Week 38: Dells Adventures & Grandmas Time

It had been since Easter that my grandma had seen Caleb. Yup, you read that right, my grandma asked us to come visit so she could see Caleb. Not Rollie. Not her bloodline granddaughter, Laura. Her married-in grandson, Caleb. How precious. She and he have a special bond as they need to stick up for each other with all the teasing my mom and I do when together.

So, we were off. Off to the bliss of the Wisconsin River and time with the anchors of my family line, mom and grandma.

We started off the weekend with a date night as my mom wanted uninterrupted time with Rollie. We went out to a new restaurant in town, B-Lux, owned by a girl who was a couple years older than I in high school. It is for sure a luxury burger joint full of families on vacation and delish food. We started off with Jalapeno Poppers and ended with gourmet burgers. Mine had cheese curds on it and Caleb's had, well, all things delicious. After dinner, we went shopping SIN Rollie. It was divine to not have to grab clothes from him as we passed racks or shush him as he was happy screaming through the aisles. After shopping, we went miniature golfing. Caleb won by one stroke, dag nabbit. We ended the night with ice cream and a short walk downtown. We thought about going to the bar to be apart of the young life but then remembered I would hate seeing people from high school completely under the influence and acting like hooligans so I declined.

The next morning we headed out to a place Caleb has been eager to try since we were dating, Mr. Pancake. It is a riverboat themed restaurant with Dells famous breakfasts. There is always a long line for tables and always a pancake to please. It was very good but Rollie wasn't super fond of his first pancake.

We returned home to await the arrival of the grandma/great-grandma and it was very anti-climatic. Unaware to us, she has been a little "out of it" recently and wasn't much for conversation or adventures. It was a quite sad to see. NOTE: she is doing just fine now. Just needed some time to get over her funk. Rollie LOVED great grandma. He would listen intently whenever she spoke with such a interested look on his face, he would respond back to her if she was speaking to him, and he loved to sit on her lap. It was so fun to see such a scene.

After she left, Caleb and I went out again for some late night appetizers at Applebee's just like old times. They really cut down the options you can get for cheap but alas, it was like old times. Caleb and I would hang out later at night due to my reslife schedule and our studying timelines so late night apps happened quite often. We were cheapos too so that assists in the Applebee's choice each time.

All in all it was a great weekend!