yes I DO read your blog JO!!!

Ten Years Ago:
i was 13. . . I don't even know what grade I would be going into??? 8th grade?? I was probably getting ready to start the new school year. I was already big into tennis, so I would probably be a few weeks into that already. My main source of income was babysitting. . . and. . . man I have a bad memory, I really don't remember what my life entailed when I was 13. . .

My To-Do List Today:
1. put together a 1 hour presentation on inclusion body myositis for my internship
2. get and send birthday cards to: mom, grandma and kelly, anni card to adam and angela, wedding card for cody and beckie, and dani and jon
3. get that presentation done for my internship. . . what even is myositis???
4. unpack from moving home from duluth (yes, I realize I moved home over 3 months ago)
5. read jolenes blog (just kidding. . . I really do read everyones blogs. . . when I have time :-(

Snack that I Enjoy:
ice cream
ice cream and cheese balls
ice cream and s'mores
ice cream and reeses pieces . . . the list goes on

Things I Would Do if I was a Millionaire:
pay off my student loans . . . and if I have money left I would:
go on an amazing honeymoon next may
buy a house (on a lake)

Places I've Lived:
pierz, mn with the fam
duluth mn
dorm at St. Scholastic, then willow apt on campus
then house off london road with adam for a while in the summer
then awesome house on arrowhead with really bad roommates
then same house on arrowhead with good roommates
then apartment in duluth on kenwood (across a church parking lot from the house that I lived in for two years
pierz, mn : then home with the parentals for the last few months til the move to rochester. . . then probably to that house on the lake that I buy when I am a millionaire

Tag! You're It!
angie sep
kelly r
mom
judy
all of you that use trumans troops!!!

Wisconsin Wedding = OT Reunion

I know it has been forever and a day since I blogged. . . but here is where I was this weekend. An OT classmate of mine got married, SO Chad and I made the roadtrip to Solon Springs, WI this weekend. The time went by too fast. . . but it was so great to see everyone. . . I think I am refreshed and ready for another week. . . maybe not :-( I hope everyone who went to Brian and Leah's wedding had fun, I missed ya'll!!!

Chad and I

Meet Katie "Shiloy", one of my two personal attendents (that is, if they get the date of the wedding correct, May 9th guys!!!)

Meet Ali, my other personal attendent . . .

Katie, Chad, Amanda, Ali, AJ

Dani, Amanda, Nikki, Jenna, Tarrah

4 days til the weekend. . .

After a great weekend in Blaine/Lino Lakes, I had to return to the real world today. Here are a couple of pics from Sunday afternoon when Chad and I went shore fishin' in Lino.

It was absolutely bea.u.tiful out, and what better way to spend the day then with your guy fishin'. We finished off the weekend with some steaks on the grill, beans from the garden (yellow beans, the best, thanks mom!) and some red potatoes. . . is your mouth watering???

Can't wait to do it again. . .

Breast Cancer 5K

So here it is. . . way over due. . . but better late then never. Here was me, making the shirts the nite before when I shoulda been restin' up!

Me, mom and Angela modeling our shirts, still in good shape cause be havn't ran yet!
Below is the team that we were on: "Legs of Love"
Some relatives (Mary and Doug Ohotto) who have taken part in the Susan G Komen race for a few years now!
Yup, we finished!!! (Never mind the time on the top, we were fully recovered by this picture, many many mimutes after the race)
NOW, for those of you who think this looks like tons of fun, it was, and we WILL be doing it again next year. Keep it in mind! (most of you are in the area anyways, since that is Lake Edward Vacay week!)

Summer is meant for BASEBALL!!!

Jordyn giving Jalen some advice before he goes up to bat!!!

Mom and I got done with our fun afternoon of picking rocks, and decided to head up to Genola to watch the boys play ball. Below is Jalen waiting for his turn to bat!

Here comes Terryl across home to score!
Here is Jalen swinging for the fences. . . when he connects with that ball, it is gonna be OUTTA here!

Grandma's Marathon Weekend!

Grandma's Marathon has become a tradition for me to attend every summer, and this June was no different. In the past I have volunteered at water stops and in the Med tent at the finish line. Last year I worked up the nerve to actually run the half marathon with a goal only to finish alive. I loved it and was ready to run again every year after that. The first problem, it is a lottery system, and out of a few of us that registered, Adam was the only one who was drawn. Two days before the race, I found Chad a bib number some guy was selling on Craig's list, so he decided to run it as well. In the pic below, we caught them at mile 8, and is that a smile on Chad's face???

Let me just say, I was very jealous of the both of them. Coming across that finish line with all those people cheering and ringing their cow bells is the best feeing ever. . . oh yeah and did I mention all the food they have for the runners at the end: turkey sandwiches, ice cream, chips, cookies and FRUIT. . . all the fresh fruit you can dream of.
Here is Adam after the race still smiling (hey maybe if he is still so happy, he could run the full marathon :-)
Here are some shots of Adam and Angela (above) and Chad and myself (below). Angela and I made shirts so that the boys could see us cheering from a long ways away.

Another day. . . Another storm

The falling rain dissolves into mist

And the thunder begins to die

As the sporadic lightning fades

An arch of color pours from the sky.

Rainbows appear after mighty storms

When things look their worst

Just when the sky is darkest gray,

Out of Heaven does a rainbow burst.

God first sent the rainbow to Noah

As a sign that His word is true

The rainbow's eternal message

Still speaks to me and you.

The rainbow is a sign of God's promise

That He will guide us through any storm

That He will ease all our troubles,

No matter what their form.

When you feel battered by life's storms

And you are filled with doubt and dismay

Just remember God's rainbow is coming,

For it's blessing you have only to pray.