This past Saturday our good friend Rob married his childhood friend Lara. It was such a nice weekend. We had the opportunity to see our college friends and what a blast we had "catchin up" and reminiscing about old times. The wedding itself was absolutely beautiful and everyone looked all fancy in their tuxes, suits, and dresses.
Rob and Lara had a great idea of bringing a photo booth to the reception and all the guests were able to take some cool and quirky photos. Emily and I, Nate and Kathy, and Jerry and Tracy all go in the booth at one time and took some hilarious photos. My big head covered up half the screen though.
Yesterday Luke and Laura, Emily and I went wakeboarding behind our boat. What a blast that was......or not!! Luke and Laura was able to get up on the wakeboard after a few attempts. Me, however, was unsuccessful!! Oh well, I'll keep trying I guess. It was a lot of fun though.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
Fourth of July
Happy belated July 4th to everyone. I hope ya'll enjoyed a special weekend with family and friends as we all celebrated our nations independence.
We had a special weekend with the Martins (Emilys sister Sarahs family), Emily parents and her youngest sister Abi, Hintermeisters(Emilys other sister Laura who now lives across the lake from us) and Lukes (Lauras husband) parents who live in a nice apartment on their property on the lake. It was a beautiful weekend with lots of sunshine, tubing, fishing and grillin'.
Highlights of the weekend included: a dissappointing early morning fishing expedition on the boat(however we did enjoy a beautiful sunrise), Shane and Todd doing some "crazy" tubing in the early am at fast speeds, Laura and Luke docking their pontoon on our rocky beach, and the gals (Emily, Laura, Sarah, Dawn, Abi and Ashley) swimming out to 'Lange Island" and back twice where Todd and Luke only accomplished it once!! They had so much fun swimming out there and what a great time they had.
Another fun event was the fireworks we were able to watch from our shore. A guy on the lake provided the excitement for everyone. They were impressive fireworks and lasted about 15-20 minutes. We of course lit off some of our own fireworks and that was exciting as well.
We were very blessed to have them all up here. We had great conversation, fellowship, and loads of fun. All the kids loved playing with each other (all 10 of them) and they were so well behaved!!!
All in all it was a great weekend and we look forward to having many more special 4th of July celebrations in years to come.
We had a special weekend with the Martins (Emilys sister Sarahs family), Emily parents and her youngest sister Abi, Hintermeisters(Emilys other sister Laura who now lives across the lake from us) and Lukes (Lauras husband) parents who live in a nice apartment on their property on the lake. It was a beautiful weekend with lots of sunshine, tubing, fishing and grillin'.
Highlights of the weekend included: a dissappointing early morning fishing expedition on the boat(however we did enjoy a beautiful sunrise), Shane and Todd doing some "crazy" tubing in the early am at fast speeds, Laura and Luke docking their pontoon on our rocky beach, and the gals (Emily, Laura, Sarah, Dawn, Abi and Ashley) swimming out to 'Lange Island" and back twice where Todd and Luke only accomplished it once!! They had so much fun swimming out there and what a great time they had.
Another fun event was the fireworks we were able to watch from our shore. A guy on the lake provided the excitement for everyone. They were impressive fireworks and lasted about 15-20 minutes. We of course lit off some of our own fireworks and that was exciting as well.
We were very blessed to have them all up here. We had great conversation, fellowship, and loads of fun. All the kids loved playing with each other (all 10 of them) and they were so well behaved!!!
All in all it was a great weekend and we look forward to having many more special 4th of July celebrations in years to come.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Summer has arrived!!!!
The very long winter has left us and we are beginning to see the sun again! Life on the lake is sweet! Many of you know we bought a boat this year in hopes of experiencing this beautiful lake..... Well it has been a long and difficult road to actually getting there. After 3 attempts of putting the thing in the lake and not being able to move around in it, we had to bring it into the shop each time. We have finally been able to enjoy all the things a water vacation has to offer! The kids are loving the cold water and actually so are Todd and I. We had the chance to be out all day yesterday tubing and sunning! We are really thankful, even more so now that it was a delay in gratification of what this area has to offer.
