I'm an Escrow!!!

The title of this post is for all those Gilmore Girls fanatics. It just makes me chuckle. Also it is my way of say that Mark and I are now home owners! That's right today we closed on a house. It seems strange to think that I will now have a house of my own. One that Mark and I need to do all the up keep on, and that we have creative control over! Yippee! We now have monstrous amounts of debt! But that is okay because we will no longer be paying rent. Hooray! Photos and more about the new house will be forthcoming...so stay tuned.

Willmar Weekend #4

This weekend Mark and I had our last scheduled trip to Willmar for the summer. It was time to celebrate my Grandma Harriet's 90th Birthday. Her real birthday is not until September but we decided to celebrate early so that some of our out-of-state family could join us while they were visiting for the summer.

My grandma is a pretty popular lady. It was an open house and during the four hour period of time about 150 people came to help her celebrate. It was fun and Grandma had a blast. I am afraid that after this celebration her real birthday is going to seem a little boring. With that being said Happy early 90th Birthday Grandma!

Willmar Weekend #3

This past weekend Mark had the opportunity to take part in one of my childhood summer traditions when we went to Willmar to attend Sonshine 2007. It was Mark's first time to Sonshine and we had a lot of fun. I even introduced him to my favorite Sonshine Cuisine, the Walk-n-Taco! Look how much he is enjoying it!

For those of you who have not yet been introduced to the Walk-n-Taco let me tell you about it. You take a bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos and cut the long side of the bag open. Then you put taco meat, lettuce, cheese, salsa, and sour cream in the bag...and voila a taco treat you can eat on the go! It is one of the things I look forward to each year at Sonshine. This year, I am proud to say, I had a Walk-n-Taco everyday we were there!

The food was not the only fun thing about Sonshine. Mark and I also enjoyed a lot of great concerts. I am proud to say that Mark is now a fan of TobyMac and Relient K (two bands I have liked for a while but who Mark kinda mocked), and he introduced me to Cool Hand Luke who I thoroughly enjoyed, and we both discovered Jackson Waters. We highly recommend you check out that CD. One concert that Mark and I knew we would enjoy was Switchfoot. It had been a while since either of us had seen them live, so I think we forgot how great of a live band they are. By the time the concert was over we were reminded of why we like them so much. So in conclusion I hereby dub Willmar Weekend #3 as a success.

Willmar Weekend #2

This weekend Mark and I traveled to Willmar for my 10 year reunion! In some ways high school seems forever ago...but in others it seems like a just a few years. My junior year of high school I transferred to Central MN Christian School, where I was part of a class of 30. This past weekend about 15 of us attended the reunion. It was fun getting to hear what everyone has been up to. There were quite a few classmates that I have had at least some contact with since graduation. But there were a few I hadn't seen since graduation, and others I lost track of after college so it was good to catch up with them again.

There was only one activity during the course of the evening and it was fun. Prior to the reunion we all answered the question, " What is one thing you have done in the past 10 years that no one would have expected you to do?" Then we were all given a sheet with every one's answer and had to guess who did what. I am proud to announce that no one...not even my friend Krystal who I have been in contact with during all 10 post graduation years...answered correctly when my response was read.

So here is the answer I gave to that question. "I got a tattoo and I got it done at the same parlor that the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Shaq got some of theirs done."

Would you have known that was me?