Murder Mystery Dinner

On Saturday night, Zach and I drove to the Miletta Vista Winery in St. Paul with Troy and Ashley. We went for a murder mystery dinner.  There were about 75 people there, and 7 of us were chosen to be part of the murder mystery.

 I was picked to be Sadie Stiletto.  I was the bar singer who tried to get the men on my side.

Ashley and Troy

 We each had a script to follow, but we were improvising the acting.

 We had appetizers first, and then we performed the first act.  After that, we ate the main course and then finished the play.  We finished with dessert.

The whole experience was fun, but hard to follow because of the size of our group.  I want to experience a murder mystery dinner in a small group now.  

It was a great night together!

Making Cookies

Nana and Papa watched Monroe on Friday.  Nana decided that she and Monroe should make cookies, something we've never done before. 

Monroe helped flatten out the dough, and then she pushed the cookie cutter down and pulled the excess away.  

She made this face when I put a piece of cookie dough in her mouth

After they baked, Nana frosted them and Monroe did the pumpkin faces.

Proud of her cookie

Leaves

Last Saturday, Zach and I decided to rake leaves and mow the yard.  There weren't a ton of leaves, so it was fairly easy.  

 Monroe was a big help!

 Then, she played in the piles.

I love this picture!

24 hours later, our yard was completely covered in leaves.  Unless you saw us outside raking, you never would have known we raked the day before.  I told Zach I'm not raking again until the trees are bare.  

Our favorite thing about our neighborhood is the huge, beautiful trees.  This time of year, we don't like those trees as much :)

Visit from Great Grandma

On Sunday we had visitors from Iowa.  My grandma and my Great Uncle Bob came for the afternoon. We took them out to dinner and then brought them back to the house.  I also took them over to my school to see my room.

Uncle Bob made Monroe a set of Lincoln Logs.  He has made a set for all of his great nieces and nephews, and great-great nieces and nephews.  I didn't know that he was still making them, so I was shocked when I saw the box with her name on it.

We've played with them a lot since getting them.

My box next to Monroe's.  Mine was made in 1988.

Having my grandma and Uncle Bob come visit was really nice.  It was great to see them.

Pumpkin Patch Take 2

On Saturday, we went to Helgoth's Pumpkin Patch with some friends from Newell.

Paisley, Monroe, and Grace

 

What a great day!

Book of Mormon (the musical)

A few years ago, Zach and I were watching the Tony Awards, when The Book of Mormon cast performed I Believe.  We loved the humor and the idea of seeing the musical.  When we found out that it was coming to Omaha, we knew we were going to go.  

This weekend was the show.  We dropped Monroe off in Lincoln and drove to Omaha for our weekend away.

Before the show, we went to dinner at M's Pub.  Our entrees were both delicious, but the Creme Brulee was the best part.

We would highly recommend this restaurant to everyone.

Then, we walked to the Orpheum Theater.

We were so excited.
From the moment the show started, we were laughing.  There was seriously not a dull moment.  If you don't know anything about the musical, it was written by the writers of South Park.  It makes fun of the Mormon religion and any/everyone else it can make fun of.  The humor was not exactly clean humor, but we went into the show knowing this.  Not only was the show funny, but the acting, vocals, and music were amazing.  We were blown away by it all!

After the show, we met up with the Fongs.  They are good friends of ours from Hastings that we didn't know were going to be there.  We went to Roja and talked and laughed about the show.  

The next morning, we enjoyed sleeping in and taking our time getting back to being parents.