surprise date

Two weeks ago, Jamie Bumgarner told me about this place in Powell called SkyZone. It's basically just a huge indoor trampoline park. From the moment I heard about it, I knew I had to take Chad on a surprise date there. What could be more fun than jumping on massive trampolines (with trampoline ramp walls no less...)? Plus, if you were friends with me in high school, then you probably remember the trampoline we had in our backyard. It was a post-homecoming/banquet (prom for those of you that went to normal school) hotspot.

I told Chad to wear some athletic clothes (he didn't know where we were going until we got there) and we dropped the kids off at my parents' house. We got to SkyZone at 10:45 and it was a little crowded so we had to wait a bit. We were probably 2 of maybe 4 people over the age of 15 in the entire place (aside from parents sitting on the sidelines waiting for their sweaty kids to finish jumping.) The age thing didn't bother me at all because...come on...it's a room made of trampolines. I hope I don't ever reach the age of not wanting to jump on trampolines. We started jumping and after 10 minutes we were already flushed and breathing pretty heavily. Chad, of course, was flipping and doing 180s off the walls while I just tried to figure out flailing myself against the wall without totally losing my balance and landing on a poor defenseless child. It was awesome. They made us wear these high-top shoes, and I was thankful because Chad has glass ankles and I didn't fancy carrying him out of there on my back. We had a super fun time and then went to Sushiko afterward (one of our faves).

here is a pic of Chad and me on vacation last year:


I was supposed to go see Chad play 2 shows tonight with his bro, Mike Wojniak (if you haven't heard his music, you should...) but Eli is still sick and not sleeping super well. So, I had to make the tough decision to stay home with him. I'm super bummed because there is pretty much nothing I love more than watching my husband play music (and it doesn't get any better than when he plays with his brother). On the bright side, it's Saturday night and I am looking forward to a fun Sunday complete with going to the Westerville Christmas parade and celebrating my brother's 21st birthday! I still remember when Eric was born and I didn't want to continue going to school because I was convinced he needed me to stay home and take care of him. Twenty-one years later and I still talk to him on the phone pretty much every single day. I hope that never changes :)

this is me with eric