Weekend Highlights: October 12 - 14, 2012

Weekend Highlights: October 12 - 14, 2012

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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Friday, October 12 - Sunday, October 14, 2012

This weekend was pretty laid back. I have to say I'm liking the fall a lot. We just slow down and go at a slower pace, ya know?

Friday night I had Happy Hour/Dinner with Falen & Katie. Afterwards we shopped a bit.



It's always great to catch up with friends. Sometimes life just gets too dang busy.

My sister, Kate, spent the weekend with us.

Saturday we watched 2 movies.

What to Expect

I liked this one a lot. It's so true how each pregnancy is different. And also how each couple handles it differently. Everyone in it did such a great job.

5 Year Engagement

I liked this movie, although I thought it was a little long. I'm a huge fan of both the main stars in this movie, so that's ultimately what kept me watching.

I also got Kate hooked on the Walking Dead and she ended up watching both season 1 AND 2 before she left on Sunday. The premiere was that night and she really wanted to be all caught up.

Sunday night was Walking Dead premiere night, but we went to game 1 of the Lynx series.



They made it to the finals and Wayne got tickets to the whole series. They ended up losing game 1 and ultimately lost the championship, but we all still had fun at the game.

Friday, October 19 - Sunday, October 21,2012

This weekend was pretty busy.

Friday night we had the rehearsal and dinner for my cousin Tara. I left work early and attended the rehearsal and then we all went back to the Groom's parents house for dinner, desert, gifts and conversation. It was a fun night and great to get to know Jake's side of the family. AND they live right down the road from us.

Saturday was the big day. I was the photographer for them and I had such a great day. It's always a long day and lot of work as well, but I love weddings and when the couple is close to my heart it makes it all the more worthwhile.

Sunday, we went to Wayne's cousin, Aly's, birthday party. She turned 15. It's always fun to get to see family and hang out and catch up.

Oofta. What a weekend.

Friday, October 26 - Sunday, October 28,2012

This past weekend we had some family come into town for my sister's confirmation. Friday night was spent at home relaxing and recuperating from my cold.

Saturday I went to my parents house for dinner and hung out with them and then my cousin, Nate, and his wife, Kayla showed up with their dog Wicket. He's adorable.

Sunday was my sister's confirmation ceremony.



Here is the fam.



Here are Amie's God-parents.



 Afterwards we went back to my parents house. My Mom had an early dinner for everyone with cake and ice cream. Here is Amie with both of her Grandmas.



It was a special day for us all.

Congrats Amie!

I can't believe Halloween is tomorrow. So crazy!

Happy Halloween to everyone!

Weekend Highlights

Weekend Highlights

Monday, October 8, 2012

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 Happy October and Happy Fall!

This weekend was pretty low key. I got a lot done around the house which is always a plus. I think I finished decorating for October.  I have other items for November that I will switch out and then obviously change things up in December.

I apologize for the crappy pics, but you get the idea.

Saturday morning our furnace did not start. Well, it started, but it wasn't heating. Thanks to my Dad, he came over and cleaned it enough to get it going. I informed the landlord that I think it just needs a professinal cleaning. They are coming today to do that. So happy though that we didn't have to deal with no heat.

Saturday evening we went to a benefit. Wayne hosted the live auction. It was a spaghetti dinner. So yummy and always for a good cause.

Sunday we watched football all day and I did a few more things around the house. It was a great day... the Vikings won, I got to hang out with my 2 loves, Wayne grilled the best steaks ever for dinner, new Revenge. I just love Sundays.

Now onto my randoms for the week. Linking up with Carissa from lowercase letters for Miscellany Monday.

Anyone else excited for the 6th and final season of Gossip Girl? Starts tonight!

I know I am!

Esquire named Mila Kunis "Sexiest Woman Alive"

If you know me IRL, you know I totally love her and have since That 70's Show!!

According to Entertainment Weekly and their Box office update: Taken 2' took in $18.6 million on Friday! Woo-hoo! I did not get a chance to see it yet, but my parents did and they said it was great.

Have you seen it yet? If so, I'm jealous!

I got this new watch last week. I've been looking for a round black one with just enough bling for quite some time now. Do you like?

