1 - Matilda 1/2011

2 - water for elephants 8/2011

3. - Harry potter 7

The Local - specifically with Courtney and Ginger



JJs - in SLP - new happy hour hang out



280 in St Paul

Nancy's worship service - Jewish - oct 29 2011

first to the office to show her off - then for Fro Yo - then back to moms for playing and nap time! Then we all went to Yummy Buffet! Yay for Auntie/Evy day!

1.) Blue Berry Muffins. Turned out great! Made on a snow day for Britt and I. Why make from a box when this was just as easy and sooo much better! 2/22/2011

2.) Enchiladas made for Jamie - way tasty

3.) Quiche - Garlic Shrimp and crab; ham etc.

4.) Mexican lasagna - suggested by Nicole Castle. May 16,2011

5.) Mojito chicken sandwiches - made for Kim and Ginger on our girls weekend.

6.) Wedge salad with home made blue cheese dressing - for Kim and Ginger for girls weekend

7.) Pulled pork - for Sonshine trip.

8.) Banana Bread

9.) Lasagna 9-25-11

10.) Zucchini bread - 9-25-11

Started - Sept 15, 2011

on 7/11/2011 baby Mac was born. Welcome home little guy - welcome home.

July 9 - Basillica Block Party - Amos Lee and Ray La Montane. Went with Jared and Jen and some of Jen's friends. Great time. Very hot.

Sonshine - July 2012- lots of mud and grossness. great bands - Tenth Ave N, Toby Mac, Lincoln Brewster, News Boys!!!!

Started May 7th (to replace goal 55 because I cheated)

Ended May 28th 2011

Ginger and Kim - June 17-19 2011. Rained quite a bit :( Not the "rockin" weekend we were looking forward to - but a lot of fun. Nice napes and reading :)

June 4,2011. My face was really really angry after. It's like every single blemish is giving me the finger and saying "screw you lady!"

gave blood - on a whim - at Wooddale church for their blood drive. May 9,2011

beaded wine glasses for Mama for Mothers day

beaded wine glasses - I've never done stuff with beads before - but this is a great easy present to make for someone.

Drove down after Nate and Sara's wedding! So much fun! Lots of good photos!

worn to Nate and Sara's wedding and again later that month at a black tie event - John Marks "fashion for life" show - had a great time getting all dressed up with friends from COG! And the event was amazing - very classy.

Nates wedding! Amazing place - can't wait to go back.

Basically all of Nashville was spend doing things I thought I would hate (Nate's wedding excluded.) I figured I would hate the Country hall of fame (and I pretty much did) and the honkey tonk bars - but those weren't bad. (a nice Aussie boy made it better.) As cheesey as it sounds - it was great though spending time doing things my family was so excited about. Nashville is a great town and I would love to visit - I would just keep the "country" things to a minimum. The singer song writer bars we amazing!

1.) "Reclaiming the 'L' Word: renewing the curch from its Lutheran core" completed 2/21/2011

What a great book. Very short and a "quick read" but I tried to not buzz through it but instead treated it more like a nightly devotion so it actually took me almost a week to finish it. Really got me thinking about where COG is going and where the Lutheran church (and Christianity in general) is going. Very forward thinking and inspirational. I would recommend it to all. (and I plan on it.)

~Mirth - amusement or laughter

~Quixotic - resembling or befitting Don Quixote in being extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; impractical

~misanthrope - a person who dislikes or hates human kind and avoids human society.

~adroit - expert or nimble in the use of hands or body

~Salacious - lustful; pornographic (courtesy of Jann Garofano)

~truculent - fierce; cruel; savagely brutal; brutally harsh; scathing (from Ian Combs)

~perspicacious - having keen mental perception and understanding; perceptive

Made Birthday cake for Kim! Brought to church to share with the children.

Feb. 2, 2011

With Sarah and Nathan - At the Mall of America - 12/9/2010