Monday, June 23, 2008

Newest Pictures

I had the kids pictures taken last week for Father's Day and they turned out great.

Follow the following link to view:

Go to http://www.thesmilestation.com and enter the following:

Customer Name: LOUISE FRIDAY
Access Code: LTTT0838107386TAR

ENJOY! Only 5 more days! Duluth, here we come!

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

New Contact Info

Here's our new address and phone in Duluth:

5821 Morning Star Drive
Duluth, MN 55804
218-525-4681

We'll be moving in on June 30th.

Everyone is welcome to visit!

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Update

Well, the movers came Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. My mom and I cleaned on Thursday and we closed on Friday. The kids, cats and us moved into my mom's on Wednesday. Then Bret and I jetted off for a weekend in Chicago. Bret had the ASCO conference (oncology's biggest) and I spent my time relaxing and shopping.

Connor has his going away party at school tomorrow (he finishes on Thursday). Then we'll have 4 days of nothing before the hectic summer schedule begins.

Connor's already been doing traveling soccer, which entails 2 practice nights per week. Now, he'll have 2 games per week for the next 3 weeks. On top of that, he'll have 2 weeks of hockey camp, a nature camp and a week long trip to South Dakota (Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, etc.) with Grandma Ellyn. Oh, and 3 more cello lessons squeezed in. Then we all go to the Star Wars exhibit at the Twin Cities Science Museum before heading up to Duluth (around 6/28).

Don't worry, Maren and Brendan will be just as busy. Maren has an art camp, gymnastics, gymnastics camp, nature camp and swim lessons. Brendan just has gymnastics, gymnastics camp and swim lessons.

I hope to squeeze in plenty of play dates with all of our wonderful friends before we leave. Oh, and a girls night out to boot!

The big, burning question: what's happening with the new house? It's on hold. Although we had been told that the financing would be no problem, it hasn't come through. With the state of the economy and the crack down in the mortgage world, a 100% financing construction loan is not an easy one to get. So, we hope to start once Bret gets his first pay check (7/31 or 8/1). We've been told that the building process would be 6-9 months, so we should be OK. We have found a house to rent in the Lakewood school district (which is where our new house will be) on 5 acres. It's not perfect, but should suit us well for hopefully only a year. We still haven't signed a lease, but once everything is finalized, I'll post the contact information.

Also, we have a new email address: lkwbebf@gmail.com. Please start using this new email. My old address book is stuck on my computer, which is in storage for a month. So, I don't have anyone's emails.

We are all adjusting well to being at Grandma's and can't believe how fast time is flying by. We'll blink and we'll be in Duluth (or as Bret says it, in Texas, which is more important). We're heading to Texas for 10 days after Bret has a week of orientation at his new job (start date 7/14).

I'll try to dig out my camera and get some recent pictures up soon.
All our love! xoxo