My boss got Hailey this book over the weekend at the local Arboretum. Perfect and oh so cute!

This is one I will be putting in the "keep until she is old enough so she doesn't ruin it" pile. We also picked up her costume. She is going to be a cupcake. No pictures until the actual day though. I don't want to spoil the surprise. All I can say is it's simple and warm for the weather if we decide to go out.

I found this festive cutlery for Hailey at Target for $1 each. You can never go wrong with that.

I got to bring Hailey's first school project to work to display. It is a chick. I love having a reminder like this in my office where I can see it on a daily basis. I will be doing a more detailed post all about school soon.

Isn't it cute? I'm defnitley looking forward to more art projects. Thanks for stopping by!

Weekend Highlights: April 27 - 29, 2012

Weekend Highlights: April 27 - 29, 2012

Friday, May 25, 2012

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Friday, April 27, 2012

Wayne had an event to host Friday evening so he dropped Hailey off at my parents house for the afternoon. My sisters were planning on spending the weekend with us, so instead of me going to get Hailey, my Mom brought her home along with the girls. It was so nice to get a couple errands done and then go home, eat dinner and get my cleaning done for the week.

Once they got to my house, we just hung out for the evening and went to bed.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

It was kind of a cold/rainy day. We hung out in the morning and watched My Week with Marilyn.

I liked it a lot and I think Michelle Williams was excellent in it. She is just so beautiful in this movie.

That afternoon we ran some errands. I had to pick up a birthday cake for my Brother's 21st birthday we were celebrating that night at Babe's. We ended up having dinner at Mongos (seriously love that place) with Falen and my family. We then all went home to our respective places to get ready for the evening.

It was such a great night and I think my brother had fun!!!

Sunday, April 29, 2012

I had way too much fun the night before and was really dragging butt. I did manage to get all my chores done for the day, but it definitely took me awhile to get moving. My parents and brother came up for a bit in the afternoon to pick up my sisters, but then my Dad stayed for the WWE pay-per view that night. I love that our house is the hang-out house. So we watched the pay-per view and then went to bed!

What a fantastic weekend! How was yours?

Weekend Highlights: Hoppy Easter 2012

Weekend Highlights: Hoppy Easter 2012

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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 Friday, April 6, 2012

I left work and met Wayne at home. We had plans to take Hailey to the mall to see the Easter Bunny. I was nervous we would have to stand in a long line with waiting until the Friday before Easter, but we didn't at all. We got right in, sat her down, she smiled a big one, the photographer snapped and then away we were. She did so great and gave THE biggest smile with no tears or sign of fear one bit.




Next year might be a different story.

From the mall Wayne went home because he had to get ready to head out for the night. I went to my parents house for the first bonfire of the year. 

I ended up staying way too late. I got home and got to bed way past my bedtime. I think it was 11pm. Isn't that sad? Ugh. I'm getting old.

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Today was rainy, dark and gloomy. I took Hailey to the gym. I walked on the treadmill for a bit and read my book. Not really sure if you can call that working out, but I went. Hailey played in the Kids Stuff area with the other little ones. The rest of the day we spent some quality time just the two of us. Wayne brought home a Crunchy Roll from Crave for me for dinner. It was gone in minutes and was so yummy.

I wanted to get a movie or two watched that evening, but was still so drained from the night before that I ended up reading for a bit and then falling asleep early.

Super boring Saturday if I don't say so myself.

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Easter Sunday! We got up, Wayne did his yoga while I tended to H. We got ready and I did some things around the house before heading over to his Mom's house for Easter lunch. We ended up not eating until about 2:30pm. She made all the fixings and it was all so yummy. We skyped with Grams and wished her a Happy Easter.

Hailey's First Easter!

She loved her Easter Basket.



Who doesn't love a new outfit and some snacks!!

I thought this printable that I found online says everything about Easter, but while I'm not a fan of peeps or jelly beans, I am a fan of chocolate. That's about all the Easter candy I care about and I can get that year round whenever I like. We didn't color any eggs this year, nor did we do an egg hunt, but we plan to go all out next year definitely.

