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Blooomington, Minnesota, United States
I am a happily married guy who enjoys spending time with his wife, daughter, son, and dog (German Shepherd Dog “Bear”). My hobbies, which I am very passionate about, include hunting, snowmobiling, 4-wheeling, camping, home improvements, and automobiles. I am a typical male who enjoys working with his hands and “tinkering”, problem solving and trouble shooting, and being in the outdoors. I work full-time at a suburban police department and volunteer as a firefighter.
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Monday, October 18, 2010

Our Daughter is in School!

This school season marks the first of many for Maeve!  Now that she is three years old, she is old enough for preschool!  Shannon and I did some searching for schools over the summer and we decided on Bloomington Lutheran School.  We had it narrowed down to BLS and two others (the public school preschool program and a church preschool).  We really liked how close BLS is to our house (walking distance) and the it has a Christian based learning curriculum.

Maeve has been overly excited to start school.  She had a blast getting clothes, a backpack, new shoes, ect.  When the orientation day came, we could hardly get her to leave when it was over!  When the first day of school came, my Mom came down to join us for the walk to school!


Maeve turned the walk into a bit of a run, but we all made it there and it only took about ten minutes!  Once we got in the school, Maeve knew exactly what to do.  She found her name, hung up her backpack and went inside to play.  I don't even think she looked back!


So far Maeve loves school!  She looks forward to going everyday!  Her favorite things are making new friends, playing in the gym, singing, and going to the library!  Shannon and I can't believe how big she is getting so fast!

Monday, October 11, 2010

No More Crawling in This House!!

I know, I was on such a roll with regular updates and then I take another two month vacation from my journal.  I really don't like going this long without an update, but to be honest, I haven't had much to write about, but I have a few things that I have been banking up, so here goes!

As of about 2 months ago when Will was a little past nine months old, he took to the two foot method of transportation.  Just like I did with Maeve, here is a short video:

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To be honest, this video was from earlier today, but it didn't take him long to get good at walking!  With walking, Will has a whole new world to explore and he has been keeping us busy chasing after him.  So far, his favorite things to do while walking are running for the street and getting into the kitchen cabinet drawers!

He is growing up so fast!!!