Gymnastics

The kids started taking gymnastics this fall. The school is just down the street and they are having a great time! We are also meeting some new families.

Emma is in the mini-mites group, for boys and girls who are 2-years-old. Matt or I attend the class with her. Her favorite apparatus at the moment is the trampoline.

Troy is in the muscle-mites, a class strictly for 4 year-old boys. He is really doing well and loves jumping into the sponge pit. The class is every Saturday morning and it seems to help us just start the weekend. I am sure these pictures bring back a lot of memories for my parents.

Florida Trip: Day Four

We finished up our last day going to the beach, reading by the pool, going miniature golfing and finally to Miller's Ale House to watch every football game known to man on various televisions.
We met up with Chad and Krista and other friends and family to eat greasy food and enjoy our time before heading back to Orlando.

We made it back to Orlando for our last evening out. Texas de Brazil came highly recommended and who doesn't love having men walk around with meat on a stick?? They asked me what kind of lamb I wanted - chops, leg or rack, and I responded..."all of them!" I thought it was the obvious answer. We had a great dinner and a great trip. It all had to end though as we made our way back to Chicago on Monday. It was great while it lasted. A big thanks to Bob and Val for watching the kids!

Florida Trip: Day Three - Part III

Congratulations to Chad and Krista! The main reason we went down to Florida was to attend their wedding. Chad and I have been friends since freshman year of college. We met in an odd way and have been friends ever since.
They had a beautiful wedding and Krista's dress was gorgeous! It was great to share their wedding day with them.
BTW, these pictures come courtesy from other people at the wedding. I, of course, forget my camera at the main event.

Florida Trip: Day Three - Part II

For those of you who know me, you know I hate NASCAR, a.k.a - car racing. However, it seemed kind of odd not going and checking out the most infamous race when it was right in front of us. It's huge! We were able to walk in and go up into the grandstand to see the track. These pictures were mainly for Becky, Matt's sister. So, enjoy! Becky, I have more if you want them.

Florida Trip: Day Three - Part I

Saturday morning we made our way to the golf course near Daytona Beach. We worked out that I had not been golfing for over a year and boy did I have some work to do. The weather was nice and hot while we golfed the front nine.

Florida Trip: Day Two

Friday, we drove to Marineland, which is between St. Augustine and Daytona. Here we got our first glimpse of the Atlantic, and I was in heaven! We then had our turn to swim with the dolphins. A big thank you to the team at Marineland. They were great and let us experience so many things with the dolphins. Phoebe is the beautiful dolphin in the pictures. She is 7 years old and was a good sport.

Florida Trip: Day One

We flew into Orlando on Thursday, September 17th. It was nice and hot, but it was strange being in Orlando and not having the kids.
We made our way to Downtown Disney for a great seafood dinner, a Cirque du Soleil show and drinks at Pleasure Island. We had not really been to this area before since it is not really for children. However, it was nice to be able to do something we had not been able to do before.

"At the Car Wash..."

It is really hard to find good help these days, so it appears it all depends on your technique. As you can see in the pictures, we use the one handed technique as well as the finger painting technique. If these work for you, please call 555-WASH!!

The End of Summer

This is the last weekend that the "Africa" display is on at the Minnesota Zoo. So, we headed out early this morning and had a few good hours in the sun with the animals. We were not disappointed, it was a great day and the kids had a blast.

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