Friday, June 5th -
Finally, our summer trip back to Minnesota is here! Though we'll have to maintain a rather tight schedule, we couldn't be more excited to spend time with family and friends (and dogs!) in the flesh. I will try to be conscious of the number of dog pictures included in this post (be warned).
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| The view of Mt. Hood outside our window. |
Sam and I flew in around 5PM and were picked up by Jessica and Henry (thank you!). They graciously granted us the use of their car for our MN weekend (thank you, again!). We then headed to the one and only St. Bonifacius for a BBQ at Laura, Nathan, Scooter & Manny's house. They were ALL fabulous hosts!
Mary's parents, Ron & Elsie, and the Prokops, Luke, Lana, Laddie & Porter, also made the trek. Great times, greater people!
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| Taste of home :) |
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| (L-R) Porter, Manny and Scooter all behaving for a treat. |
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| Boy, do we miss these two. Sooo great to see them. Too brief! |
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| He's my dog-nephew (dephew? nephog?), and he loves me. |
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| Sam and Manfred: two peas. |
Saturday, June 6th -
We had a lovely, relaxing morning with the St. Boni clan. Went for a nice neighborhood stroll and learned to ride a motorcycle!
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| She got her Great Dane; he is perfect. |
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| Mr. Manfred lost in thought. |
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| Scooter likes Sam's hugs. |
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| With a great teacher, I successfully rode around the neighborhood. Thanks, Ella! |
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| Scooter has a neat trick - he'll even stay on when Nathan drives! |
After that wonderful morning, Sam and I drove clear across the Cities to our hotel in Stillwater, MN. Time to prep for the wedding festivities of Meghan Ellis and Dustin Duncan!
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Look who we ran into for a pre-ceremony beverage! Such fabulous ladies.
(L-R) Mary, Sadie, Ellie, Palkert, Whit, Kate |
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| The happy new Mr. & Mrs! |
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| Volleyball girls :) |
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| We clean up. |
To keep this blog post from turning into a Facebook photo album, I have chosen only a few of the many captured moments from the beautiful evening.
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| Mom, Dad, Sam and I at the reception. |
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| Best year: CU Class of 2010! Love these ladies, and miss them. |
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CU girls tearin' up the dance floor - go figure.
Just like ol' times! |
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| These three cause trouble together. |
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| Fabulous time with Maria and Simon! |
Sunday, June 7th -
Continental breakfast, then we head up norte to meet up with Sam's family at Emily & Kya's house. It was such a gorgeous day. We're so happy everyone made this happen! Thank you to our amazing hostesses :)
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| Sun-shiney day catching up in Emily & Kya's backyard. |
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| Love this family. |
I LOVE that we took this opportunity to take family pictures!
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| Doug & Mary |
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| Mary & Sam & Doug & Mary |
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| Luke & Jessica & Henry & Doug & Mary |
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| Emily & Kya & Doug & Mary & Blu |
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| Doug & Mary and the grandchildren: Delaney & Kya & Henry |
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| Cousins :) |
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| Tasty grilling! |
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| So thankful that Sam and I were there to help celebrate Doug's birthday (and early-Father's Day)! |
Monday, June 8th -
We had an early morning start for our drive back to the Cities. Mary & Laura flew out at 1PM to have their first annual Sisters Week in lovely Boston, MA (see next post: Sisters Week in Boston).
Sam had an eventful afternoon and evening planned in St. Paul: dinner at Maggie & Duy's then to the St. Paul Saints game in the new stadium!
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| Bromance: Sam & Duy |
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What a crew!
(R-L) Earl, Duy, Mags, Luke, Sam, Lan, Mo, Simon |
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| Duy caught a ball! It now sits on our shelves in Portland - thanks, Duy! |
Tuesday, June 9th -
Sam got to spend his final day of this MN trip with Luke & Henry.
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| Delicious. |
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