AJ and Kristen came to visit during Mother's Day weekend. They were coming up to visit family and for AJ's sister's graduation. We were the first stop on their vacation :-).
They got to our house Saturday in time for lunch. This was the first time we had seen them since New Years, so there was a lot to catch up on. We cooked brats on the grill and just spent some time chatting and catching up. That evening, we went downtown to go bowling at Mustang Alley's. This was our first time bowling since high school! Josh kicked our butts and I scored ridiculously low, but we still had a great time. It was still pretty early when we went, so it wasn't crowded at all, which was actually nice. After bowling for an hour, we went downstairs to Heavy Seas Alehouse. Heavy Seas is a local brewery and they have several beers that Josh really likes. Up until this point, I wasn't really crazy about what I had tried. The few I had tasted were just too hoppy. They had all their beers on tap and even a few on cask, so Josh was really excited about that. He got Loose Cannon on cask and I got Sea Nymph, which is a summer ale. It is delicious! I used to like Sam Adam's Summer Ale, but since having Sea Nymph, I really don't care for it anymore. Haha. The food is a bit pricey and we were still full from lunch, so we didn't get anything to eat. They have a nice outdoor beer garden area and we decided to hang out there for a while. It's pretty small, but they do have a couple beers on tap out there and a grill, so they can make your food right there for you. We decided to just play a game of darts. It was a beautiful day, so we really enjoyed ourselves out there. After Heavy Seas, we went to PowerPlant Live. Apparently, it was 80s night, because LOTS of people were dressed in ridiculous 80s clothes. I didn't take any pictures, because I felt like it was rude at the time, but I really wish I would have now. Haha. We ended up just hanging out at Leinenkugel's Beer Garden by the fire place. It was nice to just relax and people watch. After this, we went to Canton for Lisa's (AJ's sister) graduation party. We ended up staying there for a few hours. Lisa had no idea that AJ was coming, and much less that he was bringing us, so she was very excited for us to be there.
Our group
The Kinlaws
The Klingenmaiers
Sunday we got up and I made cinnamon roll pancakes for breakfast. They were a little labor intensive, but delicious! We decided to go tour wineries. We went to 3 different ones since they were so close together. We went to Loew Vineyards, Elk Run and Black Ankle. We enjoyed ourselves at all of them, but Black Ankle was by far the nicest and my favorite. It was also by far the most expensive. After we visited the wineries, we wanted to take AJ and Kristen to G&M for crabcakes. We've been to G&M several times, but it's been for dinner during the week or an early dinner on Saturday. This was 6:00 on Mother's Day. NOT a good time to go to G&M if you're hungry. The wait was at least an hour and a half. No thanks! Luckily, they have a takeout area. We ordered from there and had our food in less than 20 minutes. We just took it home and ate it there, which was actually really nice. We finished dinner and played bocce for a while. We took Bailey out with us to play. She is so funny, because she's used to being able to chase the balls we throw when we go out in the field behind our house. She would try to run after them, then when we went to collect the balls, she would try to kick them around and pick them up. Of course, they're really hard and heavy, so she couldn't, but she tried every single time. We had a lot of fun. We just relaxed and watched stuff on Netflix for the rest of the night. Or Josh, AJ and Kristen did. I fell asleep. Haha. Josh and I had work the next morning, and AJ and Kristen were driving to Atlantic City, so we all went to bed early.
The back side of the tasting room.
We had a blast! Thanks for having us and we'll see you again soon!
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