Todd has several weeks off this summer and we are just taking the time to be with our little family and relax. The kids are busy with soccer on mon and wed. Ashley has the wonderful opportunity to be involved in a girls only Homeschool group thru the summer. They will be learning how to be a true and loyal friend to other girls and proper etiquette rules. She has already had so much fun getting to know other girls.
Todd and I had the opportunity to run in the Grandma's half marathon this past sat. along with a buddy Todd went to Anesthesia school with (Adam). It was really fun and Todd did a great job! He made the 13.1 miles in 1:54! What a champ. He even worked a ton of hours all week and then did that. Amazing job. I however had not trained very much and had a bit of a knee injury the week before the race, so my time was a little pathetic... 2:42. Oh well, next time I'll do better. I had to walk a lot of it this time. Adam did great too. His time was 2:18 and he hadn't trained much at all. It was seriously one of the most favorite races we had ever done.... We are all planning to run and train for the Twin Cities 10 mile. Which will be in beginning of Oct. It is a little addicting.
Our plans for the summer include a ton of boating, skiing, tubing. We have family coming up for the 4th which should prove to be a blast! Then a wedding in July, also a blast we can't wait to get our groove on, well I can't wait anyway's, I think Todd will be in the watching crowd... We're hoping to have many more friends and family coming up here to relax and rejuvanate themselves for their lives back at home. Our home is an open door for those who need it!
We hope and pray that all of you are doing well and are healthy too. Have a fun and safe summer. Enjoy it while it lasts, for the snow will be back sooner than we all want it.....
Todd has several weeks off this summer and we are just taking the time to be with our little family and relax. The kids are busy with soccer on mon and wed. Ashley has the wonderful opportunity to be involved in a girls only Homeschool group thru the summer. They will be learning how to be a true and loyal friend to other girls and proper etiquette rules. She has already had so much fun getting to know other girls.
Todd and I had the opportunity to run in the Grandma's half marathon this past sat. along with a buddy Todd went to Anesthesia school with (Adam). It was really fun and Todd did a great job! He made the 13.1 miles in 1:54! What a champ. He even worked a ton of hours all week and then did that. Amazing job. I however had not trained very much and had a bit of a knee injury the week before the race, so my time was a little pathetic... 2:42. Oh well, next time I'll do better. I had to walk a lot of it this time. Adam did great too. His time was 2:18 and he hadn't trained much at all. It was seriously one of the most favorite races we had ever done.... We are all planning to run and train for the Twin Cities 10 mile. Which will be in beginning of Oct. It is a little addicting.
Our plans for the summer include a ton of boating, skiing, tubing. We have family coming up for the 4th which should prove to be a blast! Then a wedding in July, also a blast we can't wait to get our groove on, well I can't wait anyway's, I think Todd will be in the watching crowd... We're hoping to have many more friends and family coming up here to relax and rejuvanate themselves for their lives back at home. Our home is an open door for those who need it!
We hope and pray that all of you are doing well and are healthy too. Have a fun and safe summer. Enjoy it while it lasts, for the snow will be back sooner than we all want it.....
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Long winter!!
What a long winter it has been. I don't know about the rest of you, but I am getting pretty sick of all this extreme weather. In Duluth, it will be 35 degrees and sunny and the next day the temperature will drop 45 degrees to -10. I've said this before but I don't think I've ever experienced this kind of weather before. With that being said and all complaining aside, we still love it up here.
Ashley and Isaac are plugging along in home schooling and doing well. Emily does a great job at teaching them and she works really hard at completing all the assignments, test, etc. Its not an easy job and I honestly don't think I could do it, but God gave me a wonderful wife that can!! Praise Him!
