summer is amazing

 

bye bye Luis

This little gentleman has made the summer quite fun at 408. His parents returned from Iceland and we had to bid farewell for now. 

field of dreams

The Minnesota Twins are playing the Phillies at the field of dreams tonight. The Phillies led off with a Home Run. 

We ended up losing 7-1. 

Today I found this beautiful photo…Osten’s favorite Byron Burton and my favorite, Kirby Puckett at the field of dreams—-

day with our beautiful Katie

Happy happy Wednesday! I got to spend the day with this beauty in her new apartment in Mankato! We found this little lamb chop puppet and took a picture to share with Brad❤️

finished my mosaic and voted today!

 

new faucet

This is I believe the third faucet replacement in our 22 years of living on sixth street. The cold water handle malfunctioned. I hope this one has a longer tenure than 4 years! 

training camp 2026

Osten’s Viking season record prediction is 8-9 for the season. 

Anders thinks the Vikings will be 7-10. 

Ally predicts 10-7

Brad predicts 11-6

Karen predicts 12-5

After training camp, I think the quarterback situation may be tough, but I’m still hopeful. We got to see #2 while going to get concessions in the crowd. Osten got a dab from him! We had FUN! 

happy birthday Bud—hike with Julie and movie with big O

Wishing Bud an amazing 84th 🎉. Went on a lovely hike with my dear friend Julie at Willow River (got to see nephew Henry) and went to the newest spider man movie with Osten tonight. Pretty great day! 

back to life back to reality

 So good to be home sweet home! Rose early to walk with my friend Petra, did laundry, and made lunch, grocery shopped and did my start of the month hike at the Hoffman Park mounds. 

on our way home

We woke early to have breakfast and get our gear into an Uber to the SeaTac airport we ended up being there for several hours because the radar was out at MSP. Did some reading, card playing and ate our lunch. Landed at MSP, retrieved our luggage and were driving home now. 

destination Victoria

We cruised most of the day and docked in Victoria, British Columbia at about 7pm. Brad and got off the ship and hopped on the shuttle to downtown Victoria.We stopped at the Empress and I had some tea and a tasty strawberry dessert. The day at sea was great too. Brad did the big water slide and I relaxed in the sun.