4th of July

We spent the weekend in Alexandria. Lots of sun, swimming, paddle boating, whiffle ball, Norwegian horseshoes, reading, relaxing, and fireworks. N and F brought Mags on Saturday. Enjoy the pics.

All my nieces

Whiffle Ball

Love that hammock

relaxing

This uncle knows what he's doing

This cousin does too

Hasn't she changed in a month?

The girl's ready for her guitar

He had so much fun playing in those cushions

1st Ice Cream Cone

I left my camera in Stewartville (which is why I haven't posted these till now) but one of the days TC used it on a trip to DQ. JAC's first ice cream cone, I think

Birthday Party

TC's birthday was June 24, so Erm and I made a cake for her (with real fondant) and brought it out to Stewartville after we all went to Spring Valley for some A&W and duck, duck, grey duck.

We were so proud!

Sawa, Sawa, look at this face

Aren't they beautiful?

Duck, Duck, grey Duck

Birthday girl, with some help

a perfect weekend

It was a perfect weekend. Beautiful weather, nothing pressing to get done, lots of time outside. Friday after work I snagged a deal at World Market where they had outdoor funiture for 50% off. I picked up 3 chairs and 2 tables for my patio. Bryan Carlson, who started at Mayo this month came over and along with Erm, the three of us put together the chairs and then hung out on the patio with pizza and drinks til it was too dark to see and then came inside and watched movies. Kyle and Madey were at a Twins game on Friday evening and then drove down, not getting here until 1:00 or so Sat. morning. After we heard about their trip and showed them their rooms, we went to bed. Got to sleep in until 9:00 or so (first time in a while) made coffee and muffins and the 4 of us (Lester, Madey, Erm, and me) sat out on the patio eating, talking, and eventually playing card games through the late morning and into the early afternoon. Me being me, I of course broke one of the brand new patio chairs, quite a bummer, since I hadn't even had it 24 hours yet. But definitetly a good laugh for the cousins. After a light lunch of somen (best summer food ever) Lester and Madey took off. After Erm and I made individual pizza loaves for lunch next week, she went for a bike ride, and I met Jill and Mindee for pie. Jill came over afterwards and the two of us went rollerblading till I fell down and completed my set of summer knees. * We sat out on the patio catching up for a bit, till she took off and I started working on the slides for Sunday worship service while we watched Spanglish (what do you think of that movie? I give it two thumbs up, but I know others have strongly contrasting views).
So Sunday morning, I got up and finished slides. Went to church, and then A, T, and the kids as well as Bryan came over for tacos and watermelon. The shots below are from today. JAC is warming up to Erm, as you can see. Spent the rest of the afternoon doing a bit of cleaning, laundry, and not much of anything.
Can't think of a better way to spend a weekend, except of course if you could have been here.

*I took a picture but really not worth posting. I should have taken something with Nani who also has a good start on summer knees, but alas, didn't think of it til they'd left.

Baptism and Monday

June 6 - This day in history

Sweden National Day (or Swedish flag day)

Alexander Pushkin was born this day in 1799

Mom and Dad were married this day in 1970

Maggie Kathleen Carlson was born this day in 2008 (NB has pics on his blog or click here)

Summer fun

I got home from work at just about the same time as Erm and Andy pulled up just behind her. Tracie and the kids were only a minute behind them. Mom had made supper for all of us (chilekillas and frozen banana) and we spent the rest of the evening looking at flowers, gardening, playing frisbee, and hanging out. All in all a perfect June evening. Here are some pictures.