Happy Friday!

Somehow, this week has gone by so quickly! IT'S FRIDAY. Woohoo!

I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend of Brett Farve breaking the all time passing touchdown record. I will be watching it on the TV but Mike will actually be at the game. Go Brett!

One other mildly exciting note - after today, I will be 1/8 of the way towards finishing my MBA with a GPA of 4.0. How sweet is that?

Our Trip to Mecca

Ok - so if you wasted your time watching the Vikings on Sunday - I'm sorry to hear that. You would have enjoyed the Packer's game so much more. What an amazing game! The Pack came out with a big win and Brett Farve has tied the record for the most passing touchdowns in history. Look for him to break that record against the Vikings this coming weekend!

If you're not familiar with our normal Packer game day routine - this is how it works. On game day we wake up at 3am in order to be on the road at 4am. The drive is about 5 hours long. We get to Green Bay in time to drink our breakfast (Bloody Mary's) in our reserved parking spot. We enjoy a morning of tailgating. Our usual fare is Beer Brats with a beer chaser, chips, dip, cheese, crackers, and cookies. We go into the stadium a few minutes before game time where we load up on beer and roasted almonds (my favorite!) We enjoy the game then head back to our tailgating spot where we chill out for about an hour. With all the fans leaving the stadium, you can't drive on the streets anyway. Then, we get in the car and head for home. With all the post game traffic, the drive home takes about 6 hours. We usually get home at about 10 PM and collapse into bed!

Mike got this great shot of the Packer's first touchdown of the game:




My parents stayed at our house with Madison while we went to Green Bay (THANKS AGAIN, guys!) - they took her to an apple orchard where they ate apples, learned about apple trees and bought a pumpkin! I think Madison had as much fun as we did! Mom emailed this great picture of Madison eating an apple - my heart stopped when I saw it as it looks like she is two steps from falling onto the I-90 bridge over the Mississippi!

SO BUSY!

My posts have been few and far between lately. I appologize. My current MBA class, although quite an easy class, is a lot of work and is taking away from my blogging time!

We have been really busy around our house - took one last camping trip last weekend. We had fun but it was COLD! It was a mere 28 degrees on the first morning. Madison loves camping, but due to the cold weather, she was a very unhappy camper that morning. She and I ended up going to McDonalds to warm up and to eat yogurt (her favorite!) and chocolate milk. We stayed there for about an hour so her crying about her cold hands wouldn't wake up our fellow campers. It was a fun little mother-daughter side trip!

We're looking forward to the big Packers Vs. Chargers game at Lambeau Field this weekend. Madison will be staying home and her Grandma and Grandpa Tigue will be staying with her. They are hoping to bring her to a pumpkin patch and apple orchard - I'm hoping her Grandma will take some good fall pictures!

So far the Pack is undefeated - can't say that about the Vikings!

Look for Lambeau Field (Mecca) pictures next Monday or Tuesday!

NO! I love YOU!

Madison: I yuv you, Mommy.
Mommy: Ah, Madison, I love you too!
Madison: NO! I yuv YOU!
Mommy: But I can love you too.
Madison: I YUV YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wish I had a picture to go with this. We have "I Love you" wars in the car all the time.

Life is good when all you have to fight about is who loves who more.

Another cute variation of this war (much to Mike's chagrin) is:

Mike: Madison, I love you.
Madison: NO! I yuv Mommy!

In other news, our entire household was struck with the Plague over the weekend and we had to cancel our labor day weekend camping plans. Hopefully we are now plague free. Fingers crossed.