I love this poem that I found online:



Easter Joy   Jesus came to earth,
To show us how to live,
How to put others first,
How to love and how to give.   Then He set about His work,
That God sent Him to do;
He took our punishment on Himself;
He made us clean and new.   He could have saved Himself,
Calling angels from above,
But He chose to pay our price for sin;
He paid it out of love.   Our Lord died on Good Friday,
But the cross did not destroy
His resurrection on Easter morn
That fills our hearts with joy.   Now we know our earthly death,
Like His, is just a rest.
We'll be forever with Him
In heaven, where life is best.   So we live our lives for Jesus,
Think of Him in all we do.
Thank you Savior; Thank you Lord.
Help us love like you!   By Joanna Fuchs

I think it's so simple, but tells the story so nicely.

I hope all my family and friends near and far had a great Easter!

We then headed over to my parents house for an Easter/birthday dinner. My birthday is the 9th, so we had a delish dinner, too. We hung-out for awhile and ate strawberry shortcake before heading home way too late on a Sunday evening.

Overall it was a great weekend once again. I was disappointed that I didn't get any movies watched that weekend, which is a bummer because I am so behind on movies. There are so many out that I haven't seen yet.

Just a few on my list at the moment that I have YET to see:

Moneyball
Hugo
The Artist
My Week with Marilyn
Warhorse
J. Edgar

That's just to name a few. Some of those Wayne wants to see, too, others he could care less about and I will find time to watch them on my own.

Have you seen any of the above? How did you like them? What others do you recommend? I need to keep this list going.

Weekend Highlights: March 30 - April 1, 2012

Weekend Highlights: March 30 - April 1, 2012

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Since my sisters Spring Break started today, they decided they wanted to come come spend Thursday night and Friday night with us. Great, I thought. I got a babysitter.

So I met two of my girlfriends for dinner and a movie. We ate at Mongos. So good. I hadn't been there in awhile and I forgot how delicious it really was. I'm craving it right now as I'm typing.

We ended up seeing Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

 I'm not a fan of fishing, but I loved it. It's a very touching story and I cried at the end.

Saturday, March 31, 2012

I wasn't feeling the best on Saturday, so having my sisters there helping with Hailey was great. I did get to sleep in on and off until 11:30 am and then we pretty much just hung out all day. With my sisters there I had made big plans to clean, go tanning, go get my nails done, go to Target, go to the Post Office, but I basically got 2 loads of laundry done, and that was about it. Kind of a waste of a day. I ended up going to bed early because I did not want to feel gross on Sunday, too.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Today was WRESTLEMANIA day.

It's basically the Superbowl for professional wrestling and a holiday in my house. My Husband has loved wrestling forever and does a local wrestling radio show. We had invited people over and had a full house for most of the day. The big match of the night was the "Once in a Lifetime" match with John Cena versus The Rock. I'm not going to explain anything further because if you don't like wrestling, you won't care and if you do like wrestling you already know what happened. So we'll just leave it at that.

MGK performed his song "Invincible." Although the actual song features Ester Dean as the female voice, Skylar Grey was there instead. I really like the song. It was John Cena's theme song.



Flo Rida also performed. That was pretty cool.

I love this song: Flo Rida feat Sia - "Wild Ones"

Can you tell music rules my world? Overall it was a great weekend! How was yours?

Weekend Highlights: March 23 - 25, 2012

Weekend Highlights: March 23 - 25, 2012

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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I had this post ready to go yesterday, but I had to get some pics off of my camera first.

So here is my weekend recap.


Friday, March 23, 2012

After work, I went home and cleaned our house. Wayne helped, too. We were having a friend's surprise birthday party at our house Sunday afternoon and I had plans to be gone all day Saturday, so I knew I had to get it done. I never clean on Friday nights, I usually leave it for Saturdays, but that might have to change.I liked not having to clean Saturday or Sunday (minus the few touch-ups right before the party).

Even though I usually like relaxing Friday nights after a long work week, I might have to start Friday nights as cleaning nights. That way I can have the rest of the weekend off.

When do you clean and why?

Wayne left for his gig and after getting Hailey to sleep, I went to bed. I was getting up to meet my Mom at the movie theater for Hunger Games the next morning. I was so excited!

