1st Day of School

Logan had a great 1st day of school. Our development almost fills an entire bus! There are 3 stops on our side of the development and 12 kids get on at his stop - there are 19 2nd graders on our side of the development. The ride home is a little long but he is enjoying it.

He seems to like his new teacher- Mrs Flor.

Of course he wore his new Twins jersey on the first day - what else??

Pictures from our BBQ -

We finally got our Internet up and running in our new home. Here are some pictures from the 4th annual Mayfield BBQ a couple of weeks ago.

Thanks for the great party!

Thank you to all our family, friends, and neighbors for a GREAT 4th annual BBQ. It was a beautiful, cool evening with lots of food and drink. I know our boys had a blast and were exhausted. Unfortunately we have already packed up our personal PC so it may be awhile before we are in our new home and can upload photos - I have some great ones of the kids wearing the fire fighter's outfits. Will there be a 5th annual BBQ next year....time will only tell :-)

This week our life is consumed with moving - and somewhere in between we need to work, go to (2) soccer practices, (2) football practices, elementary school orientation on Wednesday, final walk-though of our new house tonight....and get our renters settled. Might be a busy week.

Stranded in LAX

I guess there could be worse places to be stranded - a Siberian prison comes to mind!
Trying to save the company some dollars I decided to fly from MSP-LAX-OAK this week instead of taking a direct flight to SFO. The direct flight was $1200 - the alternative was only $425. Now I am paying for it. On the way out Monday we got stuck on the tarmac in LAX for 60 minutes as the ground crew went to get "more weight" to balance our plane....Hmmm. Today I arrived in LAX to find my connection to MSP cancelled! UGH! I was hoping to get home before the boys went to bed. Luckily being a frequent traveler I went to the top of the re-booking list and only had to wait 4 hours - plus I kept my confirmed first class seat, got a free meal voucher, and $50 for future travel. Not to bad - of course LAX is packed like sardines and there are no Hollywood types in site. And the best news - I get to fly the same route in 2 weeks. Let's pray there is no deja vu.

Annual BBQ Reminder - Bring on the Fire Department!

We are excited to announce that we have received confirmation that the Lakeville Fire Department will be bringing a truck to our party for the kids - not b/c they are concerned about Shawn's grilling capabilities - at 5pm.

Dakota County Fair - Ribbons

Our daycare has a great tradition of having the kids make a variety of arts n' crafts to submit in the Dakota County Fair. The boys love going to the fair and seeing their projects displayed and the ribbons they won.

This year Logan made:

• Lego project (Twins stadium) - participant ribbon


• USA beads - 1st place


• Halloween crafts - 3rd place


• Bird mask - 1st place


• R2D2 Beads - 4th place

And Carter made:

• Fish drawing - 1st place


• Bead lizards - participant ribbon


• Lego boat - participant ribbon


• Animals drawing - 2nd place

Looking sharp -

One of our neighbor's daughters got married last night in a beautiful outdoor ceremony. The kids were looking awful cute.