Family

June '09 - my favorite picture!

Dr. Tange @ Children's Museum

Emily & cousin Miles at Twins game

Mama & Will at Twins game

Chillin' in the Hammock

It's been a while!!!!

(I guess I linked this text to a pic, but don't care to take time to fix, so sorry about the tech oops.)

Okay, I'm a bad bad bad person...four months is TOO long to go w/o posting.

Life is too busy for us, and we are all drained, but somehow we manage.

I can't remember what has all gone on in these four months, but here are the high's and low's:

• Will is acting like a 2-year old, which is good and bad, but he is turning into a little man on us.
• Emily is pre-school screened, and did great. She starts ECFE this coming fall.
  
• I've had students with relationship issues, but those have now disappeared. Glad to know they trust me, though.
  
• I'm officially a work-a-holic.
• Concerts have gone well, just one more left!
• I still have a teaching job in MN for next year, which is a VERY good thing!
• My uncle passed away unexpectedly in March, resulting in my 3rd trip to ND for a funeral w/in 14 months.
• My parents remodeled part of the house, and it looks great!
  
• Erik isn't flying much, and I'm not betting on a very long fire season up here.
• Got my hair colored! (Big deal for me, I know, I'm pathetic......)
• Nearing our 5-year wedding anniversary....crazy!
  
• I'm one of two piano players in the community performance of "The Sound of Music." Killer work, but should be a great show!
• Easter Sunday is my and Erik's only day off together for probably the next month.
• Snow plow is still running strong, even in April......what a depressing thought! :-)
• My sister-in-law is having a baby in August...I get to be an auntie!!! And the kids will have a new cousin to play with!
• Still have a home, still have work, still making ends meet, which is something to be said at these times.
• Sioux did not make the Frozen Four this year....go Beavers???

That's enough for now. Enjoy the photos below!

Will, about 21 months.

Wheee!!!

Perfect snowman snow...right before the flooding.

Emily & Will in Wyndmere.

My band seniors.

Do I dare...

...make a resolution to blog more? That would be, unfortunately, broken easily.

But, I'll be around, and on facebook, too, so hope everyone had a nice New Year's Eve, and good luck to all of us in 2009!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

pics from this fall

Playing in a box...

A picture with me IN it...hard to find...next time I'll do my hair and make up!

Gabby, Will, Emily & Lilly (neighbor/daycare girls)

Halloween (in Emily's words, "Will's a winja, and I'm a purple fairy.")

Autumn fun

I had the kids outside a week ago (before the rain) and we found lots to do just by playing in the leaves. Here's a glimpse. (April, I hope you're proud of some of these!)

Emily, practicing for her senior pictures

Running

Kids in the back of the truck

Dad & kids

Will, waving hi

More autumn fun

More pics outside.

Airborn!

Will, not as happy about the pose

Where's Emily?

I finally got a smile out of the boy, and facing the camera at the same time! (The Kool-Aid does add something, doesn't it!)

Sharing food...yes, it does happen!

I've created a monster

In case you care, I just caved in to the world of facebook. TOTALLY addicting, but kinda cool. We'll see how long this lasts!