Golfing, Swimming and Singing - 234/365

Today was a busy day. 

Jim started his day on the golf course with the boys. They played over at Avalon and had a great time! 

This evening, Jim and Reagan went over to his parents for a little cookout and swimming. Reagan just loves swimming in Sean and Barb's pool. They had a nice time. 

Nana and I were off to see Darius tonight at Blossom. We were so excited! We hadn't been to Blossom very much this year. It was nice to be back in our wrist band area and have good parking! LOL!

It was a fun day for all! 

Golfing guys

Ready for a dip!

Swimming!

Ready to rock!

Rocking Rucker!

Golf, Darius and a Lightening Strike - 180/365

Today, Jim and Greg headed off to Pittsburgh to see the Constellation Senior Players Golf Tournament that was held at Fox Chapel Golf Course. They left early in the morning and didn't get back until late evening. They love going to this tournament and seeing all their old time favorite players. Bernhard Langer ended up winning the tournament in a playoff over Jeff Sluman. They had a great afternoon!

While he was doing that, Nana, Reagan and I headed down to Piqua to visit with Ed and Pam. We were also going to take in a Darius Rucker concert! Woo hoo! 

We left first thing and got down there around 12:00. When we got there, Pam had a HUGE spread of food for us. She made awesome subs, had a cheese plate, and all kinds of other goodies. We were stuffed! 

Zach came over with Gina, so we were excited to meet her! She is such a sweetie and we are so happy for both of them. We had a lovely time chatting with them and sitting outside!

It was finally time to get going to the concert! We put Reagan in her little cowgirl outfit and were off. She looked so stinking cute! We loved it! We stopped to have a couple drinks and appetizers at "The Pub". It was a great little place, but a little slow. 

The concert was fantastic! Reagan was so good during the whole thing and was totally into it! Darius gave her two picks and kept smiling at her. It was adorable! We were in the second row, but for Wagon Wheel, the people in the first row put Reagan up there, so she could be front row for her favorite song. It was a hoot and she sang every word! It was awesome! 

At the end of the show, the drummer came over and gave Reagan a drumstick. She made out like a bandit! We had a blast!

During the show though, Jim texted with some bad news from home. When Jim got home from the golf tournament, he was flagged down by our neighbors who said we may have had a lightening strike. Our sprinkler system rain gauge on the side of the house, was in a million pieces all over their driveway. When he went around the corner, he couldn't get the garage door to go up. Inside, some things were working and others weren't. It was official, we had a lightening strike! UGH! He checked around the house to realize we lost three TV's, all DirectTV boxes, DVD player, wifi router, a stereo, phones, security system, both garage door lifts, sprinkler system, and a nightlight. What a mess! Poor Jim ended up spending the night in the house with no television or anything. We will start the replacement process tomorrow. UGH!

The first photo is Jim and Greg at the golf tournament.

Next, the yummy food Aunt Pam prepared!

Reagan ready to go!

Next, the girls at the show!

Reagan front row for Wagon Wheel!

Reagan's picks and drum sticks.

Darius Day - 59/365

It was Darius Day today! Woohoo! 

We just love Darius Rucker and really look forward to when he tours. This tour he happened to be stopping at the Covelli Center! We couldn't pass up that show, being it's practically in our back yard!

Nana, Papa, Jim and I, were meeting Ray and Jenny for a pre-concert dinner at Roberto's downtown. It's one of Ray and Jenn's favorite places, so they really wanted us to try it. It was phenomenal! The food was excellent, especially this oil and cheese they give you with their bread. To. Die. For! I could have had that just as my dinner. 

After we were all stuffed, we headed over to the arena. Darius packed it! It was great to see. We happened to have seats right across from Christy, who owned our house before us. It was a hoot! The concert was great and he played all our favorites. Even Raymond, who isn't a country music fan, enjoyed it. 

After the show, we went over to Suzy's Dogs and Drafts to meet Ron and Rachel for a drink. They were at the show, too. We chatted with them for a while and had a couple beverages. 

We finally called it a night with a trip to One Hot Cookie. We had been wanting to try this place forever, so we were making a point to go tonight! It was amazing! We got three cookies, peanut butter cup, snickers, and oreo. All three were terrific and a perfect sweet treat to close out a super fun night! 

Meanwhile, Reagan was spending the night at Grandma and Grandpa Cvetkovic's. They had a fun night playing and watching television. She likes sleeping over there. 

This afternoon, our new dishwasher came. It's amazing what can excite you at 35. I was pumped! I didn't realize how bad our old one was, until the new one came! Amazing! 

The photo of the day is a "selfie" we took at the concert.

Next, Darius...

Finally, the new dishwasher...

 

Words of Reagan & iPhone 5 - 182/365

We were getting ready to start the day, when I found Reagan in a peculiar place. We STILL have her exersaucer in our bathroom for when we take a shower. We don't put her in it that much, but we do still use it from time to time. If she is in there, she's usually playing the iPad while we get ready. Most of the time though, she sits on the rug by our tub and plays iPad. Today she was free, but when I got out of the shower, she was UNDER the exersaucer with the iPad. She loved it under there and was mad when I tried to get her out...LOL! 

 After we were ready, Nana, Reagan and I went to run some errands for Thursday. We loaded in the car and the first thing that came out of Reagan's mouth was, "Turn the Wagon Wheel on!" She has become quite fond of Darius Rucker's version of "Wagon Wheel," from his new CD. She even knows the track number! She'll say, "It's number 3!" She will listen to that song over and over again! She even knows most of the words! She asks for it every single time she's in the car, numerous times, too! It's such a hoot! 

We ended up stopping at O'Charley's for lunch today. Reagan was a little on the rambunctious/whiny side, so my mom was teasing and asked her, "Where did your mommy and daddy get you?" She replied, quite matter of fact, "Alaska!" I think she's starting to hear a little bit about the trip...LOL!

When Reagan's food showed up, I got out her spoon from the diaper bag. I had kept the little spoons from Menchies the other day, which prompted a conversation about Menchies. I had said to Reagan that day, that we should bring Jim there. Well, today at lunch, Reagan said, "We have to take dada to get yogurt! That would be helpful!" It was so stinking cute! It totally made up for the previous behavior...LOL! 

 On our way home from our errands, I wanted to stop at Radio Shack and switch out my phone. They have an awesome buy back program. They will buy your old phone and then you can purchase the new one. Usually, if your phone is in good shape, you get close to, or equal to what the new one costs! Then, you just pay the difference and your upgrade fee. It rocks! I wanted black, but they didn't have any in. The employee said he could have one at the store around 5 this evening. Jim was eligible, too, so I asked if he could get another and he said, "Sure!" 

We headed back to the house and waited for Jim to get home. When he got home, we had to go pick up his car from the shop. He was having a little trouble with it, but now, it's good as new. It was the throttle pedal or something. We don't know. We just know it's fixed! YAY! 

After we did that, I went back up to Radio Shack to do the switch out. All went smoothly and we are up and running with new iPhone 5s! They are fabulous! The screen is bigger and they are lightening fast! We LOVE them! 

The photo of the day is Reagan camped out under the exersaucer... 

The next is, Reagan and the case of her favorite CD...

And finally, our lovely new phones...