Six Month Anniversary

On Tuesday, Eric and I celebrated our 6 month anniversary.  It was a really great night!

We started off the evening getting dressed all fancy.  Eric has always wanted me to curl my hair.  I kept telling him that my hair is heavy and it is just going to fall out so it is not even worth it, but for our six months I decided to curl it for him.  So I started to curl my hair and it was looking pretty good but by the time Eric got to  my house to pick me up (an hour after I started to curl my hair) it had already started to fall out...a lot!  He still loved it though and wants me to do it more often.  Unfortunately I cannot get up an hour earlier every morning just to do it so I will just save it for special occasions.  

Anyways, we went to a restaurant called Sanford's.  It is a really fancy restaurant in downtown Milwaukee.  We got there a little early so we had to wait, but we were welcomed very kindly and hospitably. We were seated finally and were given menus.  Let me tell you, I think this place was a little fancy for me and Eric, but we definitely enjoyed the experience.  I ordered beef tenderloin with puréed Yukon potatoes and some greens.  Eric had elk.  Yes elk!  I could not believe he was going to eat elk, but I admired how adventurous he was.

Our meals began with a really small dish of mustard seeds and tuna which was prepared by the chef to clear our palates.  We then got a warm role which was so yummy.  During this time our waiter was always present, removing the dishes we no longer needed and making sure out table was clean.  We also had bread sticks on the table which me and Eric didn't realize we're edible at first.  Oops! But we ate them after seeing another table eat them...they were pretty good.  We received our main course which was so scrumptious.  Eric enjoyed the elk.  I tried a piece and it really was not bad.  After we finished our meal, our waiter cleared the table again.  Our place was cleared of any crumbs which was a really interesting thing to see.  They used what looks like a metal scapula I used in chemistry classes.  It was kind of entertaining really.  We were then offered an after dinner beverage. Around this time the lights in the restaurant began to flicker and all of a sudden the power went out.  There were about five other parties in the restaurant.  These groups were either just beginning their experience at Sanford's or just finishing their appetizers.  Unfortunately for them, they were not able to eat their main course at Sanford's. WE Energies informed the restaurant that the electricity would not be on for 1.5 hours.  There was no air in the restaurant, so it began to get really hot, and the dinners could not be finished.  Me and Eric were not able to get our desserts or order the cappuccinos we wanted after dinner.  However, we did get free Perseca and got a couple desserts from the chef himself!  He was very nice and everyone continuously apologized for the inconvenience. It was really not bad for us at all...we got to finish our meals minus the planned desert of German Chocolate Cake and Almond Ice Cream!  I was really looking forward to the Almond Ice Cream.

Beef

Elk

Next me and Eric went to sit in a park downtown which had a nice view of Lake Michigan. It was really beautiful and special.  It was so nice to just be together, hold each other, and just talk. Eric spotted this cute little bunny.

Can you see it?

We ended the night with some ice cream at coldstones.  We sat outside and ate the ice cream.  Eric and I had a wonderful night and I couldn't  be any happier. I also cannot wait to see what the next 6 months has in store for us!

Boom!!! Movies movies movies.

Eric and I had plans to see Fireworks for the 4th of July. On July 3rd we went down to the lakefront to watch the fireworks. Here is a picture of them.

Yup this picture is right.  The only thing we could see was the fog in front of us.  The light you see in the picture is from a street pole.  It was a little sad.  But me and Eric made the best of it and sat at the park for al little while.  It is always a good time when we are together.

On the fourth, Eric had to work until 5:30, but when he was done working he came over to the family party we always have on the fourth.  It was a good afternoon once again. Eric seems to be more comfortable around my family which is nice. He really has no reason to be nervous anymore.  My family gives us a lot of crap, but we put up with it.  We got to see fireworks this night.  It was the first time I watched fireworks sitting on a blanket with my boyfriend.  It was definitely a night that I will never forget.

Like I said, me and Eric have seen a few movies in the last month.  I hope I can remember them all for you.

Star Trek: this was pretty good.  I have no complaints about it.  Definitely was just as good as the first one...even though I don't remember the first one. My mom assures me that we did see it though so I guess I have to trust her.  She usually is always right, but don't tell her I said that.

The internship: this was really funny.  I really enjoyed this movie and would definitely watch it again.  I would love to know if google headquarters actually looked like that!

