Update-O-Rama Part I

There are a few reasons why I haven't posted anything for awhile. Among those reasons would be getting ready to move and that we bought a brand new, very expensive, very cool camera and we had to figure out how to get pictures from the camera to the computer.


Anyway, I will post from oldest to newest. On May 21st it was Nate's 11th birthday. For his birthday we went to the Kid's Lego Fest in Minneapolis. It was a lot of fun, even for Nathan and I. They had several life-size Lego statues and Haley wanted to get a picture with each statue. Here are a few sample pics.






They had this really cool area called "Creation Nation" where you could create anything and then these volunteers would place them somewhere on the floor in the massive United States figure. Kind of hard to explain, but here are some pictures and maybe you'll catch on. The first picture is of Andy's creation. It was put someplace in California.

Haley's creation. Her's was put by the Golden Gate Bridge. I think that the volunteers knew we would be moving to California soon.


Nathan created an igloo. He asked them to put it in Alaska, but they didn't have an Alaska, so he asked them to put it in North Carolina because Jim and his dad built an igloo when North Carolina was hit by a snow storm this past winter.

Here's a shot of the "West Coast".

In this shot you can kind of see the whole "Nation".

After the Lego Fest, we had dinner at the Paulen's house. They are really great friends and wanted to have us over for dinner before we moved. Sarah even baked a cake for Nate and we had cake and ice cream for dessert.

Tae - Kwon- DoJo

On May 16th, Nate tested for his red belt in Tae Kwon Do. He got to break two boards for the first time. He broke both!

I Left My Heart in Rochester, MN

The weekend of May 13th and 14th, Nathan, Alina, and I flew to San Fransisco to find a place for us to live for a year. It was a frustrating experience for many reasons, which I won't go in to. But, we found a house! It was the last one we looked at and we are happy with our choice.

It's on a hill (of course!)

Looking up our street...

and down our street.

Let's Play!
On May 7th, 4 days after Michael turned 4, he had his first birthday party. The kids got to have a snack and watch a movie while everyone arrived.


After the movie, we opened presents and had cake and ice cream, then the kids got to play, play, play. It was just a huge playdate.

This sweet little girl is named Hallie. We'd like Michael to marry her when they grow up.