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June 5, 2010

Hello!

We are winding down a fun Saturday. Today’s events included a piano recital, a trip downtown to pick up race packets for tomorrow’s half marathon, a stop at home depot for the last component of the garden, lunch with neighbors, a trip to Target, and a Chipotle dinner. It was rainy most of the day, but the sun has now made an appearance and it’s a beautiful evening.

I’m currently a little antsy about tomorrow’s run. We’ve ‘tapered’ this week in order to be rested, and that process always make me a li’l edgy (some of my adoring fans might use the term bitchy). I’m anxious to be done!

The week here has been pretty mellow. I went yesterday to the end of the year first grade party, which consisted of roller skating in the school gym. For me, the highlight of the event was that the music was all performed by The Chipmunks. You really haven’t lived until you watch a group of first grade girls on skates circling up to shake their booties to ‘If ya like it then ya shoulda put a ring on it.’ Painful, I tell you, just painful.

June 12, 2010

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Big news on Bernard Place is that school’s out for summer J. We are all quite excited. Elise had preschool graduation last Wednesday. They announced all their names when they came to receive their ‘diplomas.’ Elise’s went like this: Our next graduate is Elise Holt. Elise would like to be a superhero when she grows up.” She continues to provide non-stop entertainment.

I was hanging in there pretty well with all of the end of the year hullabaloo and ending of chapters (ISM, preschool, etc.) until yesterday (last day of school for both kids) when I picked up Elise at carpool. E was brought to the car by teacher Beth, who was sobbing… totally tore me up! We were so blessed with the teachers our kids had this year. It was nice to have teachers that really ‘got’ our kids and brought out their best.

Chris and I officially began marathon training this morning, completing our first YMCA group run. It was pretty fun. Of course you never know what you’re going to get when you sign up to do something with a group. We still don’t know, but so far so good. It seems like a decent group.

We were supposed to be camping at Rice Lake this weekend, but called off the trip due to massive amounts of rain. It’s kind of a bummer, but it’s been nice to be home today. Other than the morning’s run, I’ve been a total slug all day.

Elise is quite the rock star soccer player. This is quite the ambivalent topic for me. She’s scored three goals in each of her last two games. While I’m stoked that she’s thriving, I am just not finding any love for soccer. I guess I’d better look a little harder and find some, because there really aren’t any other good girl sport options… and Lord knows she needs to have whatever physical outlets she can find!

Jerod is enduring soccer. As he put it, his team gets “crushed” every week. He did score a goal last week and enjoyed it for at least a moment. Baseball starts next week… hopefully he’ll enjoy that a little more :)

That’s pretty much the news. I’m hopeful that the sun will make an appearance SOON. I need a little summer RIGHT NOW. Hopefully soon…

June 20, 2010

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Ahhh… while it certainly hasn’t been quite as warm as I would like, summer is here. I think it’s safe to say week one was a success. The kids generally did a pretty good job of getting along and managed to keep themselves out of trouble. The kids and I made our first trek to the pool last Tuesday; and the whole blam damn family went yesterday (which was a little chilly) as well as today (which was awesome… nice and warm).

On Friday we finally had a little birthday party for Jerod. Chris and I took five boys to Target Field for a tour. We got to see nifty things like the press box, the visiting team’s dugout and locker room, and the ‘champions club,’ which is where the people who sit in the $275 cushy seats behind home plate get to hand out and look at the World Series trophies. It was a pretty fun time.

On Tuesday evening we went to watch the Twins play the Rockies. Monday night I told Chris to put the tickets in his backpack so I wouldn’t have to remember them (we met him downtown after work). He went to get them and they were straight up GONE. As in four tickets to seven more games… totally gone. I was sick to my stomach, and I still get a little queasy thinking about it. They are still gone (one of us apparently put them in a very safe place), but thankfully there is a reissue process. I felt like a putz, because we had to go through the actual season ticket account holder (a friend of a friend who we’re not all that familiar with). In the end, it all worked out; and the Twins put on quite a hit fest for us.

The kids are going to vacation Bible school this week with some friends at a different church. They are looking forward to it, and I’m looking forward to them having some structured activity. I’m trying to live in the moment and enjoy summer, but I already feel like it’s flying by. But… it’s all good.