dad's 50th

my dad turned 50 this month. a surprise party was thrown in his honor @ the portage in floodwood. we had good food, lots of laughs, and caught up with family and friends. i love my family! happy 50th dad!!

waco on the 4th

tim and i have never repeated a 4th of july venue. since we've met, every year we have gone somewhere new to celebrate our nations independence. but, we had such a great time last year in waco, we knew we needed to come back. a big thanks to kate and mike and lou and kathy for your very generous hospitality. you make us feel like part of the family.

happy 4th of july!

becca and i

tim and kate

the three amigos - check out last years 4th pic - all three are wearing the same exact shirts. there is no way this could have been planned. they didn't even realize it.

elivs - he was amazing!

wicked

in june we went to the musical production of wicked. tim and i went with three other couples. first we went to fireside pies, yummy! if you have not seen wicked, it's a must. you will not be disappointed. we had a very fun, relaxing evening.

becca and i @fireside pies - yummy!

becca, jackie, and i @ fireside pies - did i mention yummy!

during intermission @ wicked

mustangs

my friend becca did such a wonderful job organizing and arranging the lsro and lsoc athletic banquet! i am so proud of her! great job becca, you're amazing!!

athletic banquet 2010

tonight was the lsro athletic banquet. tim surprised me with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. it was a sweet surprise. all of the kids looked so nice dressed up. a fun night was had by all!

God's promise

just a little reminder that He has it all under control! He is so good!

(the rainbow was so large that i could not include the whole arch in the picture.)

weekend trip to mn

this past weekend, i traveled north to mn. the purpose of my trip was to see my great grandma helen (93) who has recently been sick. mom and i discussed and thought it was best for me to come and visit before summer. my weekend was packed full of fun and adventure. lots of time was spent catching up with old friends. in just about 48 hours i crammed two parties, two trips to the villa vista, the floodwood farm and feed swap meet, an afternoon with pam, cody, and harlee, and church. it went by crazy fast. in a weekend that i thought i would snap tons of pictures, i took two. actually, i didn't take any. (thanks auntie pam) i am so blessed to have such amazing family and friends.

ross (25), great grandma helen (93), me (29)