Saturday in the Park & 4th of July

This weekend Jason and I headed to Sioux City with some friends to see a few people up on this stage!

Saturday in the Park was the name of this thing we went to...

There was lots of people...this was in the morning...it was probably 5x as many by the time the main acts were on stage.

Here are the two people we went with...Jessi and Todd.  Jason works with Todd...and they are so much alike!  I KNOW that Jason and him were brothers in a different life.

Jason and I enjoying the music...

Here is the first main act-Grace Potter.  She has an amazing voice!

And next was Cee Lo Green....

The main act was Ben Harper...he was amazing!  This was Jessi & Todd's 14th time seeing them!  WOW!  We were probably 20 feet from the stage-it was great!

The flooding in Sioux City was pretty significant...

While on our way home, we stopped at a Casey's in Sac City and noticed this little red shed across from it.  Turns out it was the World's Largest Popcorn Ball!  Yea-it was awesome!

Around the "popcorn ball shed" we found a small "old time" village!  Their was a little church and we got a picture by it. 

It was a great weekend....stay tuned for tomorrow's post about the rest of our 4th of July weekend!

What's the plan....stan?

Here is our plan for this weekend...

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Cee Lo Green

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Ben Harper

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FIREWORKS!

BIG plans this weekend people!  BIG PLANS!

Speaking of plans...

Are YOU a planner?

I am.

My lovely husband, Jason, not so much.

When i first started dating Jason, he would tell me he would be at my house to hang out or pick me up at a certain time. 

It was rarely ever that time.

It usually was AT LEAST an hour late, but I do recall being upwards of 2 hours at one point.

Anyway-he realized that being late all the time to pick me up might make me a little crabby.

And don't get me wrong, I am NOT a down to the minute planner.  Nope-not me.

But punctuality is quite important to me.  I hate being late to church, parties, my parents' house.  It just drives me nuts!

Take this weekend for instance-I am trying to firgure out what I need to pack/bring/make for camping, and also find out when I need to take off work, be ready, and when we are meeting, etc. 

Jason was very little help to me on this. 

And I was getting nervous!  What if we were late?  What if we don't bring something?  Are we driving? 

This list can go on and on and on and on...

In the end I had to find out from the other party that we are attending this weekend of fun with to get the jist of what was going on.  -By NO means is this a bad thing!  I just had to do it for my sanity!

Jason keeps me on my toes-but I am grateful that he has a laid back personality too.  He doesn't get worked up about being late, forgetting something, being in the wrong place.  He keeps a level head and is calm.

He makes me remember that no matter how much I want to be on time, with all the right crap....not everything will go just as planned.  It's taken me a long to time to come to that conclusion. 

So-here's to being a few minutes late, forgetting to pack the ketchup, and spending time making memories that will last!  Because really, that last one is all that matters!

Hopefully I will have some pics close to the ones I pulled off the internet above of the performers--->That would be pretty sweet!

Memorial Day Weekend!

Memorial Day Weekend

We went camping!  Jason and I, along with some friends went out to a campground in Frederika, Alcock Park.  It was a really nice place, it had showers, and two sets of bathrooms. 

And we had a spot right on the river!

Happy days!

Enjoying the fire...

I left early on Saturday morning to head down to see my cousin Sabrina in Peru, IA!  They were having their 4th annual fish boil!  If you want to see what a fish boil consists of, check out this link.

Sabrina and her mom, my aunt Donna!  Don't you just love Sabrina's baby belly!?

Were cute! :-)

See the pot...it's full of fish!

Boil over!!!!!

I had to snap a picture of Sabrina's beautiful crib and baby room!

Thanks for having me guys!!  Can't wait 'til next year!!

Singing in the rain!

If the weather people are right, we are going to have a slightly rainy Memorial Day weekend. 

That would be fine and all...

If we weren't planning on being outside all weekend...

and sleeping in a tent.

Jason and I have camped over Memorial Day weekend with the same group of friends for a few years now.  We have been through rain, heat, mosquitoes, a tornado a few miles from our campsite, animals, wind, you name it, we've seen it.  We've even made our own rain shelter out of a tarp, some trees, and some large branches.  The darn thing worked!

Jason LOVES to camp.  If he could live outside, he probably would.  He likes braving the elements and he is a fire bug.  Always picking, prodding, and stoking the fire to make sure that the heat is evenly being distributed...even if we are just making smores before bed.  He laughed at me when I told him that he would pee the bed if he played with fire.  My mom always told me that.  Now I have come to realize that was a hoax to keep us away from the fire...she's good.

Jason also is an excellent cleaner/organizer when he is outside.  He's that way inside too, but outside is almost worse.  He will straighten the log piles, tidy up the cooler, and set up the garbage before you have a chance to say hello.  It's crazy I tell you! 

I also might add that he is an excellent rock skipper and prides himself on seeing how many times he can make it skip over the water.  I'm not sure what his record is, you will have to ask him to show you his mad skills if you are ever around him, some smooth stones, and a large body of water.  It's quite intriguing. 

He isn't allowed a hatchet anymore when we camp.  If you know Jason you will have most likely seen him "flipping" things.  Spoons, pop bottles, plates, ketchup bottles (this one was a funny story), and whatever else he can get his hands on, including a hatchet. I hadn't met Jason when this little mishap occurred...but let's just say he has a scar to prove that flipping a hatchet is not a cool thing to do...

Food is always a huge thing to look forward to when camping...here are some of the nessecities:

Camping food:

Smore things is a must.

Eggs-for breakfast

Cheese-for everyting

Various meats-brats, burgers, steaks, chicken.

Bacon-enough said

Bread

Potatoes

and on this years menu, Scotcheroos!

The best part about camping...

-being outside.

-on a day off from work.

-seeing and enjoying the nature around you.

-being with people.

-making memories to last a lifetime.