First Full Day in Bismarck

154.0 on the scale, 6.0 on the BISMARCK path, about 5.0 of them ran.

This morning was everyone's first sighting of Brady and Dez, who arrived sometime after 1:30 a.m. last night. So, first order of business was a few rounds of hugs and hellos and stuff, then we helped ourselves to a buncha strawberries and delicious bran muffins mom had prepared in advance. Grandma R. arrived mid-morning too, and spurred another round of hugs and stuff.

Anyway, I went for a run, then while I was getting cleaned up, the ladies left for some shopping which left the boys (Brady, me, and the boys) alone with nothing to do. SO, we decided to go to see WALL-E and eat popcorn! Cory had seen it already, but the rest of us hadn’t, and I gotta say, I liked it a lot! After the movie we headed to the bridal place to get Brady’s tux, which turned out to be sized incorrectly so they had to order a couple new pieces.

While he was getting that taken care of, I was getting some business stuff taken care of, prepping to make a job offer to a couple of people for our development team.

Anyway, we went home and I napped for a bit, until the ladies got home, then we got ready to go to Pat & Bern’s (Grandma R’s sister) for a BBQ to celebrate Pat’s 70th birthday. Had some deeeeeelicious sloppy joes and brats (yes, I had both) and some scrumptious potato salad and more chips than one man should eat. We also played some blongo ball and chatted with the rellies, and had a good time until the mosquitos started coming out. The little buggers ruin everything. Grant and Abby had fun playing with Cole and Cory (and Brandon!), and Grant was his usual full-contact self, which is fun. He’s a huggy, tackly little bugger.

After we got back home, Brady and Dad and I headed out because Brady had a bug to play some blackjack. Dad and Brady sat down at the table at the Expressway Suites and I had a beer and watched. I’d have played, but I’m a novice and I’d have slowed the whole table down with stupid questions. That, and I didn’t have the bug. I would have rather gone to the casino and dumped some coins into a slot machine.

But, a good first full day!