PicNiking :)

I just took these two pics from our Canada trip and uploaded them into picnik.com and altered them. It was fun and turned out pretty cool :)

My brother and me (yes this is grammatically correct) in Canada.

Dustin and I kissing on the Detroit River on the safe side :)

Dustin and I on Lake Saint Claire.

Canada Trip

Every spring break or during one of my intercessions from teaching, Dustin and I always go on some sort of vacation, even if it is only one day somewhere. This time we decided to go to Canada because I have never been out of the country. Dustin's been everywhere it seems, but not to Canada either. My brother Eric and his girlfriend Dora haven't been out of the country either, so they went along for the ride. The only stipulation was that we stop at Cabela's in Dundee, Michigan. We had a blast!!!

Dustin in the Cabela's aquarium checking out all the fish around the Midwest.

Dora in the Bargain Cave holding this huge fishing lure. It really was insanely large!

..."because they're shuttin' Detroit down..." Here is part of the Ford stamping plant outside of Detroit.

Entering Canada at customs.

The huge suspension bridge connecting Windsor to Detroit.

Eric and Dora in our hotel room waiting to figure out what we are going to do that night.

Eric had some nasty gas while we were playing euchre. He cleared us off of the bed.

Eric and Dora at Cramden's. It was a quaint little bar for Dora's first legal drink.

Dustin and I in our hotel room trying to get a pic of Detroit's sky line in the background... guess we were too brilliant to allow this to happen.

I took a pic of Eric. Thought it was a good one.


We all decided to go see the shores of Lake Saint Claire. It was super windy and definitely very cold.
If Eric has his hood up, it must be cold!


After finding out what socialism is and what it looks like, we head back prepared for the Obamanation/socialism here. This is a pic in the tunnel under the Detroit River. Dustin neglected to let Dora and me know that when there are tunnels under rivers they tend to leak. That was a traumatic experience at first, but then we got annoyed at having to sit in this customs line for nearly an hour. Freedom never felt so good.

Let freedom ring! Or was that gun shots firing?? We were in Detroit after all.

Airport Drive

Dustin and I decided to go to Plainfield for dinner one evening at Red Robbin. We are so fascinated with airplanes and enjoy watching them no matter how mundane it is. So Dustin decided to take me past the new air port terminal and field in Indy. Here is what we saw.

The Running Company

Dustin and I have been running a lot lately. By running, I mean actually running for exercise. I have always loved running, but recently my feet have been hurting so bad! I would get done with mile 2 and my feet just couldn't go further. I'd take my shoes off and see that there were cracks in the sides of my feet! So I'd have to wait a day to run again and go through the process of soaking my feet after running. I've NEVER had this problem before. So Dustin said, "Why don't you go and get fitted correctly for shoes?"

We did that yesterday and I cannot even describe how great our experience was at The Running Company. I was so worried that the people would take one look at me and say, "Haha why does she need shoes? She doesn't even look like she runs!" The opposite happened. The people totally grasped us up and took care of us and were so very knowledgeable. When I got there the guy put me on the tredmill to start running. So I ran for a few and he watched me via video camera. He slowed it down and figured out which shoe I needed.

After trying on about 4 different shoes and running with each of them I settled on a pair of Saucony extra stability shoes. They aren't "cute" but they feel great! It is amazing how a pair of fitting shoes makes me feel!

Dustin also got a pair of asics.

Check out the website: The Running Company

Valentine's 2009

For Valentines Day Dustin and I went up to Albion to spend the weekend with my family. Mom and Dad wanted to have a triple date: Dustin, me, Eric, Dora, Mom, Dad. We went to Blue Gate and had a wonderful time. Dustin and I bought a peanut butter pie, some Yoder's popcorn, and had fun just talking with the family. Below are some pictures to show you the fun we had :)




Eric had eaten so much food at the Blue Gate, that he kept having so much gas! So mom rummaged through the gun room and found the gas mask and came down in Eric's Velcro shoes and his anthrax proof gloves haha.

Full Moon tonight! Blow out the bung hole! haha



Handcuffing your mom isn't always the best thing to do because at some point she does have to get loose!!!

Eric cracks me up here because he looks like he's flexing in his tight unders and poor Dora is thinking, "What in the world did I get myself into?!"



The Sunday after Valentine's I called Dora to see if she wanted to go shopping with us. Eric was working, so the rest of us piled into mom's truck and went to Ft Wayne. Here was a Valentine's piece of lingerie that lights up between the chest. Dora is trying to shake it so I could take a pic of the lights haha. I couldn't figure out how you'd get the lights to go off if you were wearing it... then I got an idea...