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The (2nd) Big Snip

Yesterday, Alex went in for his 2nd big snip. As you know, his first vasectomy, last June, was not successful and we found out in January we were expecting again. The doctor recommended doing the entire procedure again as he was still functioning normally 7 months after the first procedure.

So, yesterday afternoon we made the trip to the doctor’s office, Alex all nice and calm thanks to the valium the doctor had prescribed. During his last vasectomy, I left the procedure room since I had Ellie along with us. This time however, I stayed for the entire thing! I had to make sure things were snipped, tied, double knotted and burned because I AM NOT about do this whole pregnancy/baby thing again—5 kids is more than enough for us!

Yes, there he is, in all of his glory, waiting for the procedure to start. Between the amount of valium in his system and the entire bottle of lidocaine the doctor used to numb the procedure area, he did very well and I have to say, he complained less about the pain this time then he did the first time!

He was so calm and relaxed he laid there and played cribbage on his phone for a lot of the procedure!

I even rewarded him afterwards with ice cream, video games and the house to himself while I took the kids swimming at my parents house.

Alex has already been informed that he will have to have at least 2 negative samples after this procedure before I let him anywhere near me again.

Actually, I might make that 3!

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Father’s Day 2013

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Yesterday for Father’s Day, we spent the entire day together as a family. We started the day off by loading up the van and heading to Point Beach State Park to soak up some sun and have fun playing on the beach and in Lake Michigan.

Everyone had an absolutely blast! This was also Ellie’s first time at the beach and she did a pretty good job playing the role of beach bum. She really enjoyed playing in the sand and dipping her toes in the water. I’m sure if the lake would have been warmer she would have enjoyed the day even more!

After our time at the beach, we drove into Two Rivers looking for a place to enjoy a late lunch and stumbled upon the Two Rivers Family Restaurant. We were so happy to find a place that had a great menu and was within the budget for feeding 6 people. Lunch was great, we laughed, filled our bellies and enjoyed being together.

Once we were done with lunch and all loaded back up we made our way back to Green Bay, made a few pitstops, including one by my dad to deliver his gift before heading home to take a break and rest up for dessert and dinner.

Yes. Dessert and then dinner.

Alex took a little nap, the kids and I chilled out and then the inlaws popped over for a quick visit.

Once everything was settled down we made a plan to head to Frāluz Frozen Treats, a new fro-yo and custard shop in DePere. We were all happy with our decision and we had some of the best fro-yo, custard and sorbet EVER! We will definitely be going back for more!

The nice thing about having dessert first is that it made it easier to decide what we wanted for dinner since Papa Murphy’s Pizza was right nextdoor. So, after scarfing down dessert, we grab some pizzas, stopped at the store for some root beer and came home to stuff our faces and then enjoy the rest of our night.

All in all, it was a very successful Father’s Day and we all had a great time!

Hopefully next time I can get a pick with Alex with all of the kids!

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The 2013 NFL Draft Starts Tomorrow…..

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As I’m sure many of you know, we are huge football fans around here. Tomorrow, the 2013 NFL Draft will kickoff and for the next 4 days, we will be tuned in to it. This year however is much different for us. This year, we are praying to hear one name be called. This year we want to hear Mike Taylor from Wisconsin goes to……

after those words, I’m not real picky as to what is said but I wouldn’t complain if it was the Green Bay Packers.

Why does this matter so much to us?

Mike Taylor, he’s my cousin.

He’s a badass ball player and he deserves to play in the NFL.

I’m not just saying that because he is family.

He has the stats to back it up.

The boy is dedicated.
He works damn hard.
And he is one hell of a fighter.

So if you have a moment, wish my cousin Mike good luck!
(And please, have a few drinks for me to calm my nerves!)

Good luck Mike, we are all cheering for you!!