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TRIVIA TIME:

What are Kenton and Anna's favorite restaurants?
5. Texas Roadhouse
4. DiLeggi's - Italian
3. Cracker Barrel
2. Thai Cuisine (may be Anna's favorite!)
1. China Bistro

DiLeggi's was formerly our favorite restaurant, but with our love of Chinese, Thai (mostly my love) and breakfast, it has been beat out for the top spots. With our 20% discount courtesy of the Courier & Press newspaper at China Bistro, it makes it hard to resist... and the new Thai restaurant is less than a mile from the apartment. Yum! Good eats!


What are Kenton and Anna's favorite TV shows?
5. Deal or No Deal
4. American Gladiators
3. Law & Order: SVU
2. Biggest Loser
1. Grey's Anatomy

Apparently, someone is going to win a million this season on Deal or No Deal and they kind of spoiled it by telling us which episode it will be in. But we still love the show. It's gotten more interesting as they've started adding dream packages into the deals, i.e., 4 Colts season tickets that are unavailable to the public for a lifelong fan, etc.

We can't wait to see how this season's winners look as gladiators. We've been guessing their names... for Tim, we're thinking something like BOLT. No good ideas for Ally yet.

This season Biggest Loser is having family teams so it should be as touching as ever. Even the trailer for the new season made me tear up...

As far as Grey's goes, we are ready for new episodes. We miss Burke and Addison and hope the storyline can stay as powerful and witty as it has been in the past. It was hard to tell how the show will continue to do with 1/2 the usual number of episodes last season with the writer's strike. Can't wait for September 25 two-hour premiere!





Current cast


Former case with Addison and Burke


Original cast

What's not to love about Benson and Stabler?

The cast - Dr. Wong is becoming one of our favorite characters

Bob Harper - really works his teams, but also cares about their emotions

Jillian Michaels - how intense can you get?

Ali - one of our favorite contenders from last season

We can't wait for the season premieres!

September 16: Biggest Loser Families

September 23: Law & Order: SVU

September 25: Grey's Anatomy 2-hour premiere!

St. Louis!

This weekend we went to St. Louis - we got up early on Saturday and filled our bellies with Cracker Barrel and drove to our hotel. We stayed in the Hyatt Riverfront hotel about 1000 feet from the arch - priceline.com got us a $70 rate including taxes and fees, everyone should use it!

We got there around 1pm and got tickets for the arch tram ride at 7:30pm, then we walked around the park around the arch a while and headed to the new Busch Stadium for the Cardinals vs. Braves game.

The stadium was open to the elements and created a really neat environment for baseball. We were in the first row of the third level and had a fantastic time. We at peanuts, hot dogs, and cheesburgers and brought our own water (Kenton's cousin Jeremy had told us we could bring our own in and it saved us $20! Water was $5/bottle!).

It started to thunder and then to sprinkle... they kept playing and a lot of people migrated to under to bleachers above us. We toughed it out but then they called the game and brought out the tarp. We stood under the roof for about 30 minutes and then they pulled the tarp off the field which was quite a production - there's a drain in the field where they "swept" all the water that came off the tarp.

They continued play and we lost in the 8th and 9th innings (they scored 5 runs). The experience of just being in Busch Stadium was worth going, and besides Kenton's a long-time Braves fan so it was a win-win.

We also rode to the top of the arch which was fairly nerve-wracking… not because of the height, but because the pod we rode up in kept jolting to turn. It was not comforting and the pod was so small… got some great pictures from the top though.

The view from our hotel window - the building was slanted so everyone had a view!

Us at the game, the guy next to us has been at home games for 23 years!

The stadium (notice the large Edward Jones sign) and St. Louis in the background

The pod we rode to the top of the arch in (5 seats); doesn't it look like a toilet?

The tram door is so small!

Us at the top of the arch

View of Busch Stadium and the Millenium Hotel from the Arch

My awesome picture of the arch

Otter's Game

Yesterday, Jim, Sheila (my parents in-law) and Josh (Kenton's nephew) came down to Evansville for an Otter's game! They checked out the new painting jobs in the apartment and we ate at CiCi's Pizza for lunch.

Then we went to the game and Kenton was able to sit with us for a few at bats, Josh got some balloons from the clowns, and also got to run the bases after the game! He wasn't sure if he wanted to run at first, but after he saw the other kids running around the bases, he took off like a bullet!



Josh and Kenton at the game



Josh running the bases

My Fair Lady - NHT

Today we went to New Harmony, Indiana, which is about 30 miles West of Evansville. It’s a quaint little place with a bunch of antique shops where people drive golf carts and they have a wonderful theatre.

We went to the final showing of “My Fair Lady” and it was wonderful! They announced next’s years lineup as well and it included “Harvey”, “A Streetcar Named Desire”, and “Guys and Dolls”! We may be buying New Harmony Theatre season tickets next year…

Brooks & Dunn LIVE!

Thursday we went to see Brooks and Dunn in Louisville, KY. INCREDIBLE! They sounded exactly like they do on all their CDs - FANTASTIC. I was absolutely blown away. I much preferred their concert over Kenny Chesney and even Carrie Underwood, mostly because I love Brooks and Dunn.

They played some classics like My Maria and Momma Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothin' and some newer songs like Hillbilly Deluxe and Cowboy Town. They left the stage and I was so disappointed because they didn't play Brand New Man, one of my very first favorite country songs... but then they reappeared for an encore and played Brand New Man and Boot Scootin' Boogie - I was so happy.



Kix and Ronnie (Kix in the blue closest to us, Ronnie in the black)

"Can't take the Honkytonk out of the Girl"

Also playing at the concert was ZZ Top... I'd never heard of them before and we stayed for about 3 songs - it was really loud and I couldn't understand anything they were saying... and they had long creepy gray beards. Apparently they're really popular though because one of my co-workers the next day said he would have loved to see them...


ZZ Top and their beards...

Schweizer Fest!

This weekend we went to the annual Schweizer Fest in Tell City - they were celebrating the city's 150th anniversary! The Schweizer Fest had all kinds of vendors, food stands, rides, and a beer garden (that was too crowded to enjoy). After the Schweizer Fest we met up with Kenton's friend from Siberia, Indiana, Tracey. We went to DQ and I learned a lot about Interior Design (Tracey's degree), which is MUCH different than interior decorating.

We were also able to spend some time with Josh and Alyssa, Kenton's nephew and niece (cute pictures below).




Us with Tell City's 150th birthday cake

Josh's "spidey" moves

Alyssa's big eyes! How beautiful!

Alyssa!

"Don't I look cute in my Future Purple Ace outfit?"

Wedding in Bloomington

On Saturday we drove to Bloomington for Leah's wedding, one of Kenton's friends from home. She married Louis, a guy with a great sense of humor as we found out during the reception. The wedding was at 2pm and Kenton had asked someone at work if Bloomington was on the same time as us and he said it were... we were 45 minutes late for the wedding because it's on Eastern time.

The reception was a good time though - smaller, intimate crowd in a beautiful setting. It was great getting to know some of Kenton's friends.



The church they got married in - Bloomington, IN


Leah and Louis cutting the cake


Kenton's friends from home - Natalie and Tracey