Newest House Repair...

I am so proud of my husband! He is not usually the champion of anything that has to do with being handy. After my meltdown yesterday about our disposal leaking all over again, he replaced it perfectly today!!! He went to Home Depot at 6am, while I was still sleeping, and purchsed a new garbage disposal. By the time I woke up at 8am, he the whole thing almost completely installed! It works perfectly and there are no leaks! He is awesome.

Fall 2009~October 10 & 11

10/11/86~HAPPY 23rd BIRTHDAY BROTHER

Erin, Kim, & I

Erin, Kim, & I ran the Breast Cancer 5K on 10/11/09. These are the people we ran for. I ran for my Grandma Middleton who just finished up her breast cancer treatment.

Nick icing his ankle

Nick sprained his ankle! How did he do that you might ask... Well, he decided to wake up really early on Saturday morning. He went out for a walk and listen to his podcast because he was too full to run. Well, walking is too boring for Nick. So, he decided to sprint and then walk and repeat. Apparantly a young child stepped out from behind an SUV and Nick had to make a quick stop. And this is why you sleep in on Saturday morning like normal people! :0)

More Michigan vs Notre Dame Pics!

The Girard Men~Steve, Nick, & Al. This was taken right before Al got sick. We hope you feel better soon brother!!!

Tom & Leslie

Another shot of the BOX house...this was before it got too crowded.

Steve & Nick

Nick, Leslie, & I

Steve sent me his pictures from the michigan vs Notre dame Tailgate! Here are a few...

Michigan vs Michigan State

Nick is not feeling so great today either :(

I don't know what I did at the gym this week, but my foot feels like it did when I was training for the marathon last year. It was miserable. I hope I don't have to wear this again!

Michigan vs Notre Dame~September 2009

Al was happy after the game

Final scoreboard

After the touchdown

The student section

The band

The boys are back in town...and at the BOX

We went to see the team head into the locker room! Here's the tunnel.

Europe~Day 11

There are no photos from day 11. We were so tired and we traveled all day. We had an AMAZING trip, but were glad to get back home.

Europe~Ireland~Day 10

We walked back to the hotel along the river

At Jameson

I am now an official Jameson Irish Whiskey taste tester!

Our tour guide

Nick at the Jameson Distillery

Jameson Distillery

We ate lunch in one of the bars and they had a traditional Irish music band

The Guinness Harp

Look how many pints this holds! Nick is up a set of stairs and this is on the ground!

Nick tasting some of the barley

Ingredient #5 Arthur Guinness and his original recipe

Ingredient #4 Water~they have a huge indoor waterfall

Ingredient #3 Yeast

Ingredient #2 Hops

Ingredient #1 Barley

These are all of the various Guinness bottles from over the years

This is the original contract for the brewery~its 250 years old this year!

We are finally here!

St. James Gate

Artistic masks on the walk to the Guinness Storehouse

Flowers on the walk to the Guinness Storehouse

Isn't it nice that they help you out with which way to look since the cars are driving on the "wrong" side of the road?!?!

Europe~Ireland~Day 9

Nick met a new friend from Liverpool. He loved talking about everything American! He was a bit crazy, as it is not even close to being St. Patrick's Day. He was also wearing St. Patrick's Day underwear outside of his jeans!

A random band playing on the street

The Temple Bar Area

St. Patricks

St. Patrick's Cathedral

They had sand sculptures outside the castle. Too bad we missed the last tour of the day.

Outside Dublin Castle

We people watched and rested here for a little bit.

Walking through Trinity College

Our hotel

This was a really funny tour of Dublin. This vehicle actually goes into the water too. All of the people were wearing Viking hats!!!

These are the nice buses that take you from the airport and drop you off all around the city. We took it to our hotel.