Just after the relay marathon we decided it was time to take a break from training and have some fun. For Jess birthday we surprised her with a trip to St. Louis to visit her mom and Dale. Kim and I didn't tell Jess where we were going and we didn't take the normal route Jess takes to St. Louis so she was tricked almost the whole way there.... we stopped over in Campaign, IL for a night and the next morning went for a spa day before finally ending up at Jeanne's house for the weekend... it was a great weekend of fun, food and friends - many thanks to Jeanne and Dale for having us. My favorite part was when Jess was looking at her phone and missed the giant road sign saying go this way to St Louis :-) Kim and I held our breath the entire time but she never looked up....
Jeanne's awesome theatre room - MSU v UofM Game
A visit with the horses - we even got to see Ace a horse Jess had when we were kids
After the St. Louis weekend it was time for a belated birthday gift for Kim - she wanted a built in bench for seating and storage in her Kitchen so the 3 amigo's
I think this is a real smile not a fake one - so far things were going good...
hmmm.... I think we revisited this a couple times
Day 2, some mistakes and re-do's but looking good!
Approval by Natalie
and Abby
The finished product - Kim will have to get us a picture with the cushion and the painted heat grate but pretty good I think - it even opens for storage... we won't be quitting our day jobs but in all it was a success and no injuries to report!
Happy Birthday Kim & Jess