We are sending off our last bit of paperwork for our adoption and then we wait. Our "packet" of information will be sent off to adoption agencies across the U.S. and then eventually someone will pick us for whatever reason they decide too. The "unknowns" are a little scary but ultimately we put our trust in the Lord in terms of when our "new one" will arrive. Will it be a little girl, little boy, will he or she have blond hair, black hair, blue or brown eyes? Will it be just one or does God want us to have two?! Will he or she come in one month or twelve months? We can' t wait to find out all these questions and the day will be here sooner than later. We will keep you updated on the status.
How is everyone? Feel free to shoot us an email or respond to this entry via the comments section. We look forward to talking to you or seeing you soon.
God Bless-
Ashley and Isaac are plugging along in home schooling and doing well. Emily does a great job at teaching them and she works really hard at completing all the assignments, test, etc. Its not an easy job and I honestly don't think I could do it, but God gave me a wonderful wife that can!! Praise Him!
We are sending off our last bit of paperwork for our adoption and then we wait. Our "packet" of information will be sent off to adoption agencies across the U.S. and then eventually someone will pick us for whatever reason they decide too. The "unknowns" are a little scary but ultimately we put our trust in the Lord in terms of when our "new one" will arrive. Will it be a little girl, little boy, will he or she have blond hair, black hair, blue or brown eyes? Will it be just one or does God want us to have two?! Will he or she come in one month or twelve months? We can' t wait to find out all these questions and the day will be here sooner than later. We will keep you updated on the status.
How is everyone? Feel free to shoot us an email or respond to this entry via the comments section. We look forward to talking to you or seeing you soon.
God Bless-
Friday, February 22, 2008
More fun times on the Lake
Well, this week it was below zero again with wind chill reaching a "chilling" 50 below. We can't believe it. Although, since I've been growing out my beard it hasn't been all that cold. Emily calls me the "mountain man" and to be honest, how fitting is that. About a month ago we saw a deer mangled on the side of the road not to far from us. We asked around and did some of our own research and we concluded it was probably a bobcat or cougar. A bobcat or cougar.....you gotta be kidding me!!! We asked our neighbor about it who has lived on Island lake his whole life and he stated it isn't that uncommon to see bobcats, cougars, or wolves out here. Lo and behold Emily saw a wolf walking on the lake toward our house just the other day. Need I say it.....we need a gun and dog to protect our selves!!! We've learned a lot out here, absolutely love it, and look forward to many scary adventures to come!!!! And believe me.....I will be writing all about the adventures.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Brrrrrrrr/ Happy V Day!
We have never experienced such cold weather as we have over the last few weeks. The other day I was driving to work and my truck read -27 degrees.....I couldn't believe it. Later that day I was informed the temp's reached 50 below zero factoring in the wind chill. Wow!! I remember one time in college when I cleaned Walgreen floors (yeah, I know what a weird job, huh?!) with my two roommates (I won't mention their names in case their embarassed of their Walgreens experience) it reached 60 below and they cancelled school. Also that night the van we were driving died on us.....and then we almost died of hypothermia. But other than that, I personally haven't experienced such cold weather. With that being said, when is summer ever gonna arrive?!
I started my new job a few weeks ago and so far its everything I expected, and then some. I have entered the work force again so look out people!
And now here is some important Valentines information everyone should know. In case you're interested......
According to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated one billion valentine cards are sent each year, making Valentine's Day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year. (An estimated 2.6 billion cards are sent for Christmas.)
Approximately 85 percent of all valentines are purchased by women. Valentine greetings were popular as far back as the Middle Ages (written Valentine's didn't begin to appear until after 1400), and the oldest known Valentine card is on display at the British Museum. The first commercial Valentine's Day greeting cards produced in the U.S. were created in the 1840s by Esther A. Howland. Howland, known as the Mother of the Valentine, made elaborate creations with real lace, ribbons and colorful pictures known as "scrap".
I'm sure you all wanted to know that important information about V-Day.
I hope everyone is healthy, happy, and staying warm. Happy Valentines Day! God Bless-
I started my new job a few weeks ago and so far its everything I expected, and then some. I have entered the work force again so look out people!
And now here is some important Valentines information everyone should know. In case you're interested......
