Hockey

I just realized that I state that I am a big hockey fan and I hardly post anything about hockey. (Well, really I hardly post). Last night Mike and I had a blast. We went down to Mariucci. The Gopher's were playing North Eastern. The Gopher's really didn't dominate the game, but they did win in overtime. After overtime they had chuck-a-puck event, and Mike though five pucks. He almost won, he was the third puck from being the closest to center ice. He did pretty good for over three hundred pucks were thrown.

Happy Winter

Winter is here! Snow is on the ground. Cars are full of salt. Down jackets are needed. So lucky that I only have to drive five miles to get to work.

To be continued...

Most of August

Once again the month has slipped away. Where did it go since my last post...

We got a sudden call that the painter could squeeze us in, so we had to prep the house. Then the painter was here for the whole day. And then a day getting the house back in order after the painting was finished. Also, we had the kitchen painted a different color, which also meant a lot of shopping for new items to fit in.

Then I spent over a week and a half being sick. It was horrible, I didn't have the energy to do anything but sit there. Didn't even have the energy to watch TV. With the kids going back to school, it just made me feel worse because there where things I wanted to do and couldn't. I didn't make supper for the family for the whole time. I really felt like an outsider in our house!

When I finally started to feel better the computer got a nasty virus. Did it catch it from me?? I do have to pat myself on the back though, my whole family was "take it into the Geek Squad", but with endurance I got it fix on my own!!

Today we are off to the MN State Fair. Should be fun. Everyone has a list of what they want to eat at the fair. So I have already though of a scrapbook page focused on the "eats" at the fair.

Here is to September and everyone being well (including the computer)!!

Busy Days

Oh man, the last couple of days have been so busy. It all started with the painters finally calling on Wednesday and saying that he could get to painting our house the next day, Thursday. We were suppose to have a week notice. So Mike and I get home from work to work on getting everything off and away from the walls.

Thursday I don't work, and the painters were here all day, so I was kept busy keeping everyone out of their way.

Friday, after work, was shopping for rugs since we made a change to the color in the kitchen.

And today, was shopping all day too. Finalizing the rugs, getting school supplies and clothes, and some new things for the kitchen. And also putting everything back in their place from the painting.

It is exciting, but man I am so ready to just sit and relax for an hour.

Lots of Rocks!

To sum up my day -- WOW!!

I had a productive day scrapbooking in St. Cloud with three of my friends. I worked on my Disney photos from two summers ago. But I was in for a great surprise... I came home to a clean house! My hubby cleaned the house!! Mike, YOU ROCK!!

What is even more, Mike took Tate to a local beach and he says that he is swimming. I guess that there was a little girl there that was about two years older then Tate and she had taken three years of swim lesson and Tate was doing better than her! What a complete turn around from years before. Tate hated the water and if you would try and take him in, he would stand on your head if he could. Tate I am so proud of you! Tate, YOU ROCK!!

And for Will, he told me that he loves me without being all sweaty and stinky for dryland and weight lifting. Normally I only get the "I Love You" when he is all sweaty and stinky!! Will, YOU ROCK!!

Rock on people!

Fourth of July

We did do something for the Fourth but I was unable to post earlier because Tate has kidnapped the computer the last couple days. He discovered an online game and wants to play is constantly. Well, anyway on to the main part of the post...

The weather for the Fourth was perfect, warm enough for shorts but not so hot that you were sweating. So we decided to drive to Excelsior to watch the MN Orchestra play with fireworks on the lake following the music. We picked up Subway, found a great place to sit and just sat and relax. The orchestra was great, of course both Will and Tate enjoyed the piece that was the Superman theme. The fireworks were awesome and it was fun to play with my camera to try and get some great photos. At one point Will asked me if I was going to stop taking photos and just watch the fireworks. I had to kindly explain that as he enjoys watching the fireworks, I enjoy taking photos of them.

Finally we are having some nice weather and we were able to go to a local beach. Every year Tate gets a little more comfortable with the water, but he still had more fun in the sand. Will being a teenager, mostly sat on the blanket but he did get into the action when he found a stray bucket and decided to make sure his brother was extra wet!!

Also, last weekend we finally took my Dad and Mom down to the Mall of America. My Dad use to race sprint cars in his youth, so I wanted him to try the simulated Nascar racing. This was my Father's day gift to my Dad. We raced two tracks, but unfortunately my Dad said that he got shaken around too much and had to stop after the first race. After the second race we just walked around some and then had lunch at Famous Dave's. It was a very enjoyable day! Oh, and by the way in case you are wondering, Will won the first race and I can in last on both races!