Saturday, March 24, 2012

I dropped Hails off at my parents house and we went to the noon showing of The Hunger Games.

Did you see it? Did you like it?

I was a little disappointed. There, I said it. Don't get me wrong, I loved it, and you will too, if you've read the books. If you didn't read the books, you won't get it. Plain and simple. I think most of my disappointment came from the lack of character development. I guess I just wanted more.

What did you think? 

After the movie we went back to my parents house and my Aunt Cindy and Gramma Sharon came over and we played train dominoes and ate foods. I stayed up way passed my bedtime and paid for it on Sunday.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Can you say crabby?

The Hubs had an appearance at the Mall of America, so he left me to pretty much get ready for the party all on my own. Needless to say, I was irritated + tired = one crabby Mama.

It ended up all working out. Everything was ready. People showed up. Birthday Boy showed up. We grilled, ate foods, sang Happy Birthday, ate cake and laughed. I met some new, cool people.

Overall it was a busy, but great weekend!

What did you do?

Weekend Highlights: March 16 - 18, 2012

Weekend Highlights: March 16 - 18, 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

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 Yesterday was a busy day, so I didn't get this out, but here is our weekend recap:

Friday, March 16, 2012

After work, Wayne and I decided to go to Red Lobster for dinner. I had been wanting it for a couple weeks, so we went. It was yummy and wonderful and Hailey did great and tried a couple new things. 

We pretty much got home in just enough time for Hubs to change and leave for the night. I caught up on some blogs after getting Hailey to sleep and went to bed fairly early because I knew I had  to get up to be at my Mom's friend Rachel's house for a Norwex party! Yay!

Saturday, March 17, 2012

While Hubs worked all day, Hailey and I got up Saturday morning and headed to my Mom's friend, Rachel's house for a Norwex party. If you don't know what Norwex is and want to learn more, read my post HERE! I will be doing an updated Norwex post in the next day or so!

Hailey was spending the night at my parents house (because we were having a date night), so after the Norwex party I dropped her off at my parents house. I then went to Costco and did my weekly shopping, stopped at our fave baker and ordered a birthday cake for next week, and got home and unpacked everything in just enough time for the Hubs to get off work.

Let our date night begin! We went to my fave nail salon and got pedicures. We then had dinner at Crave (West End). We had planned on seeing 21 Jumpstreet, but ended up seeing Safe House.

I'm glad we did, because it was great. Both of us really loved it. We then went home, hung out and went to bed. I wanted to make sure I took advantage of not having to get up, so I wanted to make sure I got some good sleep. And I did. It was wonderful!

Sunday, March 18, 2012

We had planned all week to get up, go pick up Hailey and then head to the Mall of America for a family fun day of shopping. Boy did we have a great day! I got a new GUESS purse, Wayne got a new pair of Oakley sunglasses, Hailey got her ears pierced...AND we got the new IPAD!! It was quite the eventful trip. We spent from about 12:30p - 4:30p walking around. It was long, but fun.

The IPAD is my birthday present this year (a month early). I love that he spoils me!

After we got home, I did some cleaning, TV watching and IPAD playing, while Wayne went over to Adam's house to watch the Walking Dead Season 2 finale. He was disappointed by the finale, but when Season 2 comes out, we are going to watch it again together, since I have to get caught up before season 3.

It was such a great weekend!!! How was yours?

Weekend Highlights: March 9 - 11, 2012

Weekend Highlights: March 9 - 11, 2012

Monday, March 12, 2012

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 Friday, March 9, 2012

I went home after work, ate dinner with the Hubs and daughter and then we got caught up on two of our favorite shows: Jersey Shore and Eastbound and Down. Anybody else watch those? I'm not a huge E&D fan, but we started watching it together season 1, so I kept with it and now it's on its final season. It's one of those things that I just want to finish and it's nice having at least a few TV shows with the Hubs that we both enjoy watching. 

Hubs left at about 9pm for his Friday night gig and I caught up on some blogs after getting the babe to sleep. I then went to bed because I knew I had a big day of spring "cleaning" planned for Saturday. Oh what fun!

