Moments 10 24 :: Week 02

We meet up with Leif + Mel at Room Service. Had been looking forward to this for awhile and it did not disappoint.

How gorgeous are these royal flower dumplings? The filling was sweet-salty radish and peanut. It was surprising and amazing.

This is the Samurai Signature hand rolls. 

Overview of our table. We also had a few other dishes. It was such a fun place. Delicious food. Amazing presentation. 

On Saturday, the Cardinals played Kalamazoo College, and Cole got to play against old soccer friend from Bavarian, Darius. 

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After the game, we celebrated Pam + Matt's birthdays at Third Street Market Hall along with Mackenzie, Patryk, Ian, Claudia, Leif and Mel. Such a fun and funny night. The place was packed! So great to see.

I have a million photos of this view, but I love it so much.

Little lady got to take her cone off on Wednesday. She's doing great and her eyes are looking really good. Pathology report came back benign (non-cancerous) too, which was expected but a relief of course. 

Moments 10 24 :: Week 01

Brian's sense of humor. I find it pretty funny too. Thanks for the catalog Evereve. 

We made it Oktoberfest again this year. My gosh, we used to spend every weekend here. Such fun memories.

Love the signage they have. 

Another good one. This is actually what I had to eat, and it was delicious.

We were there with my CrossFit friends. The Feigling shots were a hit too. I'm not sure anyone else knew what they were, but everyone who tried them thought they were delicious. Brings Brian and I back to our our Delmonhorst street festival days when we visited friends there. 

Saturday night the NCC Cardinals played at Carroll University in Waukesha. It's always fun for him when he has a little cheering section.

Cole and his roommate JP with the gang. The game ended in a draw, but Cole (and JP) played a great game. Unfortunately, Cole got taken out and landed on his back so had to come out in the 72nd minute. He was pretty laid up the next couple of days.

Cousins. 

Cole got to spend less than 24 hours at home afterwards before Brian and I drove him back to Naperville. We just hung out eating snacks late night after the game, watched some English Premiere League soccer the next morning, went to the Farmer's Market -- and did a lot of this. Fall is a busy time of year for him with soccer and school. The kid is exhausted. Loved having him home for a few hours. 

Van Duke soaking up some rays. He found the one little spot the sun was pouring in.