BLUFF-to-the-TON!

My Mother's Day gift from Brock came last weekend when he got a babysitter for the boys overnight. His original plan was to take me up to South Haven, MI. for a getaway. Well...since I decided to pay off our last credit card just before that, well, a $200 plus room @ a bed-n-breakfast didn't seem very likely!

Sooo....Plan B: Take a trip to Bluffton to spend time with some of our favorite people...Matt & JaNae!! This turned out to be thee BEST plan ever! Seriously we had an amazing time with them! (And bunked at their awesome new house...for FREE!...Can't get better than that!) Saturday evening we arrived and went out to dinner @ Billy Ann's...incredible restaraunt!...and always a must to go eat there whenever we go visit:) After dinner we did a drive around good 'ole Bluffton and looked at houses...and yes, it sure would be nice just to drop everything and move there-seriously! As we're in the house hunting process, we find out how much cheaper house prices are there! It's RIDICULOUS! We found our dream home for a dream price! Not kidding! Back to reality....very hard to leave what we got going on here!...Otherwise we'd be there in a heart beat!!

The next morning Matt & JaNae busted out a steak-n-eggs breakfast for all of us (along with country singing entertainment) before our canoe/kayaking trip! YUM!

Then....the next couple of hours were spent on the Wabash River on a beautiful morning!

Pics....

Brock all set with the canoe and kayaks:)

As JaNae and I set out on the canoe, Matt helped Brock into his kayake....oh AND this was Brock's 1st experience doing any sort of canoeing OR kayaking...he did SO good!!
Lookin' like a pro already babe!
The guys....Matt & Brock --2 peas in a pod when they are together...it's pretty great:)
And the gals...Me & JaNae (We did about a 4 mile canoe trip...)

We're trying to get this down!! ha! ha!

These guys went an extra 2 miles! Whew!

1 of many picture attempts!!

Sayin' good-bye to my favorite girl!! No tellin she's just over 3 months pregnant! Can't wait for baby Reinhard!!

Thanks again guys! You are AWESOME!! Can't wait for Rodney concert time!!

Inside jokes from the weekend that Matt & JaNae will appreciate:

*In much need of sweet-n-sour, fruit, soup and mushrooms!

*MGR's!!

*we'll never forget the "sexy hand"! HA!

*the #1 & #2

*Brock: "Push me, I'll peddle!"

*small town= beverages & lawmowers & 4 firetrucks!!

*nothin' like 5 trips to the parent's house

*There's a Target in Bluffton, right?? Wrong!

*Salmon--> good for Linz...BAD for JaNae!

*Window peepers:)

*baby names!

*Matt:"Oh we'll just move it. That way they'll have to get off the sidewalk if they want to steal it."!

*Linz:"So the Jack of Clubs is WHAT?!"

*Linz's Euchre lessons...enough said!

*Matt's decorating...NUF said too!

*JaNae: "Baby on Board"! Good story:)

*"Do you want me to get out and move it back?..."No I'm about to get out and sign my name on it and leave it as a souvenir!"