Doing time....

Hi everyone....
I wanted to put a quick post out here in blog-land to let everyone know that I'm raising money for the Muscular Dystrohy Association... I am going to be locked up in "jail" to raise money for MDA. My goal is to raise $3,280 before the event on August 6th!

Your 100% tax-deductible donation will help MDA continue research into the cause and the possible cure of the 43 neuromuscular diseases they cover. Your support of the MDA Lock-Up will also help MDA provide medical equipment, clinic visits, support groups and a magical week of MDA Summer Camp for the families served by the Association in our local area.

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MILES!!! So, Sean and I decided that we are going to run a half marathon! We're going to run the White Rock Half Marathon together in December.....unless we find a better one to run in the Oct/Nov time frame!

Atticus is so excited about this and can't figure out why we didn't start training for this a year ago when he joined our family. He's definitely more of a fan or running, as opposed to his normal walking.

This will be my (Sara's) third half marathon and Sean's first half marathon. Let us know if you have any tips for us!!!

And Now it is Complete

Well, its 99% complete. A massive storm rolled in just as we were fastening the last board into the pergola. Oh well, just take a gander at what our new backyard feature looks like.




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Check it out!

Here's a review of a local German restaurant:

I Don't Know if this is Tall Enough

Meet the new addition to our home, our new pergola. Well what is a pergola you may ask? Well, it's, it's that thing right up there. It provides no shelter from rain or wind and sunlight will shine right through the slates of the roof (once we put them on)so it offers minimal shade.
So why did we build it? Because it looks cool. Because it defines the area around it and creates entertaining space out of what was just yard. The pergola is the next step in putting Sara's and my personality into our house. Here some pictures of John and I at work at it. Just like all of our projects, it involved digging.
In case anyone is reading this and wonders if we needed a permit or should have gone through the bureaucratic process that is sometimes necessary in historical neighborhoods such as ours. Remember this; that is a bounce house!

Pics from Cheese-land!!!!

So - I definitely think that any of our posts are 100 times better with pictures!!! Here are some pics of my trip to Wisconsin...thanks to Megan and Dami. To start it off, we have a Dami sandwich....Mom and I had so much fun getting to spend so much time with Meg and Dami!

Here we are at dinner #2 one night with Aunt Lyria, Uncle Rick, Cousin Ben and Cousin Dan.....I feel kind of short in this picture!

Grandma, Grandpa, Mom, Meg and Dami at Oakwood....we had the best time visiting with them :)

And - the bizarre pic from our trip - here I am with....a random baby! Actually, the mom on my flight lost her necklace and I offered to help her by holding her 14-month old son for a moment. Well, that moment turned into over an hour, because although he was unhappy while his mom was holding him - he really liked me holding him. Hence the pic above. He fell asleep in my arms for an hour!! Too funny!

G'night!

Hello from God's Country....Wisconsin!

Hi all! This is Sara :)
I just got back from Wisconsin! My Mom, Megan, Dami and I went to Wisconsin for the weekend. We had a great time! We got to see Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt Lyria, Uncle Rick, Cousin Ben, Cousin Dan, Roger, Gary and Sonya! Can you tell we were busy!

So....since we're in Wisconsin - I should give you a run-down of all that we ate... let's see - we had two dinners one night - kind of scary, right? We had delicious homemade ice cream from Olson's, Noodles and Company (I may have to open a franchise!), a delicious burger place, the Norske Nook (where my parents met!!!!) and probably too many more to list....and to think, we were only there for 4 days!

Thanks so much to Aunt Lyria, Uncle Rick, Dan and Ben... we got to stay with them and it was so much fun! Dan even let Meg, Dami and I stay in his room - what a sweet cousin!

We took all of the pics on Meg's camera, so hopefully I will have some to post tomorrow!

G'night!