Mother's Day 2025

We went to church and out to Washington Square for brunch.

Looking through the new entries in her Mother's Day journal:

She also received a Cribbage board. Omri read the instructions out loud.

 

Our new siding is on the house, so were finally able to put the deck together and enjoy the space.

We ended the day with some s'mores made on our new tabletop s'mores maker (a gift from our church for teaching Sunday School this year).

Nevermind that our tabletop was our firepit... this was still more convenient (and less smokey).

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Twins game 2025

Nice night for it!

It was jersey night.

And it was also St. Thomas night, so we met up with some old friends there!

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V in D.C.

One of V's friends took this photo of her on her class trip to Washington, D.C. Of course there are other photos too, but they are a part of V's story, not mine. I just wanted to mark her trip.

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Bungalows Key Largo

It's a pretty great feeling to have a midday drink at the airport after dropping your kids off on their own adventures. Monday morning, April 21, Veronica was on her way to Washington, D.C. and Omri was on his way to Camp Widjiwagen (outside of Ely, MN). Construction was just beginning on the exterior of our house (we're getting new siding, trim, and windows) while R and I escaped to a resort down in Key Largo called Bungalows.

It is an adults-only, all-inclusive resort, so we had a lot of drinks!

It was pretty much paradise, in part due to the good company.

As the name implies, we had our own private Bungalow:

The goal was to relax.

Mission accomplished!

Each bungalow came with two bikes (although one of ours went missing and the other had a flat tire):

The hardest we worked was probably the swim out to that flamingo (it wasn't that difficult):

Evening entertainment included trivia...

... and live music on the beach:

Breakfast on the water:

We didn't see much of the Keys, but that wasn't the point.

How about that dinner location?

What treat! I'd go back sometime.

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20 years

We are celebrating our marriage today. Hard to believe 20 years have passed! Here's a shot from our wedding that has not been posted yet:

Stay tuned for some coverage from a little excursion we took last week!

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Twin Cities Auto Show

Omri and his Momma went to the Twin Cities Auto Show. All photos are by R:

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Easter 2025

Egg hunt:

Omri got a new car and a Nintendo controller:

New camera:

Photo by Peteria at church:

We drove up to Uncle Ryan and Aunt Katie's house for a delicious meal. Grandma and Grandpa were there too.

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Egg dying 2025

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Waiting on my move

Omri has been interested in chess lately. I am grateful!

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Just a shot I grabbed at a party for our friend Dan at Fair State Brewing:

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A high school has been chosen!

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Jeff turns 46

Well, I worked on my birthday this year. In the evening, we had a virtual meeting for Veronica's upcoming DC trip, and she had a voice lesson in New Brighton. So, there wasn't time for much else... but R did put this beautiful angel food cake together for me, and I received some cards and gifts!

Photo by R:

We continued celebrating over the weekend at Forgotten Star Brewing:

It ended up being a nice birthday. Thanks to everybody for helping make it special!

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