Somebody has a new toy

Taaadaaaa! Tyler is the proud owner of a new Yamaha V Star motorcycle and he is way psyched! And so am I.... I get to accessorize of course :)

He made the leap this summer when he took his training course and got his license. We have been looking into this for awhile and he took the plunge today. Yay Ty!

This week has been pretty busy. We had a rain out Monday, so we went to 7 Saints for dinner with friends and then we had the men's game Tuesday to keep us busy.

Yesterday we went to the U of I for a lecture series on the Hubble Space Telescope. It was amazing to see such wonderful pictures. It is very nice to have such a wonderful resource for all of our geeky endeavors. So a late night was had, but it was so good to be out and about and with each other.

After Hours tutoring started this week, so I am up to my eyeballs in it. My Mom and Court are on there way here as I type for a court date (Miss Courtney) with the traffic court for lil miss speedy. Quiet weekend is on the books for this coming weekend. Ready for a nice rest.....

The Hurricane is Here!

Sure, you might not hear this everyday in Illinois, but Ike has made its way in and is sticking around for the day. We have had a ton of rain today and the temp has finally fallen to lovely chilly temps. I have started to deocrate for fall and am just loving it!

This weekend has been entertaining to say the least. Friday we had Josh and Audra over for tacos and we watched "There will Be Blood." I got what the movie wanted us to get, but it just wasn't great. Daniel Day Lewis was fabulous, but it just didn't do it for us. Saturday we woke up to no rain. This was a relief as we have season tickets to Illini Football and there was supposed to be an 80% chance of rain. We went to the game and saw the Illini just barely sneak away with a win. The neat part was we sat in the New side of the stadium with the sky boxes and it looks great. The entertaining part was two vinyl pannels from the stadium's roof flew off at us and blew water onto the fans. It was a bit disconcerning and showed the stadium still needs some work.

After the game we went to the local motorcycle shop. We are going to be the proud new owner's of a new motorcycle. Tyler got his license yesterday morning and is amped about his new bike. I have to work on calling it a motorcycle as to not confuse Tyler (I just got a new bicycle a few weeks ago) so we have been quite busy. The new hog should be picked out sometime this week I would imagine and in his hands sometime soon. My one requirement was for it to have a backrest so I didn't fly off the back end. He agreed :)

Last night we chilled with Josh and Audra and had Cajun Bayou Chicken Pasta which featured habanero peppers. Apparently Josh forgot to wash his hands after cutting the hot hot pepper and when we used the restroom a certain part of his anatomy became quite agitated. It caused quite the laughs. :) Sorry, Josh! We dressed Lily the Yorkie up in zebra-print ribbons and pink scarf and just had a nice, relaxing night.

This week we have my Mom and Sister coming up for a traffic court date and they are going to stay a night or two, which will be nice. Looking forward to cooler weather, great softball and relaxation.

The Dairy Queen is coming!!!

I had an absolute ball this weekend with my little nieces. They are an absolute riot. I was met with running hugs and yelling monsters when I reached my in-laws this weekend. My little goddaughter was keeping everyone busy with her rapid fire wit and complete hilarity.

A favorite quote from the weekend: From the mouth of a 4 year old.... "The Dairy Queen is coming when I lose my tooth!"

I asked her who she had to pay off to arrange for that? She said "What!?" I get presents!" :)

I asked her if she meant the tooth fairy, and she agreed, "Yah, the Dairy Queen!" Gotta love her!