Saturday, March 10, 2012

I received our Merry Maids gift card last week in the mail (from Hailey winning a cutest kid contest) and I am planning on getting a "deep" clean done through them by the end of this month, so even though my house REALLY needs it, I just did my basic cleaning routine, along with organizing and going through things. I woke up and got right into it. I had all the blinds and shades open throughout the house and all the windows open for awhile, too. I can't believe it got up to 66* in Minnesota in March!

I did all the usual vacuuming, dusting, bathroom wipe down, bed sheet washing, etc, but then I went through some of my clothes/shoes and then I did a basic overhaul of Hailey's room. She's officially out of 3-6 month/6 month clothes and growing into 6-9 month/9 month clothes, so I went through her dresser and closet and came up with an over-flowing laundry basket of too small clothes of hers that I need to now organize and pack away. One step at a time, right?

Some things in our house that still need to be done for "spring" cleaning?

• Merry Maids deep clean;
• Backyard doggy poo clean-up (on-going);
• Carpets cleaned;
• Kitchen deep clean;
• Vacuum cleaner deep clean;
• Dog kennels deep clean;

What is your spring cleaning routine?

Late afternoon rolled around and I found a great point to stop, so I took a shower and then a friend texted me to see if I wanted to go see the new Kristen Wiig movie with her and our other friend. I dropped Hailey off at my Mom's and met up with them.

I loved it and cried in a few different parts. I thought it was super realistic and had a great mixture of funny, dramatic and serious parts. It was a great way to end my Saturday.

Sunday, March 11, 2012

We woke up, took showers and went to brunch (just the three of us) at a local place by our house. When we got home Hailey went down for a nap, as did I, and Hubs bummed around in his man cave for a couple hours. When we woke up, we finished the last three episodes of season one of The Walking Dead. Now I just have to wait for season two to come out and get caught up on that before season 3 starts in the fall. My Hubs is so into the show and wanted me to be, too, so I thought I would give it a try and I actually really like it. Anybody else watch it?

After finishing up with that, we folded AND put away about 4 loads of laundry and then I ended the night catching up on Revenge and going through the Sunday paper. I had about 6 episodes in my DVR and got through 4. Woohoo! I love that show!!

Overall it was a great and more importantly a productive weekend. 

Happy Monday! 

What did you do this weekend?

Weekend Highlights: March 2 - 4, 2012

Weekend Highlights: March 2 - 4, 2012

Monday, March 5, 2012

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Friday, 03.02.2012

Friday night I ran a few errands (Michaels and Target) before going home.

I then went home, ate dinner with the Hubs and hung out with Hailey. Hubs left at 9pm like usual and by that time Hailey was down for the night, too, so I surfed the net for awhile, before heading to bed rather early. It was a normal (low key) Friday night for me.

Saturday, 03.03.2012

I packed up Hailey, dropped her of at my parents house and then went to Amanda and Greg's house for the maternity photo shoot. Amanda is 38 weeks pregnant, so it was really fun. I did their engagement photos in the fall of 2010, their wedding in June 2011 and now they are expecting a little boy in a couple weeks. Once I get the pictures edited, I will do a separate post about that. It was fun though and I had a great time.

I then stopped at Target again to grab a few things I had missed the night before and then went and hung out with my family at my parents house. We watched Crazy, Stupid Love.

Hubby took me to it when it first came out, but my Mom and sister had not seen it yet What?! I couldn't believe it, so we watched it. Plus, who doesn't love Ryan Gosling??

I strategically plan that Hailey and I head home at bedtime, always making sure she is fed beforehand. She falls asleep in the car on the way home, I transfer her gracefully to her crib and then she is was out for the night. I knew Lindsay Lohan was on SNL, so I planted myself in bed, but I was so beat from the day, I only made it about halfway. I did see The Real Housewives of Disney. Seriously so HILARIOUS!! Go watch! I ended up watching the rest of SNL Sunday afternoon, but it really wasn't great. Don't get me wrong, I like LiLo and probably am the only person on this planet that does, but the skits were disappointing.

Sunday, 03.04.2012

This morning I met a couple for breakfast that is interested in me photographing their wedding in December. It was a great meeting and they are such a cute couple! Yay for new clients!

