Home Again!

Thanks so much to Sara and Jere sharing about the Staycation. We should have thought twice about the CANDISC Bike ride. OH MY! We were not prepared for the 300 miles of hills and NO TOWNS in between. I think camping might have been fun, if we had not ridden 75 miles a day, against the wind. Trying not to be critical, but it was tough. Patty Roberts, my college roommate, from Wichita, came and joined us. We did have some good laughs. We had to use the Porta Poties, yuck. They also had 4 shower units on a trailer, called the North Dakota Water Shed, with the Shed we did have hot water, but with 500 people, long lines!!! I have to think about going next year. My Bike did great, I do love my NEW RUBY! Grandma was the most popular person in Mohall. She had visitors everyday and did meals on wheels from the Nursing Home. North Dakota has alot of Programs available to elderly people living by themselves or with family. So we are using them as much as we can. Congrats to Jube on her new job! And Jen is going back to school tomorrow, also working at the Print Shop on Campus. Josh and Angie and girls are looking good on the WebCAm, love to talk to the little ones. Miss them and you all! Love Mema

Staycation

Hello everyone! Just a few tidbits for you on this lovely Wednesday afternoon.

This past weekend we spent some quality time w/ my entire family, with the exception of brother in law Darrell and nephew Adam. They had state baseball in Rapid City, SD so weren't able to make it. None of us took many pictures, which is really rare and kind of disappointing. We did a little shopping, and Eddie took the kids to the zoo. We found a really nice park for walking/running, so Jere got up early both days and had a nice long run. Later, we took the dogs (Tuffy, Bandit, and my sister's 180 pound Great Dane) to the dog park. It was fun and we attracted all sorts of attention...especially Toby.


So...I'm off work this week. I had vacation to burn and nowhere to go so I'm just hanging out at home. It's been great. I've been sleeping late, getting lots of exercise, and just enjoying not being at work! Today Shelby, Sheridan and I went to McNish park for a little disc golf...our new passion. Shelby took pictures rather than played. Jeremiah and Sheridan have been getting up early to golf before J goes to work, and after his run. He's pretty beat by the end of the evening but feels good about being back on a schedule with running. I am headed to KC this weekend to visit my girlfriend, Missy. Her birthday is this month also, so we are celebrating by going to Jack Johnson. Very excited! Thanks for all the birthday wishes...40 keeps staring me in the face but what can ya do, right? I'm feeling good and that's all you can ask for. Love to all, Sara

MOVIE BUSINESS JOB!

Hey everyone! I got a job! I'm working as an assistant to the Director of a movie shot and produced here in Arizona. The director Jeff Santo has been working in film for many years and has produced and shot films like "This Old Cub" about Chicago Cub's player Ron Santo who is Jeff's father. Anywho, I'm working as his assistant for the next five weeks to help him with the film's release and premiers. I'm so excited. This is a great opportunity to meet some great people in the film industry and to learn a ton about it. And I get to meet the actors including David Della Rocco who played "Rocco" from the Boondock Saints which happens to be one of my all time favorite movies!!!! And Danny Trejo...from Con Air, Anchorman, and Grindhouse....And Richard Tyson from Black Hawk Down, Kindergarten Cop and There’s Something about Mary.....Crap I'm so excited! The name of the movie is "Jake's Corner"...check out the trailer below.

Glad to see everyone is doing well! Yeah for Roo and her first steps!!!!....Josh you took some fabulous pictures of the girls...Anni is a riot...I laughed so hard! I'll be sending the pics as soon as I can. My computer CRASHED and I lost all my files (pics, documents, music), but I'm getting the Geek Squad to extract my files and hopefully save my computer....fingers crossed. Great to hear from Sara and Jer too!

Thank you all who kept me in their prayers! Love you and miss you all!



JAKE'S CORNER - MOVIE TRAILER