Despicable me 2: so fricken good.  I love those little minions.  And Agnus is such an adorable little girl. This movie was just as good as the first! 

I know there is at least one or two more that I am forgetting about and I cannot remember them at all.  They must not have been that great then huh?

Museums, theme parks, concerts...oh my!

Well to continue the story of Eric's and my life, I have to figure out what event came after the wedding.  I honestly don't remember which order these events came in but we did all of them in the past month.  Eric and I have seen a few movies during this time, but I will tell you about them at the end.

Six Flags!
Me and Eric have been talking about going to six flags for awhile now, so we finally went. I love six flags and the fear and thrill of roller coasters.  We got up really early the day we went and headed down to Gurnee Illinois at 8 o'clock in the morning.  Eric brought me coffee, which was so sweet.  He knows me so well and definitely knows I need my coffee in the morning.  When we got there, we had to wait about 30 minutes before the park actually opened.  When we walked up to the park, and one of the workers took a couple of pictures of me and Eric. Well guess what!? We forgot to look at the pictures before we left the park, so I have no pictures from six flags.
Eric kept telling me that he was going to scream like a girl on the rides, and I was so ready to go there and laugh at him a little. The first ride we went on was Eric's favorite ride...THE VIPER! I sort of dislike wooen roller coaster, but I ended up really enjoying this one, it is not as shaky as American Eagle.  As we boarder the coaster (the last row by the way) and took off, me and Eric were leisurely talking and all of a sudden the first drop comes.  All I hear is Eric say..."This is a lot steeper than I remember!" in a half talking, half screaming kind of voice.  It was pretty funny. We then went on my favorite ride, RAGING BULL!  I love this ride.  We sat in the back of this ride too and it was great.  Eric had been telling me that he wouldn't put his arms up, but he did way better than I did.  I am pretty sure he held his arms up all of the time.  I on the other hand, only put my arms up on the safe areas where we weren't dropping hundreds of feet.  We went on all of the popular rides including, American Eagle, Demon, X-factor, and Superman ( I think I may be forgetting a few of them).  X-factor is a new ride, which was really fun. It is designed as if you are on the wings of a fighter plane.  You are flying through the coaster twisting, and turning on the side and upside down.  There is one part where it feels like you are going to hit the sides of the track of the coaster, but you don't.  It is pretty scary, however.  It was Eric's first time on Superman.  It was really funny cause he didnt know what to expect.  On the first drop all I hear to my right is "oh shit!" I think it was the first time he was scared all day!  Well, we stayed at six flags until about 2 I think. We then headed back to the Milwaukee area and went to Mayfair Mall.

Build a Bear
Eric took me to Build A Bear.  I have been wanting to go there for a long time because I discovered that they had a Marine Corps. outfit!  So we went and Eric picked out a really cute bear.  He stated he liked it because is has bushy eyebrows like he does.  For the record I never thought Eric had bushy eyebrows, but the bear was pretty perfect! Eric was like a little kid in the shop.  He was walking around and looking at all of the clothes.  He made sure the bear had the right amount of stuffing and made sure he got a bath.  He even picked out a doctor scrub outfit, and I had to remind him that it was suppose to be a bear that looked like him, not me.  We named him Sgt. Fuzz and he is adorable.  He even likes Starbucks, just like Eric!


Milwaukee Public Museum
Eric and I went to the museum one day.  It was a lot of fun.  We walked around and saw a lot of the exhibits we saw many times when we went to the museum with school as kids.  But there were a few new exhibits that we saw as well.  They were very interesting and fun to look at.  We went into old world wisconsin first which is one of my favorite part of the museum.  Eric found a new friend there!

 Aren't they cute!? I think the one on the left is super cute!  We also went into the butterfly exhibit. I kept flinching int he exhibit because the butterflies kept flying close to my face.   We saw this really pretty blue butterfly in there and I made Eric take a picture of it for me because I was too short to get a good shot.

So Pretty!

 Eric and I then went to a Chinese Restaurant down town, went down by the lake and relaxed, and also went and saw a movie.  It was a really wonderful day spending time with my man!

