Last Day of 2009
Thursday, December 31st, 2009 Posted in Family | No Comments »It's the end of 2009 already? Sheesh. I'm old. I love the holidays for the chance to do a lot of nothing. This year's nothing seemed like it came and went faster than normal. And I don't feel like I did ...
Oh No! My Mom’s on Facebook
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 Posted in Family, Internet | 1 Comment »Tonight it finally happened. My mom joined Facebook. And friended me. I've been friended by my mother. Now I know how everyone feels. Once the initial shock faded I approved that friend request and heartily (and somewhat jokingly) welcomed my mother into ...
Milo’s Day in Court
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 Posted in Adoption, Children, Family | 4 Comments »We got up early today and went to the Dakota County Courthouse to officially finalize Milo's adoption in the United States. This is one of the steps in the finalization process and is essentially the United States government recognizing the ...
Family Photo Shoot
Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Posted in Family, Personal Pics | No Comments »Way back in June we did a family photo shoot with Barbara O'Brien at her White Robin Farm in Wisconsin. It was a beautiful drive out there (I think I missed a turn and took a longer, more scenic detour) ...
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in Family, History | 2 Comments »Yesterday was Yom HaShoah, a day of remembrance for the Holocaust of World War II. It's a day I knew nothing about until a friend's Twitter post and my sister-in-law's blog entry. It's a somber day in Israel and a ...
Back to “Normal”
Sunday, April 19th, 2009 Posted in Daily Grind, Family | No Comments »Tomorrow Abby heads back to work and I get to tackle a 3-year-old and a 6-month-old on my own. It's a return to normal, if you can call that normal. I'm not really ready for being double-teamed, but I guess ...
Home from Ethiopia
Sunday, March 29th, 2009 Posted in Adoption, Family | 1 Comment »It's hard to believe a few days ago I was in Africa. We made it home Friday afternoon with Milo and Lexi thoroughly embraced her big sister role. A lot has happened and there's a lot to say, but for now ...
We Leave Tomorrow
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 Posted in Adoption, Family | No Comments »In less than 24 hours we'll be on a plane for Ethiopia to bring home our son. It's been such a long wait. And it's almost here. As the hours tick down, I love how all the extra stuff falls away ...
A Week of Highs and Lows
Friday, March 6th, 2009 Posted in Daily Grind, Family | No Comments »If a week could suck, this one would be it: Found out Milo has been sick for a week with gastroenteritis. He's doing better, but the little guy doesn't have much weight to lose (Today we visited a two week old ...
Winston Erlandson, 1927-2008
Friday, November 21st, 2008 Posted in Family | 1 Comment »My wife's grandfather, Winston Erlandson, passed away on Wednesday. Since local newspaper web sites are notorious for not leaving content online, I'm going to reprint the obituary here. Unfortunately the obituary doesn't tell you much about who Win really was (obituaries ...
