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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Friday Fill-Ins
Ahhh, Friday Fill-in! As always, my answers are off the top of my head and in bold. And...here we go!
1. Join me in Belize.
2. Put a little rock star in your day!
3. Happiness is getting the first spring flower from your son.
4. Computers, cars, and cell phones often leave me feeling stupid and confused.
5. I'm waiting for the basement to get drywalled.
6. Anything chocolate is really hard to resist.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to family game night, outside hopefully, tomorrow my plans include attending Jamie's wedding and Sunday, I want to start packing for Belize!
1. Join me in Belize.
2. Put a little rock star in your day!
3. Happiness is getting the first spring flower from your son.
4. Computers, cars, and cell phones often leave me feeling stupid and confused.
5. I'm waiting for the basement to get drywalled.
6. Anything chocolate is really hard to resist.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to family game night, outside hopefully, tomorrow my plans include attending Jamie's wedding and Sunday, I want to start packing for Belize!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
MMM 4/13/09
This Easter weekend was a busy one indeed! Trent and Addy were off school Thursday -Monday so we tried to fill each day with "field trips" to keep them entertained and from fighting with each other. Thursday we had lunch with my step-sister and the kids enjoyed playing with Auntie Missy's dogs, Lexie & Jersey. She is more than half-way through her pregnancy and was looking beautiful! I got a tour of the baby's room and he is going to be so welcomed when he arrives in late July!
Friday we spent the whole day with the Trippel's at the MN Zoo. And apparently every other person who lives in MN and had the day off (with the exception of Russ who stayed home to meet with the electrician and get the basement signed off on) decided to go there too. The zoo was packed! And I was a little dismayed with the advertisements on the radio that you would be able to "get up close and personal with baby farm animals" Up close, a stretch at best. Personal? No. You couldn't hold the chicks or bunnies or piglets, so I'm not really sure what they envisioned as personal. Next time we want see farm animals, I'm calling up the Darrin Helget and giving him $35 for us to spend the day with his cows, kittens, and horses! Besides that little blip, we had a great day! Trent and Addy absolutely love spending time with Nathan, Nicholas, and Nyla Trippel.
Saturday, with the warmer weather, we got out the bikes and scooters. Both Trent and Addy got new scooters from Grandpa & Grandma Leeder for Christmas. Trent also got an electric scooter from Uncle Mat for Christmas, and so we got them out and had fun riding on the trail and playing outside most of the day. Russ worked all afternoon to get the ceiling of the basement insulated and we can now check that off the list of things to get done.
Sunday was Easter of course. After a very early mass at 7am, we headed back home so the kids could find their baskets. Then we headed to Bird Island for dinner and an egg hunt with the Soukup side. The kids had a blast on the egg hunt and playing dice games too. It was a nice afternoon and a blessed Easter!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Happy Easter
Hope you all had a very blessed Easter! MMM will not be posted until later on Monday or Tuesday as we have another busy Monday planned.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Belated MMM 4/5/09
I'm touched. Really. The 3 of you who consistently read this blog, noticed I didn't post MMM this week. I'm sorry that I let my readership down. Life just got away from me, and the blog updated kept slipping lower on the list of things to do. But, no fear, we are alive & well over here at the Soukup's and I will now fill you in about our weekend!
Friday was Trent's school conference. He is doing excellent work! His teacher, Mr. Churchill informed us that while Trent needs to work on s-l-o-w-i-n-g down and checking his work and staying on task, he is doing excellent in his academics! Trent scored the highest math test score in 2nd grade for the past quarter and he will be continuing on with challenge math! He also got "E's" (Excellent, highest score given) in reading for homework and oral reading fluency, reading at a 3rd grade level! We were thrilled and very proud parents indeed!
After Trent's conference we drove around the northern metro area trying to find me a scuba mask and fins. I am not going to Belize without a working mask! The one I have leaks in the right eye so after about 10 minutes of snorkeling I'm being drowned out by saltwater and risking losing a contact. Trying to find a mask that fits my pea sized head however, is not an easy task. Luckily, we discovered a dive shop in Maple Grove and they were able to outfit me with a mask & fins for the trip (and many more to come).
We received another little surprise on Saturday after we had returned home from the Science Museum and we were vegging out on the couch. A pounding at our garage door entrance proved not to be one of the neighborhood kids, but Uncle Ross! Russ's brother had been in the area with a friend searching for ice houses and had stopped by to say hello. The kids got their second wind and were all excited to show-off and brag to Uncle Ross about what they had been up to and how good they are getting on the Wii.
Sunday, I finally finished the re-organizing and cleaning out of the basement! It was been a task that has taken more than a few hours. But, we took a big load to donate and sold the bigger items that we were no longer using. We now have space to move the stuff we are keeping into so that the electrician from the state can come in and check everything off and we (well, Russ) can start drywalling after Easter. I will be so happy when that gets done! Then, Russ plans to focus on building a shed in the background to house all the outdoor stuff we have now accumulated with the deck being finished last summer! It never seems to end!
Friday was Trent's school conference. He is doing excellent work! His teacher, Mr. Churchill informed us that while Trent needs to work on s-l-o-w-i-n-g down and checking his work and staying on task, he is doing excellent in his academics! Trent scored the highest math test score in 2nd grade for the past quarter and he will be continuing on with challenge math! He also got "E's" (Excellent, highest score given) in reading for homework and oral reading fluency, reading at a 3rd grade level! We were thrilled and very proud parents indeed!
After Trent's conference we drove around the northern metro area trying to find me a scuba mask and fins. I am not going to Belize without a working mask! The one I have leaks in the right eye so after about 10 minutes of snorkeling I'm being drowned out by saltwater and risking losing a contact. Trying to find a mask that fits my pea sized head however, is not an easy task. Luckily, we discovered a dive shop in Maple Grove and they were able to outfit me with a mask & fins for the trip (and many more to come).
Saturday, we were VIP guests at the Science Museum courtesy of Russ's company. Pentair, is sponsoring an exhibit at the museum, and treated it's employees to free admission, a snack bar, and water bottles. The exhibit they presented is "Water." An exhibit celebrating the beauty and life-sustaining nature of an essential - but ultimately extremely fragile - resource (can you tell I took that directly from the museum pamphlet?!) And to top it off, Russ won the drawing and we now have membership to the Science Museum for an entire year! Here are a few pictures from our fun that day:
We received another little surprise on Saturday after we had returned home from the Science Museum and we were vegging out on the couch. A pounding at our garage door entrance proved not to be one of the neighborhood kids, but Uncle Ross! Russ's brother had been in the area with a friend searching for ice houses and had stopped by to say hello. The kids got their second wind and were all excited to show-off and brag to Uncle Ross about what they had been up to and how good they are getting on the Wii.
Sunday, I finally finished the re-organizing and cleaning out of the basement! It was been a task that has taken more than a few hours. But, we took a big load to donate and sold the bigger items that we were no longer using. We now have space to move the stuff we are keeping into so that the electrician from the state can come in and check everything off and we (well, Russ) can start drywalling after Easter. I will be so happy when that gets done! Then, Russ plans to focus on building a shed in the background to house all the outdoor stuff we have now accumulated with the deck being finished last summer! It never seems to end!
Well, Addy is done eating lunch and it's time for her playdate, so I need to wrap it up. But, thanks to you who wondered what happened to the MMM and for keeping tabs on us!
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