Weekend Recap

I haven't done a weekend recap in awhile so I thought it would be fun to do.

Friday:

• Went to class and work
• Went to the Des Moines Buccaneer's hockey game with other DGs
• Hung out at the house with Erin and went to bed 

Saturday:

• Went to Goodwill and Target with Courtney to get outfits for Crush and also a few things that I needed for Honduras
• Got ready for crush the theme was 'Used to be Cool' and Marc brought Erin and I bagels from Brugger's
• Went to crush-had fun; I just wished the music would have been a little better
• Went to church with Sarah; it was a great message and also Paul Balcohe lead worship so that was really cool
• Met Marc and Erin at Red Robin for some dinner then we went to Orange Leaf 
• Studied for a bit, did some blog updates, and went to bed

Sunday

• Got up and studied
• Went to chapter
• Studied some more

Weekend at Home

I went home last weekend and had a very nice weekend. There wasn't a real reason why I went home. I did need to get stuff for my spring break trip to Honduras, but I also just wanted a relaxing weekend at home.

It worked out well that it was my dad's birthday so when I got home on Friday night I went out to dinner with my parents and their friends Kris and Jerry. It was also Jerry's birthday on Friday. It was an enjoyable meal and I was of course entertained by all of the adults. I didn't really want to be the 5th wheel, but it ended up not being so bad. I also went to Pakoda's (a steakhouse in town) for the first time and it was pretty good food.

On Saturday I spent the whole day doing homework and watching The Voice. I am now pretty much caught up on that, but sadly I probably won't be able to watch the rest of the season, because I'm usually too busy with homework for tv watching. I ended up being really productive on Saturday, which I needed to do. I also watched the ISU basketball game with my mom and dad. I hadn't watched any of the games this season and the men have been doing really well so it was exciting to watch the game and see them come out with a win.

Sunday I went to church, ate lunch, and then did some laundry. I also found the things I needed for spring break and then did a little more homework before heading back to Des Moines.

It was a great weekend and I was glad to spend it at home with my parents. It was a little strange to not have any siblings at home, but still good. I also enjoyed that my mom made me some treats to take back to school as well as the home-cooked meals that I got!

Drake Basketball

Saturday I did homework for the majority of the day. Then around 4 Nikki, Erin, Marc and I all went to a tailgate party benefiting Erin's capstone. There were a lot of people there so I think they made quite a bit of money which was good. It was fun to sit and chat with other people that I knew there before heading to the basketball game.

Then we headed to the Drake basketball game. I made us go early and everyone that went with was very happy with that decision because we got free t-shirts, sunglasses, pizza, and pop. We also had really good seats in the student section. The beginning of the game was a lot of fun, but then Drake wasn't play so well so it got kind of boring. I'm also a fan of close games and this one wasn't so that is also probably why it was boring.

During one of the time outs Marc and I played the chicken toss game. Though we weren't very good at it (I was throwing the chickens too slow I guess) we still won a long-sleeve t-shirt and some more sunglasses.

Weekend Rewind

Friday:

• Went to classes and worked
• After work hung out in my room with Nikki, Nikki, Erin and then a little later Marc and Tom
• We then went downstairs and watched some Say Yes to the Dress Atlanta and then Made of Honor
• Made of Honor is not as good of a movie as I remembered, but it was still ok

Saturday:

• Nikki L and I went to Panera around 10:30 and stayed until 5- we were both very productive in doing our homework so that was really good
• Around 6 pm a bunch of us went downtown to celebrate Nikki M's birthday (which was Sunday)
• We ate a Legend's and it was really good. I had a chicken quesadilla which was one of the best quesadillas I've had.

• Then Nikki L and I went to Hy-Vee to pick up food for Sunday night dinner
• Then we met back up with people at Emily, Michelle, and Carley's apartment before we went to some campus bars for the rest of the evening

Sunday:

• Woke up and went to church. It was a really good message about facing your fears and how God is always with you and will do the unexpected if you allow him to. 
• Then I went back home and took a nap
• Nikki and I made dinner which was pizza and cupcakes
• I also did a little homework (but wasn't as productive as I should have been)
• Went to chapter
• Had Bible Study and talked about courage, which was really good

Weekend Watching Sports (and other things)

On Friday I went to visit Traci for the weekend. It started out by me walking in her apartment and he telling me that she had a plan for us. She said it in a very strange way though so I knew it wouldn't be something that I really wanted to do. Kelly had invited her to go watch a high school basketball game. I said that was fine so we went. It was a little awkward for me since I didn't know anyone there. Kelly's boyfriend was the coach for the one team and Traci student taught at the other school. They were actually more excited about the game then they look in the picture. They just really didn't want their picture taken.

After the game Traci and I went back to her apartment and watched the end of 17 Again with Caitlin and Macala.

Saturday Traci had her big track meet. Anna and I went and watched the whole thing. Caitlin and Macala also came for her first event. Traci ended up having a PR in both events and winning the weight throw and getting second in the shot. So overall she did a great job. Anna and I had a good time taking random pictures of Traci (they're all on my facebook page if you want to see them all). There wasn't as many people there this year so we didn't have as much fun making fun of people, but it was still pretty good and wasn't a super long meet.

After the meet Traci and I went with her parents out to eat. They were celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary. After the meal and after Traci's dad made fun of me we went back to Traci's. Deb and Anna came over. We then all went to get frozen yogurt. I got peanut butter, but it wasn't very good. I decided it would be best to try the yogurt now before I get it at a new place. (I'm not sure why the pics are so grainy)

Then we went back to Traci's and Macala joined us and we watch Friends with Benefits before going to bed.

Today we got up went to church, then watched some Friends before going to Pita Pit. While eating we watched some Clueless and then I left.

Last Christmas

My almost month long Christmas celebrations came to an end this weekend. We went back to my grandparents house and had Christmas on Saturday. It was great to see my grandparents again and also see my cousins that I didn't see on actual Christmas. We got gifts from my grandparents and then the adults did a gift exchange of kitchen supplies. This year it was pretty intense with all of the stealing. It was quite a bit of fun even though I didn't really need anything for a kitchen as I don't have a house. We ended up teaming up as a family and getting the things my parents wanted (or what us kids thought our parents wanted).  We also ate a lot of good food, played some games, and just talked. Then on Sunday my family went with my grandparents to church and then stayed for the church pot luck before we headed home.  Here are some great pictures of the weekend (there are some especially good ones of Isaac).