According to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated one billion valentine cards are sent each year, making Valentine's Day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year. (An estimated 2.6 billion cards are sent for Christmas.)
Approximately 85 percent of all valentines are purchased by women. Valentine greetings were popular as far back as the Middle Ages (written Valentine's didn't begin to appear until after 1400), and the oldest known Valentine card is on display at the British Museum. The first commercial Valentine's Day greeting cards produced in the U.S. were created in the 1840s by Esther A. Howland. Howland, known as the Mother of the Valentine, made elaborate creations with real lace, ribbons and colorful pictures known as "scrap".
I'm sure you all wanted to know that important information about V-Day.
I hope everyone is healthy, happy, and staying warm. Happy Valentines Day! God Bless-
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Happy New Year
I hope all of you are well and free from sickness. Our entire family was ill with the stomach flu between Christmas and New Years! It was awful! Thanks for all your pictures and Christmas cards, they were great! It was fun to see how all your children are growing up and how all the men are losing hair! Its nice to know I'm not the only one going bald.
We are finally feeling settled up here in the Northland. Our "brave" deer has seemed to drift off into the woods and hasn't returned for a couple of weeks. We have experienced more snow fall this year than either Emily or I can remember dating back to childhood. Ash and Isaac have been loving the snow, sledding and learning how to cross country skii. Emily is feeling better from her tail bone injury and been able to Xcountry skii as well. I have been enjoying some time off for the first time in over two years. I (We) are so glad to be done with school. I start my new job on Jan 21st and just yesterday I found out I passed my certification exam. I am officially a CRNA now! Praise the Lord. That exam was so hard and I did it, but only with his strength!!I give Him all the credit and glory for getting me through these last couple of years and passing the cert. exam. Praise Him!! So, if anyone wants thousands of anethesia notes to use and study up on, or just for kindling for a fire, let me know!!
We are now in the waiting phase for our new adopted baby. It is estimated we should have our baby sometime over the next year! We can't even believe it. In some ways, it will feel like our first child because our kids are older. We are praying now for all the circumstances surrounding the baby, the babies mother and the timing of the adoption.
Just on aside, the other day Isaac and I walked out to the Island directly across from our house. Previously we attempted to, however, we discovered it was a little too "slushy" to attempt to cross. This day the water was solid. This was the first time I ever "walked on water", what was Peters problem....lol. Anwyays, Isaac and I had an imaginary picnic that consisted of burgers, beans, corn on cob and watermelon. It was fun and a great bonding experience for my son and I.
We are finally feeling settled up here in the Northland. Our "brave" deer has seemed to drift off into the woods and hasn't returned for a couple of weeks. We have experienced more snow fall this year than either Emily or I can remember dating back to childhood. Ash and Isaac have been loving the snow, sledding and learning how to cross country skii. Emily is feeling better from her tail bone injury and been able to Xcountry skii as well. I have been enjoying some time off for the first time in over two years. I (We) are so glad to be done with school. I start my new job on Jan 21st and just yesterday I found out I passed my certification exam. I am officially a CRNA now! Praise the Lord. That exam was so hard and I did it, but only with his strength!!I give Him all the credit and glory for getting me through these last couple of years and passing the cert. exam. Praise Him!! So, if anyone wants thousands of anethesia notes to use and study up on, or just for kindling for a fire, let me know!!
We are now in the waiting phase for our new adopted baby. It is estimated we should have our baby sometime over the next year! We can't even believe it. In some ways, it will feel like our first child because our kids are older. We are praying now for all the circumstances surrounding the baby, the babies mother and the timing of the adoption.
Just on aside, the other day Isaac and I walked out to the Island directly across from our house. Previously we attempted to, however, we discovered it was a little too "slushy" to attempt to cross. This day the water was solid. This was the first time I ever "walked on water", what was Peters problem....lol. Anwyays, Isaac and I had an imaginary picnic that consisted of burgers, beans, corn on cob and watermelon. It was fun and a great bonding experience for my son and I.
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