Getting ready for school

The “Kindergarten Kid” aka Joey is pretty excited to be riding the bus with Elizabeth, having school lunch, and recess. He is a proud boy right now 🙂

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Elizabeth is very happy to have her previous computer lab teacher as her homeroom teacher this year. She is a little nervous that not many of her friends are in her new class but is encouraged that she will have new friends.
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Nice weekends at home with friends and family

We had a couple quiet summer weekends at home with friends and family. We watched Twins and Vikings games on the deck with friends, had family over for a couple of meals, took a trip to the mall, stained the deck and play set, and attended a family reunion.

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Hanging with Grandma Hess at the reunion
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The July and August Birthday crowd
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Dad’s helper
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National Night Out 2011

We had a great time with friends and neighbors tonight. Carolyn did a great job setting up to host tonight’s event. Thanks to everyone for bringing some great eats and especially Jon for feeding everyone some wonderful steak! We even had a visit from McGruff the Crime Dog who was a hit with the kids.

We filled a good sized bucket for the food shelf which Carolyn will deliver soon!

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Most of the gang
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Mmm, steak
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Smurfs?
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McGruff and Kevin
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A quiet cabin weekend

We went up this weekend with just my Mom and family. It was a very relaxing weekend and as usual, the kids had a nice time. There was a really wild front that rolled through on Saturday morning.

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The kids enjoying themselves…
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I woke up to shut the windows and saw this front rolling in. It reminds me of looking up at a wave breaking in the ocean from underneath.

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