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Halloween Awesome
The festival of Halloween was festive yet again. Maddie was a superhero, Jacob rocked the Ninja and Suz was Witch-tastic. I dressed as Bach for work and was joined by many of my colleagues who rocked...
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Let’s Go Band!
Big 6th Grade Band Concert tonight–for those who wish to relieve it the clips below should do the trick (click to play): Full concert: Download: fullconcert.mp3 Wigan Warriors: Download: song1.mp3...
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Math Masters!
For the second year in a row, Maddie’s math team won the Math Masters competition. They had a great time. Filed under: Superteam, Uncategorized
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Running Boston Marathon
In 1975 Bill Rodgers won the Boston Marathon in 2:09:55 marking both a course and American record and starting the running craze that swept the country including the Okemos, Michigan where I grew up....
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Colorful!
Today Maddie and I ran the Color Run in St. Paul. If you don’t know about this event, check out their site. Last year they filled before we could enter so this year we were excited to get a spot. The...
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Jr High and Other Adventures
Today MCB trundled off to Junior High at half past amazing in the morning. I was kind of awake and acutely aware of the speed of the earth rotating around the sun every couple of hours it seems. She...
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Steampunker turns 13
Today sweet Maddie turned 13 with the style we’ve come to expect. Lots of smiles and a jaunty new Steampunk look and we are launched into the teen years! Filed under: Uncategorized
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Walk in the woods
Had a great walk with the kidders a few weeks ago. Lots of blurry photos of birds and turtles and these two nice ones of my companions…. Filed under: Uncategorized
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Ridgedale Library Teen Art Contest
Maddie entered two of her drawings in the Ridgedale Library Teen Art Contest and one of them took FIRST PLACE! They had a reception for all the teen artists which was super fun and Maddie got a gift...
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Video Game Theme: Halloween 2013
From the Minecraft universe comes Steve, the pixilated hero. From the Pokemon universe comes Sylveon and Zuora. And in to the neighborhood did they go to collect candy and at one house cans of root...
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Top Hat Christmas 2013
We had a great holiday–a tip-top day. Here are a few pictures of us around the tree (not shown) with the kids in their fabulous top hats!Filed under: Uncategorized
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Brace Yourself: This Smile Is Fantastic
Maddie got her braces off. We have a few choice (silly) pictures of her a few days before. She’s in her fabulous band concert outfit (tux) and glad to still have her braces. She was worried she’d have...
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Leveling Up: Jacob Turns Ten
Today Jacob levels up, joining the ranks of double-digit age scores. He’s very grown up, but for a moment lets take a look back at him growing up. Here is a picture from every year, plus a drawing of...
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Back to Boston
I’m running the Boston Marathon again this year. Last year was a terrific experience until the bombings and then it was pretty scary. I wrote about the build up to Boston on my blog last year and...
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The Endless Road, Boston in Pictures
I got an email from my kids the weekend I was in Boston for the marathon and my son included an appropriate, if somewhat ominious message for the night before the race. It showed a road stretching to...
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Grandma G is 95
Had a great weekend in Chattanooga with my Grandma celebrating her 95th birthday! My folks and my sisters were there–it was a mini family reunion. So fun–pictures of my amazing Grandma and her goofy...
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Trashing Your Childhood
Yes, that is a dumpster full of swing set. Filed under: Uncategorized
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Hooray for Ames!
We spent the weekend at our folks’ house in Ames. It was a fun visit–they’ve got a big waterpark now and I got in two awesome nostelgia runs where I ran through all of my favorite Ames places. But most...
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