Four Peas in a Blog: May 2024

Friday, May 31, 2024

Memorial Day weekend 2024

We went up north for a night to visit my parents and brother's family and spend some time on the lake.

It was also my nephew Tyler's birthday, so we were able to celebrate with him.

He had a good laugh over the trouble he had blowing out the candles:

The kid likes fishing!

Omri really enjoyed playing pickleball on the driveway:

The weather was decent:

Both kids made it into the 58-degree lake, albeit briefly:

Omri took a slower approach to get in, but he floated for 10 Mississippis!

I got out for a brief photo walk in Gilbert on Saturday morning. I took some film photos that I am excited to develop, plus the bottom shot you see here (with my digital camera):

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

If it seems like I have been giving less attention to my blog lately, it is because my creative focus has been on a new short film I am making with Veronica. It is called "Waking World", and it is almost done!

Monday, May 27, 2024

R turns 44

Thursday, May 23, 2024

Finding Nemo Jr, part 1

Veronica continues to impress with her musical theater performances. There were some audio issues on opening night that disappointed me, but after two more viewings I was really sold!

All photos here are by Kara Salava Photography.

Coral is Nemo's mom, who dies in the first five minutes of the play...

... But it's a great part for those five minutes!

She was also uncredited as a shark:

Here she is as a grouper:

She ended up being on stage a lot as a part of the ensemble. What a great experience for her and so much fun for her to bond with these other talented kids!

This is only part 1 of our Finding Nemo coverage because I hope to post some video clips soon...

Monday, May 20, 2024

Mother's Day 2024

Veronica delivered her beautiful poem, "First Best Friend," at two church services that morning.

Then we had a quick take-and-bake brunch before V had to run off to another performance of Finding Nemo Jr.

There was time later to look through the Mother's Day Journal (still one of the best gift ideas ever that I would encourage dads to start for moms right after kids are born).

Friday, May 17, 2024

19th anniversary

Because we have had so much going on lately, it feels like our wedding anniversary got spread out over the course of three separate weekends. Here's everywhere we went to celebrate:

Dinner at Churchill Street Restaurant (Shoreview)
Lunch at Lola's Lakehouse (Waconia)
Whiskey tour/tasting at J. Carver Distillery (Waconia)
Dinner at Tullibee (North Loop, Minneapolis)
A night at Hewing Hotel (North Loop, Minneapolis)
Brunch at NOLO's Kitchen and Bar (North Loop, Minneapolis)

And here are a few photos from some of these outings:

Rooftop hot tub at the Hewing:

Walk along the river in Minneapolis:

Thank you to my parents and R's mom for watching the kids (and shuttling them all over the Twin Cities) and for the gifts of money to spend at all these restaurants!

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Henry V with V

Veronica and I attended Shakespeare's play Henry V at The Guthrie Theatre last week. This was an outing with some other junior high students (and parents) from her school. We had a nice time!