Thursday, June 19, 2008
Red Prince Weigela
This is one of my favorite plants in our yard. I took a picture that I just needed to post.
Fathers Day weekend and a Band Saw
This past Father's day we spent up in Duluth with Heather's parents and brother and sister-in-law.
We left the cities Friday after work and made it up to Duluth around 7:30pm. We unpacked stuff including a dresser that belonged with a set in Heathers old Hermantown bedroom. Then we high tailed it over to my sister Sarah's to drop off a washing machine that my mom got from her sister down in Shakopee and we were volunteered to deliver up to Duluth. Only Sarah and Hudson were home so were lucky enough to spend some time with the little cutie.
Saturday morning the guys got up early to head up to the hunting shack to mow and let the dogs swim. Even though it took quite a bit of convincing to get Baylen to swim last summer he has become a huge fan of the water and takes to it whenever he can, including in Dale and Carol's front yard pond which is not designed for dogs!
During the early afternoon Todd, Shannon, and I were coming back from doing some errands when I noticed a band saw at the end of someones driveway with a free sign. We stopped and Todd and I went up and talked to the home owner and found out that the band saw worked but that the guy was giving it away because he didn't use it anymore. So of course we loaded it up. We noticed that we would have to do a few minor repairs but nothing we couldn't handle.
After that we went golfing at Nemadji in Superior where we all shot pretty decent rounds. Then as normal we headed to our favorite pizza joint, Shamrock for taco, bacon-cheeseburger, everything, and pepperoni pizza. We capped off the night with Grasshopper ice cream drinks and a nice bonfire. Truly a great day in Duluth!
Sunday we went to church in Hermantown then to Perkins at the mall for breakfast. After that we went down to the cemetery to see Dale's dads head stone. Next we went to visit Dale's mom in the nursing home where she is recovering from hip surgery that she had about a month ago.
We capped off the weekend with a nice steak dinner and rhubarb cake, watched a little bit of the US Open and headed back with our new band saw to the cities.
Monday evening I made the necessary repairs to the band saw and found it to work very well. Who says you can't get anything good for free. Here are some examples of my first projects with the band saw.
We left the cities Friday after work and made it up to Duluth around 7:30pm. We unpacked stuff including a dresser that belonged with a set in Heathers old Hermantown bedroom. Then we high tailed it over to my sister Sarah's to drop off a washing machine that my mom got from her sister down in Shakopee and we were volunteered to deliver up to Duluth. Only Sarah and Hudson were home so were lucky enough to spend some time with the little cutie.
Saturday morning the guys got up early to head up to the hunting shack to mow and let the dogs swim. Even though it took quite a bit of convincing to get Baylen to swim last summer he has become a huge fan of the water and takes to it whenever he can, including in Dale and Carol's front yard pond which is not designed for dogs!
During the early afternoon Todd, Shannon, and I were coming back from doing some errands when I noticed a band saw at the end of someones driveway with a free sign. We stopped and Todd and I went up and talked to the home owner and found out that the band saw worked but that the guy was giving it away because he didn't use it anymore. So of course we loaded it up. We noticed that we would have to do a few minor repairs but nothing we couldn't handle.
After that we went golfing at Nemadji in Superior where we all shot pretty decent rounds. Then as normal we headed to our favorite pizza joint, Shamrock for taco, bacon-cheeseburger, everything, and pepperoni pizza. We capped off the night with Grasshopper ice cream drinks and a nice bonfire. Truly a great day in Duluth!
Sunday we went to church in Hermantown then to Perkins at the mall for breakfast. After that we went down to the cemetery to see Dale's dads head stone. Next we went to visit Dale's mom in the nursing home where she is recovering from hip surgery that she had about a month ago.
We capped off the weekend with a nice steak dinner and rhubarb cake, watched a little bit of the US Open and headed back with our new band saw to the cities.
Monday evening I made the necessary repairs to the band saw and found it to work very well. Who says you can't get anything good for free. Here are some examples of my first projects with the band saw.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Welcome Chase!
This past weekend we co-hosted a baby shower for Chase Michael Graves. Joe and Leah Kilsdonk were our co-hosters. Heather's parents, Dale and Carol, generously offered their house for the party.
Heather and I got a late start on Friday night and made it up to Duluth around 10pm which meant that by the time we finished making a "Welcome Chase!" sign, the pasta, and some brownies it was a late night!
The next day Heather took off early to run some errands. I stayed and mowed the lawn which helped me to appreciate the amount of work Dale does every week. Man that is a big lawn to mow with a push mower.
The party started at 3pm, in attendance was Zach, Anne, Chase, Amy, Nolan, Joe, Leah, Natalia, Pat, Jessica, Britt, Kalista, Zion, Heather, and I.
The theme of the party was "Baby Olympics" which ended up consisting of speed eating baby food, carrots, and milk; spitting water for distance; and ladder golf.
The winner of the gold nuk was Anne, silver was Pat, and bronze was Britt. I was proud to win the speed eating contest narrowly edging out Joe by 2 seconds.
After we finished the games and Zach successfully let Chase roll right onto his face in the dirt we decided to fire up the grill for some burgers, brats, and hot dogs. I had never used Dale's grill but was happy to find that it didn't seem to have any hot spots and all the food turned out well.
Everyone seemed to get enough but somehow they found room for the cake from Cold Stone. I now have a new favorite that has taken over for the perennial Dairy Queen cake!
We capped off the evening by letting the kids play with the dogs, watched the News since one of the invited guests who bailed to fish in the ALS tournament called to tell us he had won, and had a bonfire.
The evening ended about 11pm and it seemed that all had a good time.
Christian
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