New Years Weekend

It was quite the New Years Weekend for me. On Saturday I met up with Nate and Michel in Appleton. Then we went up to Norway, Michigan to meet Andy and Julie for some skiing. We got there around noon and had a couple of drinks. Then we went out to get in a couple of runs. Much like predicted, Michel and Julie bought lift tickets and then made only 3 runs all day. The over/under was set at 5, everyone picked the under. $30 a lift ticket, that makes $10 a run. A little expensive but then again it wasn't my money. After skiing we all drove back down to Green Bay and had dinner drinks and stayed over at Andy's parents house. Here are the pictures:

Michel, Julie and Andy in the the bar. Toasty's Bar.Here are Nate and Michel, just as much in love as the day they met.
Here is Brady, Julie and Andy's son.Here is Julie performing her parenting duties. I was on the floor playing with Brady during the evening and Julie would yell at me, "Be careful you are going to hit his head on the coffee table." Seriously, I have quite the track record of dealing with kids. It isn't like this was the first time I have been around a child. I didn't hear Brady complaining. As I recall he was actually laughing. Browny showed up later in the evening. He was in town for the Packer game. It is kind of funny how we all tie together as friends. Julie and Michel are best friends from high school. Andy went to high school with Brown, and Nate went to college with Brown. The first time Julie, Andy, Michel and Nate all went out together on a double date, Nate and Andy started talking and they quickly came across comparing Brown stories and they have been great friends ever since. A small world.

It is a trip getting together with Julie and Michel. When those two get together it is tough to handle. They talk to each other and ask each other questions and not even wait for the answer before they ask the next question. Slow down girls, I realize that you haven't seen each other in a while, but take a breath. On the drive from Michigan back down to Green Bay, Julie and Michel were in the back seat while Nate and I were in the front. Most the drive home they were showing each other pictures of their sons on their digital cameras. Every two seconds "Ooooooooohhhhhhh he is so cute." "Oooooohhh I can't wait to see him." "Ooooooooooohhhhhh look how cute he looks." I was very close to throwing those digital cameras out the window. Then every 5 minutes they would ask how much further. Here is a little tip, if you ask at 5:00 how much further it is until we get home and we say 45 minutes. When you ask 5 minutes later, if you do a little math you can figure out that it is another 40 minutes.