Saturday, April 9, 2011

Pierogi Party!

Last Saturday night, we helped celebrate our friend's 30th birthday via dinner and polka dancing at Nye's Polanaise Room in Nordeast.

A sampling of the delicious meals at our table. Yum!

This reminds me of Paul's idea on a clever name for a German Rock Band..."Krauted Haus". And you wonder why we get along so well?!?! ha!


Anyway...the night was wonderful...good food, great company and polka music. Who could ask for more?


K+P

And the honeymoon continues...

I got home tonight from a 5 day business trip to Chicago...

and saw this on the kitchen table when I walked in:

The card says "Thank You" on the front. Apparently it was the only card he could find in the closet but I'll give him 10 gold stars for being resourceful as his copy on the inside played in nicely with it....

Front: Thank You!


Inside: ....for coming home. I missed you!


Good work, Paulo! I'm glad to be home!

K+P

Pizza Date Night!

Last weekend we were invited to Pizza Date Night with Jeff & Kerri!

Apparently no one ever told the boys that plastic produce bags don't make good accessories. Trying to toss the pizza dough in the air. The finished product! The post-its were Jeff's idea...dropping the camera in the pizza was Kerri's idea! Kendra is spelled with a "Ch" in southern MN. Paul is a rapper in southern MN. Only YOU can prevent oven fires.
Behind the scenes...Kerri's pizza heads off to the oven.
Jeff's is ready too!
Adding their fixins.
Mine is the one on the right that looks like a salad.


Not only was this super fun and delicous BUT we were sent home with parting gifts....2 more homemade pizzas to toss in the freezer for another time. "Another time" happened the following evening when we had friends over....more on that in my next post "Pierogi Party!".


K+P

Uncle Jeffrey's Surprise Party!

Mid-March, we surprised my brother Jeff with a BIG surprise birthday party! It was so much fun!

Putting on his "Birthday Boy" pin! The Vosejpkas
Crazy Brad, Kerri & Paulo
Sometimes sisters do odd things together!
The place was packed.

The spread.
Pretty ladies!

Brothers don't shake hands. Brothers gotta hug!

Fun cousins! Man of the night with Nana & Papa!

Too much fun! I can't wait until you guys throw my suprise birthday party (hint, hint). KIDDING!


P+K

Honeymoon Stop 6: St. Maarten

St. Maarten ended up being one of our most favorite stops! The water was so clear and the sand so white. Oh, and so much more...

A really cute oceanside restaurant where we stopped for a bit.
Trying to be artsy.
Love the canopies over each table.
There was tons of shopping and the streets were so quaint and colorful!
Ahhh....beautiful.
I was battling a burnt scalp...hence the headband and oversized straw hat in previous posts.
Wish we could go back! Did I mention we also visited (not partook) a nude beach. Walk fast, don't look down or up!


Well, that's it - our honeymoon in a nutshell! We had such a great time! K+P

Honeymoon Stop 5: St. Kitts

We were camera happy again...this time in St. Kitts.

Bus tour...looking at Mt. Liamuiga...a dormant volcano. El Caribe. Open air bus tour...really fun!

St. Kitts Botanical Garden.
Atlantic Ocean on the left. Caribbean Sea on the right. Newlywed couple in the middle.
More botanical gardens.
The rainforest.
This photo is for my nephew Ben...old tractor in the front, Auntie Paul to the side and a cow in the background...his favorites!
Nice stretch!
More bus tour.
It was awesome to see all these tiny homes with beautiful ocean/sea views!


1 more stop to go!

K+P

Honeymoon Stop 4: St. Lucia

Before we jump into St. Lucia...I must add that I was able to get 1 karaoke song in while on the ship...with my new friend, Jenny, from St. Francis, MN! (small world!)

Singing Taylor Swift...odd, I know. Farmer's market downtown. Mountainous terrain. Our ship!


Paul, before we got back on the ship. He wasn't feeling very good (had nothing to do with all the cocktails in Barbados!) so our time in St. Lucia was cut short.


That's vacation...sleep when you're tired, eat when you're hungry, drink when you're thirsty.


Next stop? #5.

K+P