Week 3 of summer vacation was the busiest one yet. I spent the first half of the week cleaning the house, cleaning the carpets, doing laundry, watering flowers/garden, and going to the gym. On Thursday of last week, I headed to Wisconsin for 5 days to see my family and friends. Talk about busy!! I got home yesterday and need a vacation from my vacation, but don't have time. I need to get the house cleaned back up again because my parents will be here on Saturday!
My time spent in Wisconsin was certainly memorable. Last Friday night, I went with a friend of mine to Country USA - it is a HUGE music festival that goes for 5 days. My godfather is a DJ on the country radio station that sponsors Country USA and was able to set aside two reserve seat tickets for me. I wanted to go on Friday because my favorite group, Rascal Flatts, was headlining that night! One thing you should know - it rained everyday in Wisconsin last week. The rain finally stopped late Thursday night so the Country USA grounds were nothing but mud and standing water (I don't believe I've ever see so much mud and so much mud on everyone)! I wore my dad's knee high mud/rain boots and they were mud about 3/4 of the way up! The grounds were so wet and muddy that we had to park off site and get shuttled in. The campers got pulled out by a local farmer with his tractor when the festival was done. Luckily the reserved area where we sat was gravel. Anyway...once my friend and I got there, we met up with my godfather in the Y100 Country Club tent to chat and see if he was able to get meet & greet passes for Rascal Flatts. He was unable to do that. However, when Rascal Flatts came into the Country Club tent around 10:30 that night to do their quick interview, my godfather let me inside the gated area to take pictures. I was about 5 feet away from them! When the interview was done and since my godfather and I were pretty much the only 2 in this area, I was able to high five them and shake their hands! It was FUN! Then my godfather took me behind the scenes where all the artists that were at Country USA that day autographed various items (t-shirts, guitars, album covers, etc.) and gave me an autographed Rascal Flatts t-shirt! Talk about an experience!
The next day, Saturday, I was off to the Badger State Games to watch my 9 year old nephew swim. He was hoping to place in the top 3 of his swims that day, but since he is one of the younger and smaller 9 year old's in the 9-10 year old division, he kept taking 4th or 5th. If he placed in the top 3 that would qualify him for Nationals out in San Diego in August. He left the Games that day disappointed, but happy knowing that all of his times qualified him for state at the end of July. Saturday night my parents and I went to a local place for yummy calzones and then to my sister's place. Sunday morning we were back up bright and early to go back to the Badger State Games to watch my nephew swim again. In his first two races he came in 4th and 5th again. His final race was the 100 meter butterfly which he'd never swam before. With a time of 1:37:24 he came in 3rd place qualifying him for Nationals!! Everyone was shouting and jumping for joy! He will get to swim at Nationals in San Diego in August! I was so proud of him and so excited that I was home to see it. After swimming, I met up with a great friend of mine for lunch outside along the Fox River. It was wonderful! I did a little shopping afterward and headed back to my parents house. When I got home, the plan was to go boating (me, my parents, brother's family, and sister's family) on Lake Winnebago and then eat dinner together at a place on the lake. However, my sister's boat decided not to work when they got to the loading dock! So, we turned around and went back to my parents for dinner instead. It was so nice to spend time with my brother, sister, their spouses, nieces, nephews, and parents! Monday morning I finally got to sleep in a bit and then went to the mall for a little shopping. When I got home, it was time for a quick dinner and then off to see my nephews play baseball. I got to see my 9 year old nephew (the one that I watched swim all weekend) pitch a half an inning and then it was off to another venue to watch my other nephews. My 10 year old nephew had some great hits and great stops as a catcher. My 13 year old nephew hit an in the park home run!!! His first ever and I was home to see it! We celebrated with ice cream afterwards! Tuesday morning, my parents made a nice breakfast, I said good-bye to everyone and then it was off to the airport to come back to Colorado. I'm home now doing lots of laundry and getting the house back in order for my parents to come on Saturday. More than likely my 6 year old niece will be coming along with them! FUN! Pictures of my adventures will come soon! Hope all of you are enjoying your summer break as much as I am. I really need to get on top of ordering a few things for school this week too!!
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