I then stopped at the mall on my way home to exchange a super cute, new pair of black boots to a larger size. Can't wait to wear them and show them off. I also got a red pair of peep-toe pumps that I will have to share as well. I love shopping!

Wayne had went out to breakfast with our friend Adam and played video games in the basement like boys do. Anyone else's significant other like video games? I took a nap while Hailey napped. I couldn't even keep my eyes open.

Then we ate dinner and Husband was bound and determined to get me hooked on The Walking Dead. It is currently in the middle of season 2 and he has seen all episodes, so I am playing catch-up.

Anybody watch it? 

Well, 3 episodes in and I'm hooked. 

That pretty much consisted of our Sunday night, but it was rather lovely hanging out with him.

Overall, I had a great weekend! How was yours?

Weekend Highlights: April 1 - 3, 2011

Weekend Highlights: April 1 - 3, 2011

Monday, April 4, 2011

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Friday, April 1, 2011

- I left work in a good mood;

- I had to make a pit-stop at Walmart to pick up a few groceries/snacks for the weekend;

- I got home and ate dinner with Wayne (which consisted of a bowl of cereal); I've been obsessed with Berry Kix this past week;

- He then left for work for the weekend and I sat on the couch for the remainder of the night and finished season 1 and started season 2 of Brothers & Sisters on Netflix;

Saturday, April 2, 2011

- It was Green Grandma's 71st birthday, so we met her sister and brother-in-law (Kristi & Craig) for lunch at Bistro 11; the Horton family also decided to join us; I had the BBQ Chicken pizza, but it was cooked in a brick oven, so it was extra tasty; The food was great, just as was the conversation;

- After a lengthy lunch, we stopped by the assisted living place to visit with Barbara; Gramma tries to visit a few times a week, but I hadn't been there in awhile, so she got to see my belly bump for the first time since I've really popped out;

- We then stopped at Dairy Queen on our way home for a treat; ;)

- I completed my weekly cleaning in the late afternoon/early evening; It takes me a little longer than usual as I have to take several breaks in between;

- We watched "Everybody's Fine" that night; It was a little slow, but overall a pretty decent movie with a touching message at the end;

Sunday, April 3, 2011

- We had made plans earlier in the week for the family to meet at Broadway Pizza - Robbinsdale for Gram's birthday;

- On our way there the two of us stopped at a local consignment shop to look around; I scored a few maternity items; 2 shirts and a pair of jean capri's for $26.00; I couldn't pass it up;

- We then met up for lunch/cupcakes with everyone; again great food and conversation;

- We also found out that Wayne's cousin Evan and his wife, Rachel, are expecting their first child this October! This is the four of us at their wedding this past October 2010:

We are so excited that Hailey will have a new cousin and someone else to play with at family events. They will only be about 4 months apart, so it will be so fun watching them grow up together!

Congrats again Rachel & Evan!

- On our way home we stopped at the same consignment shop, but a different location and I scored on a couple MORE maternity items; a shirt and a dress for $15.00; AGAIN, couldn't pass it up;

- Wayne and I had plans to watch the WWE Wrestlemania PPV last night; I am not into it as much as Wayne is, but I like to keep up-to-date on what's happening; there were several reasons why I really wanted to watch this particular PPV;

First off, my girl Snookie from the Jersey Shore was in a match and has been making a celebrity appearance the last few weeks, so it was a must watch for me;

She won her match and is declared WWE's Diva of the Day today. LOL!

- Another reason was that the Legion of Doom was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year.

I realize you might not know or care why this is so important to Wayne, but he actually knows Animal from Legion of Doom (far right). Click on this LINK to read more about their career if you're interested. In short, they were and still are the best tag team in the history of wrestling. Animal lives in the Twin Cities with his family and Wayne has kept in touch with him over the years.

At the beginning of 2011, Wayne and his friend Adam started a pro wrestling radio show called Extreme Pro Wrestling Radio. You can listen to all the podcasts on KFAN HERE.  Animal is their "guest host." It was so cool to watch him stand up there on stage with the other HOF inductees. Wayne is so proud to call him his friend.

(Animal is 3rd from the right)

It was the PERFECT way to end the crazy weekend...on the couch with my love and pups!