jen's visit!

my sister was surprised with a birthday weekend to come visit me! it was like a gift to me too! thank you, ron! we vowed to exercise everyday and eat very clean! on friday we walked around lake calhoun and then had delicious fish tacos at the tin fish.
fried cod taco. amazing. huge. we also shared a glass of red wine.

happy hour at loring kitchen and bar.

there we are in the window! i finally got to be one of the people i'm jealous of when i'm taking tinsley for a walk or finishing up playing at the park across the street.

natalie entertained herself by swinging on this chain. LKB is probably happy we don't go there too often!

after happy hour we got massages at the aveda institute!
saturday morning we went back to the aveda institute and got facials. then walked to a coffee shop and had lattes and a scone. next were mimosas and fried mozzarella at the bulldog northeast.

we went and saw sex and the city downtown and then came back to punch for amazing neapolitan pizza.

and they have a punch card (ha ha) when you buy 6 pizzas you get the 7th free. that will be easy!

this face of mine was only the first of many times i made this expression this night. when we were at the coffee shop we saw that kris allen (american idol winner a couple seasons ago) was going to be playing at a small venue right by our place. we thought it would be funny to check it out! the tickets said no cameras and being the rule follower that i am, we took these pics before we went and then left the camera at home. of course once we got there, everyone had cameras and was shooting away! hence the face again. and THEN, if you bought merch he would autograph it after the show. my sister bought his cd for her boys and we were the very last ones in line. not kidding you, he got up from the table right before it was our turn and did not meet us. yes, the face again.

when natalie was looking at these pictures she said, "is that aunt jen?" me: yes "who is that making a mean face?" i wish i knew how to photoshop so i could edit the cute ones of us together.

"happy birthday, aunt jen! are you going to share that with me?!"lunch and cupcakes back at the bulldog

kramarczuk's meat market also in northeast. just so JR could drool over what he wanted to throw on the grill.

needless to say, we only walked the one time and did not eat well. at all. but it was a great weekend! special thanks to JR too who watched Nat so we could go anywhere and not be on any timeframe. thanks!