Saint Paul - Dawit's Graduation Celebration

A full evening celebrating the four years of Dawit's Minnesota adventure - a tremendous gathering of friends with plenty of laughs and surprises throughout the night.
Greg manned the kitchen, the younger set stayed close to the food and Betty, Margie and Mary led the dance line throughout the house.
The sun came out after a day of cold, rain and even some snow to the north.

Saint Paul - reunion time again...and recalling all those days in Winona

Joan and I had a great couple years together in Winona during our first 2 college years. We kept up on each other through mutual friends but our paths had not crossed again since 1978...until Saturday.
Great memories and laughs - and oh those pictures from so long ago! And it is good to recall that we all survive, somehow, those college years!
We vowed not to let the lapse go along before we meet again. And it is great to have Jane and Karen in town so we can keep current frequently.

Cabo - a few stray shots

We headed to Cabo a month ago...always good to relive some of the great memories from the trip!

Saint Paul - blowing around the metro on our bikes and getting the bbq season started

A couple others from the bike group joined me on Saturday and we took on a ride with much more resistance from the wind than we expected - wow it just got gustier and gustier out there. The news mentioned a few 45 mph gusts recorded - I think we lived them.
Finals time and the year end wind down. So the Mac Team, and a few others, gathered for the first bbq of the season. The weather certainly cooperated to start sooner but getting things on the deck was a slower process.
As always many good stories and laughs were shared by all. And we had a bit of an early start to the graduation celebrations...

Kindra's Cheering Squad - OH MY GOD NO!

If you think Betty is loud...let her twin arrive when the time is right to cheer things on... oh yeah and then Nancy and Zirbes and................the list never ends! The loud sisters live on...

Rochester MN - Kindra's Confirmation

A great day, a great gathering a great opportunity for family and friends to join together and acknowledge and celebrate with Kindra.

Saint Paul - Mary hits another landmark...extra discounts at Herbergers on Wednesdays

Marys annual birthday dinner to celebrate another year. The best April night we have celebrated the birthday and a feisty crowd to cheer her on in the next year.
Asked earlier to day if it was a good evening I could only say that it was certainly memorable when Sonia and Mary were going for cleavage photo shots when asked to pose!
Murray who is not a spice man thought the chicken was great and Greg thought his mouth was on fire - go figure....or maybe it was just the cleavage that turned things upside down. Had Mary known of her Mark Bittman book at the same time no ideas what else may have occurred.
Happy _ _ Birthday Mary!

Saint Paul MN - the bike season begins

After a March with no snow, hasn't happened in 130 years, we have had April coming on stronger than ever. We are getting spring weeks before we get usually enjoy it.
We had our first ride over the weekend and gathered a strong group of 10 with some oldies and some new members to the team.
A bit cool, not sure Carly even remembers that age anymore, so many many weeks til we get to her benchmark but we are off and ready to move the bike season forward.
Even got to see of those other "bikers" when we stopped for coffee and a bit of conversation.