The Glee of Being A Klinge: October 2013

Monday, October 7, 2013

Cirque du Soleil at MOA

So for my birthday grand finale, my boy took me to Cirque du Soleil at the MOA. Caleb and I are obsessed with Cirque du Soleil. We have gone to Cirque every big celebration for us. We went while Caleb was in Spain proposing and we went on our honeymoon in FL. Did we go on Caleb's birthday? Well, no... but we DID go on mine. TeeHeeHee.

Caleb preordered the tickets way back in April and I asked daily in the month of Sept to go to the show. It was annoying for him but I needed to make sure he got the drift. He did, far earlier than I would have ever thought. The theme was love under the moon that is translation to "Amaluna". There was many crazy acts but I think Caleb and I would agree that our favorite was this chinese act that spun lanterns over their heads while being tossed in the hair by their counterparts. Here is a YouTube of the act.

http://youtu.be/k5pSTJJ3Ukw

Is it not so cool? We think so too. There was many things that occurred over the 2 hours we watched but it would ruin the fun to tell you all about this travelling act. Yes, you read correct, you may be able to see this close to you too. This show travels all over the world to entertain.

It was so nice to have a date night and cuddle up to my husband. We do A LOT in life together but sometimes you are just more thankful of those moments over the normal moments. You know?

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Birthday Month!

So, Laura has somehow convinced everyone around her that it is essential for her to have "birthday month". Merely celebrating for one day out of the year just isn't enough for this special girl. Because Laura is so darn cute I couldn't help myself, I caved and we celebrated the birth of the great Laura for the entirety of September.

How in the world could I say no to this face!?

I gave her one present a week up until her birthday. I wanted to get her something really special, but wanted to put some time/effort into it instead of just buying something. So I decided to fix up her old bicycle. I got her an old classic style bike a few years back but it has always had a few problems. I went all out and totally dismantled the bike one weekend that Laura was away. I cleaned up all the rust and eventually got the paint and the chrome looking close to new. Then I replaced the brakes, gears, tires, handle grips, seat, chain, and added a basket. After a whole weekend of work it was finally done!

"My favorite present!" - quote by Laura Klinge

Also, Laura had mentioned a few times, maybe more, that she has never had a surprise party thrown for her. Oh my goodness right, what a hard life!? Being the best husband that I am I arranged a fun surprise for her. She loves the Shout House, piano bar in Minneapolis, so I took her there where a few friends were waiting. Boom! Surprise party complete, but wait there was more. Unbeknownst to Laura, we had planned for her mom to meet us there. All the way from Wisconsin Dells. She was super surprised, mission accomplished!

Partying it up at the Shout House

Finally, September 23 rolled around and we were able to cap off the birthday month with a fun filled adventurous day. We started early by going to Al's Breakfast, the best breakfast in downtown Minneapolis. After that we hit the golf course for a quick 9.

Laura is actually a phenomenal golfer! She beat me by more than a few strokes!

Oops, how'd that get in here!?

Then we hit up an afternoon movie, Monsters University. It was pretty good, not as good as the first Monsters Inc movie.

To end the night we threw some BBQ ribs on the grill and relaxed. Laura opened up the last of her gifts and we celebrated with blueberry pie and Culver's ice cream.