We headed down to lovely Kasson, MN for Memorial Day weekend to hang out with our good friends Broc, Laura and their little girl Ava. Friday night we hung at the house and then Saturday afternoon went to watch Broc coach the Kasson-Mantorville Komets in the baseball playoffs. Unfortunately the Komets got knocked off by Stewartville but we managed to keep our spirits up.
**Quick sidenote-in Stewartville there’s a shop called “Pure Pleasure” that had a specially made sign stating “Sexy Internet Access Now Available Here”. I’m curious as to what the difference is between regular internet access and “sexy” internet access.
Went back to Broc and Laura’s for a BBQ with their friends Ben, new mother Kim, and new parents Ryan and Holly. We brought Coors Light and Kim, Ryan and Holly brought some babies. Broc manned the grill and we had a nice assortment of delicious dead animals to choose from. After dinner Melissa managed to convince me to hold Ryan and Holly’s 4 week old daughter Maryan. Normally I wouldn’t come close to a baby that young but I gave it a shot. She’s a cutie. There’s some pics in our flickr account of me looking monumentally uncomfortable while holding her. The night ended in the garage with Broc, Laura and I sharing River Falls stories about stealing pink flamingos and nunchuck-wielding freshman named Walter.
Sunday night we headed over to Laura’s parents’ house in Mantorville. It was basically a Huntoon family reunion with us tagging along. The 4 Huntoon girls, husbands, daughters, mom and dad, and grandpa and grandma. The menu consisted of ribs, smoked chicken, cheesy potatoes, Jim Beam, and smores. We closed out the evening with a bonfire. Thanks a ton to the Huntoons for having us over. Really good time.
Some random highlights from the weekend, in no particular order:
-Ava laughing at mom doing her 80s dance
-Laura pantsing her brother-in-law Nick (twice-revealing each “side”)
-Ryan Radke drinking a can of Coke in 4.8 seconds
-Monday morning mini-marathon of the Sopranos final 3 episodes
-Eliza swinging and hitting Laura with a bag of dogshit
-Just Ava in general
So all in all a really great weekend. We love hanging out with Broc and Laura (and especially Ava). We were kind of bummed to head home on Monday. For some reason hanging out with friends, eating cheddarwursts and drinking beers is more fun than going to work.
May 28, 2008 at 5:11 p
We had a great weekend with you guys too! Thanks again for coming down to stay with us. I was relieved to see that there was no picture of Broc’s wiener peeing on the fire!
May 28, 2008 at 6:01 p
Don’t worry, I deleted all weiner pictures…
May 28, 2008 at 9:12 p
How many wiener pictures were there?
May 28, 2008 at 9:51 p
Not really sure how this works, but had to let you know that Nick and I are laughing out loud at the nice commentary you folks have posted! Laura tipped me off about this website of yours.
June 24, 2008 at 5:15 p
When you enter Stewartville from the west (coming from Spring Valley on your way to Roch) there’s a billboard stating “30 MEANS 30!” and the cops would sit on the side of the road with the radar. Wonder if they still have that?