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we've had an eventful past couple of days! let's break it down, shall we?

friday: we picked brian up from work around 3 and headed up to appleton. got up there, changed clothes, dropped abby off in menasha, and headed out right away to meet my parents for dinner. we had an AWESOME dinner at koreana...i ate more than i ever have there before and felt very comfortably full. i had vegetable tempura and a california roll, as well as the yummy fish cake side dish and a little bit of kim chee. soooooooooooooooo good that i want to eat it all again right now. :) after dinner, we went to my parents' house to take a quick pre-emptive bathroom break, and then drove downtown to the PAC for the lion king. the show was fantastic...made brian, my mom, and me all teary-eyed at the beginning with its awesomeness. some voices weren't great, but for the most part everyone was good. afterwards, we went back to menasha and went to bed.

saturday: got up and roy made waffles and sausage...yummy stuff. we hung out there for a while, and then around 10 went over to my parents' because they hadn't seen abby yet. we played outside there for most of the rest of the morning, and abby potted a couple of flowers with my mom...she likes the part where you put the dirt in the pot. not so interested in the flowers, just the dirt. :) had lunch, and then got on the road back home so brian could get to work on time at 3. the rest of the day was not interesting. :)

sunday: abby and i got up and went to church this morning. we had the service outdoors today and all went pretty well...the only problem was that it was pretty windy, so i had some issues keeping the music on the piano. :) after church, we came home to change clothes, and then got right back in the car to meet jenny and adam and mason and lily at brat fest! we had a good time at brat fest...it was super-crowded because it was such a nice day, but we found a table just fine. after that, we came home for "nap time" and then went back out to borders to return some books. so, just miscellaneous errands. now we're home and in for the night. abby was SO tired that she had no control over herself after we got home from borders, and now she's up there, not sleeping, singing 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed. sigh. maybe she'll sleep late tomorrow.

so, overall a great weekend! we're headed back to brat fest tomorrow, and then it'll be back to the grind on tuesday.

funny things abby said in the car: after she finished a book, "the end thank you for reading me!" as we passed a train, she started naming the train cars, "hopper cars! box cars! tanker cars!" we were mystified but then asked my dad whether he taught her that, and it turns out he had. he also taught her about pulp cars. after she named the cars, she said, "oh, and a little baby one!" don't know what she meant by that.