Fall retreat

Joel and I just returned from three days on the North Shore. The weather was beautiful and we did a lot of hiking. Here's Joel on top of Sweetheart's Bluff, looking down over Grand Marais.

Happy Birthday, Paul!

Congratulations on reaching the milestone of 55 (with apologies to Gustaf Tenngren)

Happy Birthday Lynda!!!

Four cousins and a wedding

My "little" cousin David (age 37) got married Sunday night on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. It was a bit chilly, especially for the bride in her strapless dress, but a great ceremony and party. The first picture is of my cousin Tom (left) and newly-discovered cousin Ron (facing), the second is of my cousin Ann with my parents, and the third is of Dave and Kelly.

Thanks!

Janelle :)

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Happy Birthday, Janelle!

Happy Birthday, Janelle, have a great day!

Big Ten Again

Just to tie in the University of Michigan for John and Lynda's sake, here is a picture of the Little Brown Jug. Because it is so rare for it to be in the Gophers' possession, it is on display at the State Fair this year. It's pretty cool because you can see scores dating back to 1903!

So I was all like "Stevie's switching schools? Crap, I better too!" So I switched too. Yep. I'm going to Madison. Basically it boils down to a) bigger b) Russian c) more options d) Russian. So yeah, that's my story. Go Badgers!

News

Welcome to the Big Ten, Stevie! Liv has some news too, which I will let her disclose. I noticed that the State Fair posts dozens of photos each day, and Day 1 featured this photo of Liv looking bored in her root beer barrel.

I am living at home and attending the U of M this fall. I dont know if everyone, or anyone knows about that yet. I have had a good summer teaching and playing tennis, riding my bike around and swimming, and doing heaven knows what else. I wish it didnt have to end, but I think that most of my classes will be pretty sweet

State Fair

Joel is volunteering for the State Fair Foundation in the new Miracle of Birth building. I took this picture of a three-hour-old lamb there today.

Magical Daze!

We're back from our week storming the Magic Kingdom! It's good to get home and rest!

Minneapolis civic leader W. Harry Davis dead at 83

A close friend of our family, and to the many people he touched over the years, Harry Davis passed away today at age 83.

Minneapolis civic leader W. Harry Davis dead at 83

Read his autobiography at amazon to learn about this truly amazing man's life. We'll miss you Harry - but we'll see you again some day in heaven!

25 weeks

25 weeks pregnant, 15 weeks more to go. My nurse called and said I have slight anemia. So, I'll be eating big steaks and hamburgers in the future....

We found a daycare. It's called A Child's View. Hope it will be okay.
I have to go to a conference in Denver for work next week. I wish I didn't have to travel in pregnancy.
Matt is painting the nursery yellow...

Janelle

A Betsy-Tacy Picnic

Dale (from work) and I drove down to Mankato today to see the Betsy-Tacy-Tib sights as we are both big fans of the Maud Hart Lovelace books. A nice woman took our picture on the memorial bench; she lived next door and was used to doing such for pilgrims from around the world. For those of you not interested in girls' fiction, the other picture is of our new Toyota Matrix station wagon.

Our house - almost done!!

Our house - almost done!!, originally uploaded by onebigswede.

It is now less than 2 weeks until we move into our new house! a week from tomorrow we do our final walk-through, and then on the 31st we close and move in! Wish us luck!

Pictures from our trip

We just got back from California. We had a nice time visiting Janelle's family and attending our friend Kat's wedding. Here are some pictures!

Happy 24th Birthday, Norris!

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(And prayers and best wishes for your surgery, Mark! Yikes! Not the way I'd think of to prepare for it, but I'm impressed all the same!)

Anderbiking

To help me get ready for my upcoming hernia repair surgery on July 14, Stevie and I went on a 57 mile bike ride today to Excelsior and Carver Park near Victoria. My surgery will be outpatient friday morning and will be followed by a six week recovery period of limited physical activity. In addition to logging the miles we went for a refreshing swim in Lake Minnetonka at Excelsior. What a great day and what a great ride.