Monday, October 27, 2008
Leaf Fun at Mom and Dad's
We enjoyed the beautiful leaves on our drive down to Lake City a few weekends ago. And then....the kids enjoyed them even more when we got to Mom and Dad's house. They played in them for hours and probably would have kept going- but stopping to snack on cookies had to happen at some point!
Friday, October 17, 2008
Time flies.....
Time flies, when you are having fun. Everyone always says that, but obviously it has caught up with me. I apologize for not staying up to date on this blog. A lot has happened since my last post. So here it is:
Natalie turned 5 on Sept 2nd. She got so many things pink and princess like- she loved it. Noah started 1st grade, that same day.
I went out to California Sept 7-9th with my colleauges to visit one of the cochlear implant manufacturers sites. We got to see how the internal device was put together- very cool!
Hears to TaTa's started and finished the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk on Sept 19-21st. What a wonderful experience! Only a few blisters and some aching bones, but many great stories were heard and memories were made. There were 3,000 walkers and the Twin Cities alone raised 7 million dollars! Thank you so much for all of your support!
Jason turned 36 on Sept 21st. For about 6 more months (at least by numbers) he will be 2 years older than me. After 10 months of working on the 1997 Escort- Jason successfully replaced the head and gasket, hoses, plugs, bolts, wires, covers etc.. This was no little feat! Many would say...Why are you bothering with such an old car? Well, as you may remember the 1994 Cavalier died earlier this year and we kind of like to have an "airport car" that Jason drives and lets sit there while he is at work. So, this is the airport car- and it is running!
Noah finished his 2nd year of soccer. He is such a little athlete! I am so proud of what he can do and the progress he has made at being a good sport (losing is a little hard on him).
October 5-6th I had the opportunity as one of the Northern Voices Board Members to fly to St. Louis and visit the Moog Curriculum School (MCS). Don't know about Northern Voices? Go to www.northernvoices.org. Basically, it is an oral school, here in Roseville, MN, that teaches children with hearing loss to listen (through hearing aid amplification or cochlear implants) and use spoken language. It was great to meet with everyone who came from the other 7 MCS and also to see the "pie in the sky" possibilities of what a dedicated space for the school could look like.
Noah had the week of Oct 13-17th off of school for MEA. So we took that opportunity to head out to Pennsylvania and visit Jason's parents and family. The kids were super excited to see Grandma and Papa since it had been over 9 months! Unfortunately- school, work and distance don't allow us to see them as often as we would like.
We flew out Saturday morning, Oct 11th, and fortunately, made it there without any problems. Nearly all of the aunts, uncles, cousins, etc...made it out Steve and Angie's on Sunday. It is always nice to catch up with them. On Monday we visited Hershey Chocolate Factory- the kids loved it! The outside air smells like chocolate and they have Hershey Kisses that cover the street lights!
Tuesday, Oct 14th was our 8th anniversary! Jason completely surprised me and planned a trip to New York City for 2 days and to see the Broadway show- Wicked! In my 34 years of life I have never been to New York City! Well, I guess I have been there once when I was 2- but I don't remember that and once when we went to Niagra Falls but that is long way from New York City! We took the Amtrack Train from Mt. Joy, PA to NYC- that was fun too-the fall leaf colors were beautiful! We did a lot of sight-seeing while in NYC: Went to the top of the Empire State Building, visited Liberty and Ellis Islands, rode the subway a lot, ate in a Little Italy outdoor cafe, checked out Times Square, went to Wicked, walked through Central Park, saw "the" Wall Street, etc... we could have easily spent a few more days there! The weather was absolutely beautiful in Pennsylvania and New York. Thanks to Steve and Angie for watching the kids!
Now we are back in Minnesota- the weather is seasonably warm. Jason put the second ping pong table together today. The first one cracked after some brackets were put on wrong- fortunately the directions were bad (they really were) and Jason was able to sweet talk the manufacturer into sending us a new one at no charge!
