Triple bypass

My quick three day trip north has been extended. Dad had triple bypass surgery on Tuesday at St. Mary's in Duluth. He is not recovering quite as quickly as we may have hoped but he is improving. They stopped the sedation late this evening and we were able to communicate a little with him. He is still on the ventilator but they are hoping to take that out tomorrow. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and concern. We truly appreciate it!

I was able to take an hour or so each of the past two evenings to get out and shoot a few photos. Duluth is such a photogenic town! I'll apologize now for the color, I'm working on Tom's laptop (thank you honey!) and the monitor is not quite what I'm used to (I'm so spoiled at home!) so I can't really tell but I think it's off a little.

4th of July weekend

Oh what a relaxing weekend we had! We left for Clayton Hills Campground early Thursday afternoon. We camped next to the Droste's and their family this weekend. We had such a great time, really doing nothing! A lot of sitting around relaxing, reading books, the kids watched some movies, we drove into McGregor and Prairie a couple times, it was just nice! The folks came up on the 4th and had lunch and dinner with us. That evening we enjoyed the campgrounds fire works display. It was even better that we were able to watched them from our lawn chairs by our camp fire.
We are already looking forward to doing it again next year!







Wav & I downtown McGregor.


Dan, Wav & Sadie at Pike's Peak State Park.



I do not think Sadie appreciated the little hat we bought her.




I really enjoyed the quiet time, sitting out under the awning, basking in the glow of our awning lights.

Today

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TODAY
June 23st, 2009

Outside my window... The black clouds are rolling in on 60 mph winds.

I am thinking... how much I love my little Sadie-muffin who is curled up beside me on the couch.

I am thankful for... health insurance.

From the kitchen... i can still smell the chicken la-las we had for dinner.

I am wearing... Tom's old red t-shirt and blue shorts (i came in soaking wet from the monsoon outside and changed into the first thing that was close).

I am creating... a video from the wedding photos i shot on saturday and post processing the engagement photos i took sunday.

I am going...to do very little the rest of the evening.

I am reading... a Lisa Gardner book on my kindle. for the life of me i can't remember the name.

I am hoping... that i can get back and forth from my car to my desk successfully tomorrow.

I am hearing... Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino. I love Netflix!

Around the house... there are lots of things that need to be done yet here i sit....

One of my favorite things... my canon of course!

A few plans for the rest of the week... Clean up the house and yard to get ready for the wedding on Saturday. Take Waverly to the orthodontist as she has lost so many teeth recently that her retainer no longer fits. Go see my dear friend Lisa Saturday morning so that she can work her magic.

Camping weekend

It was a rather short camping weekend for the kids & I. We drove up to Wapsipinicon State Park after work on Friday. It rained and rained and rained all the way up there. And it continued to rain until about 7am on Saturday morning. Thankfully though it stopped and stayed rather cool all day Saturday. We had a great time with some of the folks from Tom's work. This is my new friend Elaine.


and her dog Sunny.


and my kids still glued to the video games even out in the great outdoors.