shipshewanna and get that dang dog back 

from my parent's who were nice enough to watch him while we were stuffin' our pie holes with cheese curds!

I miss ya!!

and since it's been a while...

a little plug about my BABY HAT DRIVE 

As most of you know, my daughter was adopted from China and I left a little piece of my heart there.  I'm collecting hats to keep the children and babies warm in the winter.  Many live in orphanages that are without heat.

1. make a baby hat, toddler hat, or kid sized hat (you can take the non-crafty way out and buy one if you must)

2. email me at: chinamommy_04@yahoo.com for my address.

3. I'll take care of shipping them to CHINA next fall.

any questions- please feel free to email me!!