I am getting ready to have the Neighborhood Halloween Party at our house next weekend and doing some laundry from the vacation. I hope you are all well. My digital camera is broken for now, I hope to get some pictures up of our adventures soon!
Love ya,
Jen
Natalie turned 5 on Sept 2nd. She got so many things pink and princess like- she loved it. Noah started 1st grade, that same day.
I went out to California Sept 7-9th with my colleauges to visit one of the cochlear implant manufacturers sites. We got to see how the internal device was put together- very cool!
Hears to TaTa's started and finished the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk on Sept 19-21st. What a wonderful experience! Only a few blisters and some aching bones, but many great stories were heard and memories were made. There were 3,000 walkers and the Twin Cities alone raised 7 million dollars! Thank you so much for all of your support!
Jason turned 36 on Sept 21st. For about 6 more months (at least by numbers) he will be 2 years older than me. After 10 months of working on the 1997 Escort- Jason successfully replaced the head and gasket, hoses, plugs, bolts, wires, covers etc.. This was no little feat! Many would say...Why are you bothering with such an old car? Well, as you may remember the 1994 Cavalier died earlier this year and we kind of like to have an "airport car" that Jason drives and lets sit there while he is at work. So, this is the airport car- and it is running!
Noah finished his 2nd year of soccer. He is such a little athlete! I am so proud of what he can do and the progress he has made at being a good sport (losing is a little hard on him).
October 5-6th I had the opportunity as one of the Northern Voices Board Members to fly to St. Louis and visit the Moog Curriculum School (MCS). Don't know about Northern Voices? Go to www.northernvoices.org. Basically, it is an oral school, here in Roseville, MN, that teaches children with hearing loss to listen (through hearing aid amplification or cochlear implants) and use spoken language. It was great to meet with everyone who came from the other 7 MCS and also to see the "pie in the sky" possibilities of what a dedicated space for the school could look like.
Noah had the week of Oct 13-17th off of school for MEA. So we took that opportunity to head out to Pennsylvania and visit Jason's parents and family. The kids were super excited to see Grandma and Papa since it had been over 9 months! Unfortunately- school, work and distance don't allow us to see them as often as we would like.
We flew out Saturday morning, Oct 11th, and fortunately, made it there without any problems. Nearly all of the aunts, uncles, cousins, etc...made it out Steve and Angie's on Sunday. It is always nice to catch up with them. On Monday we visited Hershey Chocolate Factory- the kids loved it! The outside air smells like chocolate and they have Hershey Kisses that cover the street lights!
Tuesday, Oct 14th was our 8th anniversary! Jason completely surprised me and planned a trip to New York City for 2 days and to see the Broadway show- Wicked! In my 34 years of life I have never been to New York City! Well, I guess I have been there once when I was 2- but I don't remember that and once when we went to Niagra Falls but that is long way from New York City! We took the Amtrack Train from Mt. Joy, PA to NYC- that was fun too-the fall leaf colors were beautiful! We did a lot of sight-seeing while in NYC: Went to the top of the Empire State Building, visited Liberty and Ellis Islands, rode the subway a lot, ate in a Little Italy outdoor cafe, checked out Times Square, went to Wicked, walked through Central Park, saw "the" Wall Street, etc... we could have easily spent a few more days there! The weather was absolutely beautiful in Pennsylvania and New York. Thanks to Steve and Angie for watching the kids!
Now we are back in Minnesota- the weather is seasonably warm. Jason put the second ping pong table together today. The first one cracked after some brackets were put on wrong- fortunately the directions were bad (they really were) and Jason was able to sweet talk the manufacturer into sending us a new one at no charge!
I am getting ready to have the Neighborhood Halloween Party at our house next weekend and doing some laundry from the vacation. I hope you are all well. My digital camera is broken for now, I hope to get some pictures up of our adventures soon!
Love ya,
Jen
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