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Katie’s Spring Dance Show

Katie had her annual Spring Just4Kix dance show on Friday night at the High School gym. Here are a couple videos from the show: That was “Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now” with her friends Tessa and Anna getting to do a couple of the acting parts early on. They had done that dance beforeContinue reading “Katie’s Spring Dance Show”

Spaghetti Dinner Set List

I have the honor of playing for the HELPERS annual Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser tomorrow night. I believe I have that honor because I’m the only one who will play for free. Here are the tunes I plan to rock the house with tomorrow night: Scenes from an Italian Restaurant – Billy Joel (only fitting sinceContinue reading “Spaghetti Dinner Set List”

500 Weekend, 51 Weeks Too Late

We have our annual card weekend coming up this weekend, and I realized I had spent a couple hours putting together scores and stats from last year’s event, but never shared them with anyone. I should probably get them off my hard drive before I lose them, so here’s how things came out last year:Continue reading “500 Weekend, 51 Weeks Too Late”

Baby Macia

We have another girl in the family – David and Alicia are the proud parents of a newborn baby girl – Macia Lynn Newell. She was born Monday, April 25th at 12:58 and weighed in at 8lbs 9oz and 21in long. It was a long weekend for Alicia as she started having contractions Friday afternoonContinue reading “Baby Macia”

Finally – Biking without Training Wheels

We hit a big milestone yesterday as Katie was finally able to bike without her training wheels. It’s not that she’s too old or anything, it’s just that we’ve been trying for the past month to get her to ride by herself. I realize how little patience I really have when I’ve been pushing herContinue reading “Finally – Biking without Training Wheels”

Disneyland Trip

This is very long overdue, but I see that I missed the chance to blog about our family trip to California in February, so better late than never. The combination of Allegiant Air and Priceline can make for a really cheap vacation. We were able to find a direct flight from Fargo to Los AngelesContinue reading “Disneyland Trip”

Twins Opening Day

Today was the Twins Home Opener – the first game in their new ballpark in downtown Minneapolis. I’m on my way to Seattle for work, so I’m going to the game and flying out from the Minneapolis airport afterwards. The game started at 3:10, but they were opening the gates earlier than normal – atContinue reading “Twins Opening Day”

My Digital Life

I’ve been out of the habit of blogging again, so I need to get back to it. My vast audience (hi Becky) has missed out on summaries of our Disney trip, a dance recital, some conferences and a getaway weekend with my family. I like having the history out here of what’s been done andContinue reading “My Digital Life”

Katie’s Christmas Program

Here’s Katie all decked out for her first school Christmas program, last Thursday night.

Thanksgiving Recap

I’m filing this report late, but better late than never. For Thanksgiving, we always make the trek out to Onida for the actual holiday. What was different is that since Katie has school this year, we can’t ditch out as early on the Wednesday before, so we ended up getting into town about 10pm. OnContinue reading “Thanksgiving Recap”