What a weekend! We left Friday for Michala and Travis's wedding at a beautiful winery in Glenwood, IA. As we were walking up the steps to the winery someone said, "If you hurry you will see the skydivers." Uh, what?! Several guys actually skydived into the wedding, how awesome is that! To top it off, one of the guys was wearing a kilt. Skydiving into a wedding is one thing, but while wearing a kilt takes it to a whole new level. Kilt-wearing-skydivers is an elite club!
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| Pure awesome! |
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| Kilt wearing skydiver! |
After the skydiving excitement we enjoyed the h'orderves and wine from the winery. The sangria was delicious! It was great to catchup with family in such a fun, relaxing venue.
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| Grandpa Guy and Justus matching |
The venue was decorated beautifully and very "fally". The card and board games were a different, fun touch. We enjoyed the food, drinks, dancing, and Uno at the wedding! Such a fun night and couldn't be happier for the new Mr. & Mrs.
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| Me: "Take a selfie with me!" Justus: see his face |
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| Me: "Seriously?! Just one picture! Justus: Cooperating! |
We stayed in downtown Omaha and greatly enjoyed the much needed Starbucks coffee in the morning. Around 11:15am we were on our way to a favorite Omaha restaurant (Upstream Brewing) to meet family for lunch. Walking out to the car I hear Justus say, "F*@$!" Then I saw it... flat rear tire with a big nail sticking out. We went to lunch and waited to fix the tire.
I love Upstream Brewery's menu, so it was hard to pick which item to get. I settled on the Tomato Basil Parmesan Soup and Falafel Sandwich. Justus got a big burger and the Gouda Beer Cheese soup! Crazy yummy! Everyone got their soup but me, so Justus asked and they brought me my soup. Soon everyone started getting their meal.... except me! Needless to say, they forgot to make my meal! As everyone was finishing up I got my food. It was delicious, but ate it way too fast. Without asking, the waitress didn't charge us for my lunch. Justus went to pay for his meal and it had been awhile since he got his credit card back. The manager arrived with his card and long story short, they messed up a bunch of the bills and the only way to fix his was to not charge his card. TWO FREE meals and a drink?! Crazy! I recommend
Upstream Brewery (don't judge it based on our one experience). Food is phenomenal and staff is very kind!
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| Love the food at Upstream Brewery |
Just wait, the craziness isn't over...
Justus worked on getting the tire off, but the darn tire wouldn't budge! We tried everything we could, even hotel maintenance tried! We finally called All State Roadside assistance. We had to sit by our car and wait an hour for "Mr.Rescue" to arrive. He was also surprised how stuck the tire was. A couple good hits with a giant rubber mallet finally got it off. In the clear right?? NO, think again! The spare was put back poorly by the previous owner. The bolt holding the spare was bent and stripped. Justus and "Mr. Rescue" shielded their faces for shrapnel as they pulled the tire out of the metal frame. FINALLY got the spare on and were on our way to the tire shop about 15 minutes away.
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| Yay for Justus! |
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| At this point no idea how big of a pain this tire was going to be. |
We called Discount Tire and asked if we could get in (they were closing soon since it was now past 4:00). They said of course! They looked at my car and decided they could repair the tire. We went to the computer system to setup the account and info and the nice worker said, "It is on us, we will fix your tire for free." WHAT?! I must have looked like a hot mess by that point. We waited the 45 minutes for them to fix our tire and were finally on our way. I highly recommend Discount Tire, so wish there was one in Des Moines. Stayed 15 minutes past closing and fixed our tire for free...that is service!
Our goal for the day was to enjoy the zoo (didn't get to do that due to the tire) and go shopping. My all-time favorite clothing store is Athleta. I have to buy their clothes online because there is not one in Iowa. There is one in Omaha, so I told Justus we must go! I was like a kid in the candy store walking into Athleta. Justus was such a trooper by letting me shop and try on the entire store for nearly 2 hours. He enjoyed the comfy chairs while reading Men's Health Magazine. The store was in a data dead zone, so he couldn't use the internet. As we were getting to leave the girls were telling Justus how good he was (made me laugh). He said he wished there was cell service in the store. That is when they clued him in they just got free wifi for the store. *Justus head drop* Poor guy! He learned an important lesson - always check if there is wifi when shopping.
Made it home safe and sound. I was inspired by the Tomato Basil Parmesan Soup we had at the restaurant in Omaha. Sunday I went to Trader Joe's to get ingredients to recreate the soup. I also picked up some Gouda and Asiago bread to make open-faced grilled cheese. It turned out great! Will definitely keep making this.
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| New favorite! |
That is the extent of our weekend. Memorable, fun, and a lot of lessons were learned!
