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I know I haven't posted in a while but its because I'm kind of already bored of blogging.... is that bad?

Weekend In Milwaukee!

I want to share with you some of the fun things we did last weekend in Milwaukee, WI. We went to visit our friend Matt who is finishing his last semester of college. Joe and I and Matt's girlfriend Laura drove 5.5 hours to get there but it seemed to go by pretty fast. We arrived about 11:30 on Friday night and just hung out in his studio apartment. After spending several days there I feel as though Joe and I could manage just fine in a space that size. On Saturday we planned to go snowboarding but we changed our minds and hung around all day and then went to an amazing restaurant called Thai-Namite:

On Sunday we went to the Milwaukee Art Museum. It is in a spectacular building designed by Santiago Calatrava:

We saw many amazing works by famous artists. Among them were Warhol, Lichtenstein, O'Keeffe, Close, Hanson, Donovan, Diebenkorn, Albers, and Kelly. Here are a few of the photos I snapped:

 Joe got a little carried away with the magnifying glasses in the print gallery:

After the museum the boys wanted to check out the indoor mountain bike track that they have been drooling over online since they found out it existed. It is called Ray's MBT. Laura and I went along even though we weren't going to be biking. We filmed the boys and took photos. Here are a few photos of our evening there:

Matt and Joe had a blast and they would love to go back again, Laura and I might bring bikes just in case we get brave enough to try some of the stuff out because it really did look like a lot of fun. Here is a link (Crook3d Tr33) to a video of our time there. Matt edited all the clips together that Laura and I filmed.

We left for home about noon on Monday and arrive by 5:30. We spend the evening watching a movie and relaxing before the work week started on Tuesday. We had a great time the entire weekend and we would like to go back. Thanks for being interested in Happenings in the Life of Joe and Haley Barrett!

♥ Haley

Live Simply

Here are the photos of our living room in its current state. We tend to rearrange a lot so it's possible that this look might not last long. We don't have a separate dining room or room in the kitchen for our table and chairs so that's why they are kind of crammed in against the wall. As I have maybe mentioned before I don't like a lot of "stuff" so I like to think that we live rather simply. To much stuff is distracting and can hinder you from living life. Below is the link to the message from Sunday mornings service at Renovation Church. It really hit home for me and maybe it will for you too. It's semi related to this post about "stuff" so I want to share it with you.

 

Sharing Isn't Just For Children 1/30/2011

 

Enjoy!

♥ Haley

Weekend Update!

I want to share with you what we did this weekend. Unfortunately I did not take many pictures and the ones that I did take are currently stuck in my camera because Joe's computer crashed and my USB ports do not work. So I will try and find photos from other sources to accompany this post.

Friday after work Joe called me and said that his computer was finally a very large paper weight and that he was going to buy an Ipod Touch to replace it. So we went to Best Buy and while he picked up his new toy I exchanged some shirts that I had bought the day before for a different size. After our trip to Northtown we went to the lovely Lyden household to hang out with friends and play games. We bought Brian the game Axis and Allies several years ago for his birthday and when they first looked at the directions they put the game right back on their storage closet shelf and it has sat there ever since this weekend when they finally brought it out and decided to tackle it. To make a long story short the game is similar to Risk but much much more detailed and complex. It took them over an hour to set it up and over 4 hours to finish even one game. I did not play because Nicole was also there with baby Natalie so we hung out together. We were there until about 12pm and then went home and went to bed. Here is a photo of the game that I found online (Source):

 On Saturday we were going to have our 3rd Saturday in row with nothing planned but that changed with a wake up call from Joe's sister Megan. She first called my phone and I didn't answer, then she called Joe's phone and he couldn't get to it so I sent her a text that said What's up and she immediately called again. By this time I knew it was important so I answer and she asked if we could come and pick her and a friend up because She flipped and rolled her car into a ditch on her way to go shopping in Duluth. Everyone was okay (not a single scratch or bruise! Thank God!) just a little shaken up, but Joe and I jumped out of bed and went to the rescue. The accident happened on 35N in Rush City which is about an hour away from our house. After we got everything out of the car, because it is most likely totaled, and talked to the insurance company we were on our way back home. We brought Meg and her friend home and we hung out at the In Laws for a few hours until we decided what we were going to do with the rest of our day. We ended up going back to the Lyden's to play more games. The girls went out shopping and brought pizza home for the boys. After hanging out until about 9pm we went to our friend David's house and visited with him for awhile. Then we went home and went to bed. Here is a picture of Meg's car after she rolled it. It is hard to see the damage because of the color and the snow:

On Sunday we went to church and came home to have lunch, we planned on staying home and relaxing because had kind of a busy weekend already but we hadn't seen Lindsey yet so we went to David's again and hung out with them. We watched some snowboarding on the Winter X Games which was awesome! After that we went home for dinner and then we were off to our Sunday Night House Group. It was another great night of community with the girls. Also you may have remembered from my previous post that we were supposed to watch Joe's brother Micheal fight this weekend, well it was canceled and he is supposed to be rescheduled sometime soon so when it happens I will definitely post about it! Overall not quite what I was expecting our weekend to look like but it was good!
 Sorry for the shortage of pictures; I will have more next time!
♥ Haley