Good News!

We found out today that the sellers are willing to move up our closing date to June 15!

I can't believe we'll be in our house in a couple of weeks!

There's a reason we put a do-rag on her ... her shirt says

"My Mom is a Rockstar"!

And yes, Nichole bought that shirt for her!

I thought I would take the liberty of creating a little calendar for Dustin's games. The schedule I have isn't very creative and I would rather have something nicer, and more fun, to hang on my fridge. With the exception of some of the away games, I'll be at all the games ... anyone who wants to watch some baseball is welcome to join me!

All things must come to an end ...

Today is Beth's last day at Daktronics. I really don't know what I'm going to do without her here.

Beth came over last night, along with Rachel and Lacey, and I made them spaghetti and garlic bread and Rachel brought the wine. We watched the results from American Idol (I was shocked to find out that Melinda didn't make it to the finals) and Gray's Anatomy (excellent season finale ... I can't believe Christina and Burke didn't get married!). We had so much fun and we've made plans to get together at least once a month after Beth moves to Sioux Falls.

We'll miss you Beth!! Don't be a stranger!

Running crazy!

This weekend was a weekend that was definately inspired by, and filled with, runners! Yesterday was the Brookings Marathon. I have volunteered for this marathon for four years now with my sister (and Dustin when he's around). Each year, we hope and pray that it will be nice out and every year we sit at the corner of 2nd and 7th with a winter coat, stocking cap and gloves ... and an umbrella. This was finally the year. It was gorgeous out! The runners were definately in a better mood too. We always have so much fun volunteering and it's amazing how much the runners appreciate us. Allie even came out to help!

After we were done at our post, we met up with my parents and cheered on the rest of their relay team and my uncle, who ran the full marathon. For those that don't quite understand ... that's 26.2 miles. He completed the marathon in approximately four hours and 23 minutes. We watched the last participant of the relay team and my uncle cross the finish line at Pioneer Park, where we also enjoyed burgers and brats from Hy-Vee's "Grill Named Sue" and music from Eclipse. It was a great day! But we weren't quite done. We had to back-track the marathon route, picking up mile marker signs and cones. Once we finally finished it was time for a couple beers at Cubby's. We left our house at 7 a.m. and finally got home around 6 p.m.

Today, we went to Madison for a family brunch at the country club and then we went to the Dakota State fieldhouse and watched my cousin, Reid, compete in the long jump and triple jump. This was his last career jump, with the exception of the national meet. It was amazing. He's broken a record that stood for 36 years and was hoping for a personal best today. We had to leave before he finished, so hopefully he got that best jump!

Home Sweet Home ... And This Time I Mean It!!

We've been eying this house for about a week now. It wasn't available for showing until yesterday. So last night we went to see it and a few hours later we put an offer in. Our realtor called us today (Anita, you're the best!) and told us the situation. There were already three offers on the house when we went to go see it. We didn't necessarily get into a bidding war ... the seller's really liked our offer so they told us where we needed to be and we got there!

We're Home Owners!

212 Santee Pass will be our new home.

We close on or before June 22.

So ... anyone ready to help us pack and move?

Happy 28th Anniversary, Mom and Dad!

Their anniversary is actually May 4th. Trish and I sent a text to Cory (he's the Dak guy that now works for the Brewers) and asked him to display this for me. He put this up at the bottom of the third. It's not our board, but it is our content, so it's still pretty cool!

The gang's all here!

Buckley is quite the dancer!

Enjoying some live music at Mo's Irish Pub

Miller Park ... This stadium is unbelievable!

Milwaukee Baby!

We had our NC region meeting in Milwaukee and it was great! Wednesday night we had a group dinner at Benihana's (mmm ... sushi) and then we checked out a live band. By band, I mean two guys that played guitar and keyboard and sang some really great songs. It was a blast. Thursday consisted of meetings (held at Miller Park) and Thursday night we watched the Brewers take on the Pirates. The Brewers lost ... boo, hiss ... but it was still a great game!

I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again ...

I started to type this and got that song stuck in my head! I'm leaving tomorrow for Milwaukee. We have some meetings for work there, but it won't be all work and no play. We're going to the Brewers vs. Pirates game Thursday night! Hopefully I'll have some fun pics to post when I return on Friday.