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Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

farewell jimmy

First off, I’ll just quickly say sorry for the long length between posts. Life has gotten a little bit busier around here. The girls are taking an extra day of gymnastics lessons each week, and Annie has started up piano lessons again with a local instructor. We’ve also had a few sickly bugs travel through [...]

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

time well spent

Well, Christmas is all put away, and Grandma left not long before. The girls were sad to see her go, but I think Grandma was glad to get back to her warm, beachy weather (no fair). We spent most of the week showing Grandma the sites around town. A couple of trips to Brookings for [...]

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

grandma and bunnies

My mom arrived yesterday. I went to pick her up solo so that we could have a quiet lunch together and get some grocery shopping done. Here we are after peaceful meal. When the girls finally saw Grandma they were very excited. I can’t believe it’s been 2 years since the last time we saw [...]

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

steak and chickens

It was the official Prairie Ridge Endodontics Christmas Party this weekend which amounted to 4 couples going out to dinner at a place called Lunker’s Restaurant. It is apparently “the” classy place to go to in town since it’s where the Watertown Dental Society had both events we’ve been to, and it was the place [...]

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

thanksgiving, crafts, and werewolves

We made our annual trek to Minnesota for the Thanksgiving holiday this year. Mike picked up the girls from school while I made the finishing touches on our laundry basket luggage, and then we left shortly after. I can’t tell you what a relief it is now to know that we only have to travel [...]