My Trip

I will now start posting about my most wonderful trip to Europe with my most wonderful friend, Fran. There were many exciting times. There were many trying times. We laughed a lot. We saw tons of stuff. This is the beginning of our story. We began in Chicago, jetting off to London, Bratislava, Vienna, Kaiserslaughtern, Landstuhl, Dublin, Liverpool, Chester, Liverpool and then London. It was wonderful. Here begins my story...

Just Another Night Hangin' With My Pals.... The Wailin' Jennys

The Tunin' Jennys


One More Jen For The Jennys


So Craig and I had a really fun time last night GOING TO A WAILIN' JENNYS CONCERT. The experience of seeing one of my favorite bands like 4 rows away was unbelieveable. There they were right in front of me. Craig was upset because he felt that the sound system that they had could have been better and he was right... Upon talking to one of the board members of the Lanesboro Art Council, or so we were informed (who shall remain nameless) told Craig that the sound system was something that they just "threw together" for the girls. So, a band that has won some Canadian Grammys gets a sound system "thrown together" for them?

Anyway, enough of the rant. Here they were, cute, funny (well actually hilarious), and totally talented, doing a concert for about 150 people in Lanesboro. I could gush some more and act all fan-y, but I wil instead, I will let the pictures speak for themselves.

Let Bob Mortensen and Bunny Kincade Sell Your House 4 U!

So this is me and a friend. We thought that this pic was so hilarious... like we could start some wicked rumors with it. "Things are changing at Community Bible Church..." We were setting up a studio over at our church to take pictures for a directory and this was a test shot. Photographers have all the fun....

This is Going to be One Loooog Week...

This week we have to be out of our house from 8-5 everyday so that our new windows can be put in. Now for most people this may not be that big of a deal but for me this is some strange form of torture. I don't really enjoy staying in my house all day, but this isn't the greatest thing I have ever had to do either. We are sitting at church right now. I am writing and the kids are watching movies on the projector. I am thinking that this will not be so novel come tomorrow. It sucks cause I had to make dinner and lunch last night because obviously it is impossible to do so under the circumstances. I was like, "Well, I'm just gonna whip up a little lunch for us so we don't have to become permanent fixtures of the McDonald's Playland." It took me ONE HOUR to make lunch for the 4 of us. Mind you, this was nothing special. Just some sandwiches and stuff. I also put some food in the crock pot (I was feeling pretty special about this) and so I was about as prepared for the day as I possibly could be.

I wish I could find some humor about all of this, but I guess I just keep thinking this WILL BE WORTH IT.

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Two days ago Franny decided that it would be a good idea to cut her own hair. Yes, I saw her with the scissors before the said incident. And, no, I did not stop her from weilding this weapon of mass destruction. She kept walking back and forth from the office to the garbage can. I know it is so obvious now. Kid with scissors, carrying something to the garbage...

Anyway, we were able to salvage her hair a little bit. You can see by the pic that there was a little "snippage" that went on with her locks.