My nephew has arrived!  And I’m exhausting my resources for bragging rights. So in case you didn’t get a call, an email or haven’t been on facebook in a while….

Check out his adorable picture!

http://www.medcenterone.com/babies/baby.asp?CID=621

Mom and Baby are both doing well.

Last year I spent my 24th birthday drinking too much Premium and frosting cupcakes in Maur 108.  This year my…umm.. shall we say 2nd 24th birthday will be spent in the Cities.  Michael and I are meeting at our halfway point on the 22nd and staying until the 25th.  If anyone would like to help me ignore the fact that I have actually reached my mid 20’s, do call.  Michael and I would love to see any of you who will be around next weekend.

so this is the third grade test probe for next week.  i read it and laughed out loud because, let’s be honest, if nick and mike had met in elementary school this is exactly how it would have happened.

Mike was the new kid in fourth grade. He moved from Maine and didn’t know any of his classmates. No one spoke to him or knew his name. Mike came home the first day of school in tears.

“Don’t cry,” Mike’s mother told him. “Just show those boys and girls that you’re a nice and interesting person. Why don’t you bring your marble collection to class tomorrow?”

“Maybe the teacher won’t let me have marbles,” Mike sighed to his mother. “Besides, the kids will probably think marbles are stupid. I’m positive I won’t have any friends this year.”

The next day, Mike brought his marbles to school. He carried them in a leather pouch tied to his hip. As Mike walked, the marbles made a cool clicking sound that made him feel very happy. At recess, a student who had never spoken to Mike before tapped him on the shoulder.

“Hey, man,” he said. “My name’s Nick. What’s inside that bag you’ve got tied to your hip?”

“My marbles,” Mike answered happily. “Would you like to play a game, Nick?”

“I don’t know how to play marbles,” Nick told Mike. “I think my grandpa used to play marbles when he was a little boy though. Who taught you how to play?”

“My grandma,” Mike said with a smile. “She was a marble champion in grade school.”

“If she taught you, you must be really good,” said Nick.

“I’m okay,” Mike said. “I still need a lot of practice, though. If you like, I can teach you, and then we can practice together.”

“That sounds fun,” said Nick. “Can I ask some of my friends to join us?”

“Sure,” said Mike. “I have lots of marbles.”

just picture ten-year-old mike with a bag of marbles strapped to his hip.  and ten-year-old nick being impressed by that.

My older sister’s ultrasound today showed us a healthy growing little BOY!! At 20 weeks, he has 10 fingers, 10 toes, a perfect 4-chamber heart, and well developed spine.  We are so excited!!

“Auntie”  Becca

Hey guys, check it out!  Our very own Shari made it onto the website for Minnesota Fringe 2008.  Bravo, Shari, Bravo!

http://www.fringefestival.org/2008/slideshows/day7/

Photograph #14

Oanh did a search for My Little Pony on YouTube:

Hi everyone.  I’ve got this weekend off and Michael is Ireland with his family.  So I’m coming to the cities for the heck of it and would love to be able to see everyone.