Summerfest
Eric and I went to summerfest a couple of times.  We went the first night and we saw Kip Moore! He is a country artist who sings mine and Eric's song: "Hey Prett Girl."  When me and Eric first started dating, he heard this song and sent me a YouTube link if it.  He told me that the song reminded him of me!

Here is the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7gjwS13smI

The concert was great and a lot of fun!  We also met Eric's friend Jaclyn and her boyfriend Kevin.  I really like Kip Moore...I think he is my favorite country artist right now.

Us at Kip Moore

The next Saturday, Eric, Colin, Jaclyn and Kevin went to the Craig Morgan concert.  I didn't really know Craig Morgan very well, but I did recognize some of his songs.  I had a really great time and we had really good seats at this concert.  Eric said the concert wasn't bad, but he has seen better.  I thought it was really good! Here is Craig Morgan:

 

Well that is all that I think I can write for now. I will update you all on all of the movies Eric and I have seen, and the new TV series Eric got me to start watching.  I will tell you about the 4th of July as well.  Tomorrow is mine and Eric's 6 month Anniversary.  I cant believe it has bee six months, but it has been the best six months of my life!

Well It has been awhile...

I am sorry everyone for the delay in posting.  It has been a crazy month...I don't even know where to begin to explain.

First off I would like to say how happy I am that I had Eric in my life this past month. If he was not a part of it, I am really not sure what I would have done.  He makes me so happy and helped me take my mind off of all of the stress and chaos.  Thanks Babe!

So there have been many things that me and Eric have been doing this past month.

June 6-8th

One of Eric's friends who he served in Afghanistan with was getting married and Eric was invited.  We spent the whole weekend together.  We drove up to Fox Hills Resort in WI for the wedding.  On our way up we stopped at a brewery restaurant which had pretty good food.  Eric always eats nachos, and this meal was no difference.  The nachos were huge!

Eric presenting his nachos! Isnt he cute!
(oh and that is root beer btw, not beer...Eric was driving)

So when we finally made it to the resort, we got our own condo and had a fabulous weekend.  It was so nice to have the time alone together which we haven;t gotten since I graduated college.  Friday night we walked around the resort and seen what they had to offer.  We played miniature golf, and I kicked Eric's butt!  He was really bad at the at the ant mound hole, with the hole at the top of the mound.  I think he was winning before this hole, but my mad putting skills won in the end! Saturday we got up and went to a small coffee shop in the small little Hick Town we were in (Eric knew I needed my coffee).  They had ALOMOND flavoring for their latte's, this is mine and Eric's favorite!  We were really excited and we also had belgian waffles for breakfast which were pretty good as well.  It was a pretty epic moment to find Almond flavored coffee, so I had to document it.  FYI: Starbucks does NOT carry almond.

We realized the night before that Eric had forgotten black socks.  Now we all know you cannot wear white socks with a black suit so we set out looking for a place that sold black socks.  Let me remind you...We are in a very small town with no grocery store of Walmart or any of your normal convenience stores.  So with no luck Friday night, we had to leave time to go get black socks in the town, about 10 minutes away from the resort where the wedding took place.  Luckily, we found a nice little old store that had black socks...which were $10 for one pair! I know crazy!  But I dont think Eric will Ever forget black socks again.

Us Ready for the Wedding

So we headed to Rauch's wedding.  It was so nice to meet some of the guys Eric served with. They were slighty loud and a little obnoxious at the beginning of the weeding, but it was quite funny and entertaining.  We all had a really great time and the wedding and reception was beautiful.  Me and Eric danced and had a few drinks.  We talked a lot with his friends and it was nice to hear some of the stories they had.  I really got along with all of the guys. I danced with Rauch and he was really nice.  He told me that Eric was a great guy and that I should be nice to him because he picked on him a lot when they were roommates overseas.
I think one of my favorite parts was the pen dance...let me explain.  Eric has this blue pen as pictured below.  As you can see it has some wear and tear, and has a slight curve to it.  He carries this blue pen around a lot and I didnt really know anyone else knew about this pen...But all of the guys did!  Eric did not have the pen at the wedding, but we sure picked on him a lot about it...Sorry babe.  The pen dance is hard to explain, but it is pretty funny....kind of on the line of the lawn mower or the sprinkler dance moves we all know and have tried.

Mittens

Well the wedding was a great time, but now me and Eric know we need other vacations.

Events occurring later in June. To be continued shortly!