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This past weekend was the annual 4-wheeling trip that I’ve attended for the last several years. This year we headed to the western U.P. between Bergland and Ontonagon. Leah’s cousin lives in the area so he brought down his camper and helped us find a campsite. It felt like luxury sleeping indoors as opposed to a tent like in past years.

The weather started out extremely warm on Friday and was close to 80°. The trails were pretty dry and dusty which made it hard to breathe and see. Our only mishap of the trip was also on this day. Leah’s brother Justin got dumped from his ATV because of a rut in the trail. He suffered some road rash but luckily no major injuries. On Saturday, it was wet from heavy overnight rain and was misty and foggy in the afternoon and evening. During the morning ride we rode to the top of a quarry called Mount Baldy and saw a spectacular view of area. We could see the Porcupine Mountains, Lake Superior as well as all of the trees changing color. The riding that day was really muddy and fun. The ground in that area is mostly clay so everyone was pretty dirty and it was hard to just walk around in it. That afternoon we went back to the quarry to shoot some clay pigeons, another annual trip event. That’s always entertaining and today my shoulder is feeling the effects. This morning we went for another long ride and found some new trails and by 2 p.m. we were packed and heading back home. Over the course of the weekend, we rode a total of 130 miles and had a great a time.

Click for 4-wheeling weekend photos (by the way, the last photo in the series is me!).

You know, I’m just so proud of Mother Nature. On Monday when the season officially became fall, she decided to give us summer! It’s so wonderful. Although I know that it’s probably summer’s last gasp, I am totally and completely ignoring that. Tomorrow it’s supposed to be 80°, which is just awesome. The seven-day outlook is showing 50s and 60s for next week, but I’m ignoring that, too. La, la, la, I’m not listening!

This weekend Greg’s heading to Bergland for the guys’ annual four-wheeling/mudfest weekend. My mom, Dayna and I are heading down to Appleton for our annual shop-while-the-guys-are-gone fest. I’m looking forward to it.

It’s crazy to think that it’s nearly October. Another summer come and gone in a flash. How does that happen? Because I swear that time on Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. just drags. So it’s amazing that an entire season just flew by.

Our house-hunting has slowed down a bit. We’ve still been watching the real estate sites, but not much that meets our qualifications has come up for sale recently. I don’t know if that’s due to the economy or what, but hopefully we’ll find something soon. I’m getting tired of renting and I really don’t want to be moving when there’s snow on the ground. Although, really, we’ve gotten snow in October many a time, so it might be too late for that. Greg’s boss keeps sending him home with House Beautiful magazines for me and I see so many cool decorating ideas that I can’t do because I don’t own a frickin’ house! Hopefully it’s just a matter of (a short length of) time.

Chris and Theresa should be back from Hawaii now. I’m so jealous. Greg jokingly said, “We should go to Hawaii and crash their honeymoon,” and I shouted, “Ok! Let’s go right now!” (Not something to joke about, Greg. You know that.) So I didn’t get to go to Hawaii, but hopefully they took lots of pictures so I can dream about the day I’ll get to go.

So fall and winter are spreading out before us in a long, uninterrupted stretch of cold, bleakness and snow. I’m really not looking forward to it. After we got home from work on Tuesday, we decided to go to the Border Grill (yum!) and sit out on the patio because it could be the last time of the year it’s nice enough to do that. Only by the time we left home at 6:30, the sun was setting. When did that happen? I don’t like it!

Anyway, I’ll end on a happier note: tomorrow = 80°.

We spent some time tonight uploading quite a few photos from this past weekend’s big event. Chris and Theresa’s wedding weekend photos can be found on the photos page. There is also a new way to view the photos! Once you click on a thumbnail the enlarged image will overlay your screen. To view the next thumbnail, just roll your mouse over the right or left edge of the enlarged image. Please give us feedback on whether you like this feature!

The infamous “Ice, Ice Baby” dance by Greg’s brother Steve is also posted on the videos page. Who knows, maybe he’ll become the next video sensation.

Have a good week everyone!

This past weekend was the wedding of Greg’s oldest brother Chris to Leah’s friend/neighbor Theresa. It was a great time and went by extremely fast with both of us in the wedding party. We took a few extra days off to spend time with our families and friends that traveled to the U.P. On Friday morning, many of guys in the wedding party went golfing and Greg was able to again beat everyone in his family.

The indoor wedding ceremony went smoothly but rain came during the afternoon and made things outside a bit soggy. The reception was also a great time with good food, cake and dancing until midnight. Once Leah got her matron of honor speech out of the way, she was able to enjoy things a bit more. We were both a little sore this morning from the workout. Today, we went to Theresa’s parent’s house for the gift opening and said goodbye to Greg’s family. We’ll see them all again for Thanksgiving.

We’ll be soon adding photos and a video of Greg’s brother Steve displaying his famous “Ice, Ice Baby” dance.

1. Blatant and ridiculous typos are one of my favorite things. Did you see this Twins player who had Minnesota misspelled on his jersey? Hilarious.
2. I love old photos. So I was very excited when I found this “100-year-old photo blog.” Check it out, it’s pretty cool. This one’s in Baraga! Oh, and actually I found a whole site dedicated to old pictures of Baraga County.
3. Try this super addicting game.
4. Here are some random, interesting facts.
5. I love Cute Overload, but did you know that there’s an Ugly Overload, too? Warning: it has lots of pictures of creepy, disgusting, huge spiders.
6. Here’s another Wikipedia list: common misconceptions.
7. These “safety” signs are pretty funny.
8. Check out these super cool belt buckles. I’m totally getting Greg this one for Christmas!
9. I’m sure you’ve all seen this in an email, but I had to link it. I can totally see Greg doing this with our future children.
10. I love chipmunks and this is the cutest little chipmunk ever!
11. I love the expression of the person in this pic:
    
12. And this one was just too funny not to post:
    

Have a great weekend!