Double Trouble

It was so great to see Eric, Ella and the boys!. They are SOOOOOO adorable...they were so much fun. Here, they are enjoying the cars our boys used to play with.....They were playing with them almost the whole time they were here. Marshall was enjoying my tupperware cupboard here...sort of reminds me of someone else.....Hmmmmm...wonder who? It would be so cool to get all the great grandkids together....wonder what kind of trouble Marshall, Ryan, Boaz and Joel could get into together.

An Old Steam Engine

A couple weeks ago I heard a really loud/strange noise....even louder then the normal train noises. Then I remembered that there was this old steam engine train that was scheduled to make a stop in Shakopee...very cool...it finally paid off to live near the train tracks. It stopped right in front of Kurvers.

The "Joel Brian" Blanket

I had such a good time making this new baby blanket! This is my "Joel Brian"blanket.
Like Jason said when I brought it down...."It's like boats ur something?"

News

As I look back on my postings, I realized that I better update a couple things.
First, We got pretty good news about my mom. The pathology on her lymph node came up negative, which means that it doesn't look like it has metastasized yet. The mass on her arm was large enough though that we'll have to keep an eye on it. But that was good news for her.

Second, we finally were able to talk to Brian. He was calling from Cuba yesterday to let us know he was alright. He has been around Haiti and Cuba the last weeks dodging Hurricanes. For the last week he was on the Great Inagua Island near Cuba helping the people out: Repairing generators, repairing water purifying systems, cutting down and removing trees from homes and fixing electric lines. He said it was alot of work but a good experience. Today his ship was heading towards the waters around Miami, to be back in Wilmington, NC the end of September.

An Anniversary Getaway with my Best Friend!

Mike and I took a little trip last weekend, to celebrate our 34th anniversary which is actually tomorrow, 9/21. We wanted to check out the little town of Bayfield, Wisc and the Apostle Islands. What a beautiful area, kind of reminded us of Grand Marais. We stayed in a little Bed and Breakfast. 'Took a ferry over to Madeline Island and rode bikes around the island, the last picture is in a state park on the island. It was a very relaxing trip.

St Louis

I'm FINALLY getting around to updating my blog! Over Labor Day Mike, Karen and I took a quick 4day trip to St Louis. 'Had to see the new addition "Joel Brian Bindewald." It was a great visit...so good to see everyone and spoil the kids a little, But, we already missed them by the time we got home.

Grandma Schaller

I made a difficult trip over to my mom's yesterday. I had some news to bring her that none of us were expecting. She had had a biopsy of a strange mole on her left upper arm last week and I received a call from her doctor yesterday regarding the result. The mole ended up being a melanoma. This type of cancer, unfortunately, can spread to almost any area of the body. We're just going to take it one step at a time. On 8/27 Carol and I are going to go with her to the Melanoma Oncologist to have a consult and discuss what he thinks we should do first. There will be some decisions to make regarding treatments, etc. Please keep her in your prayers. She is really doing well and feels pretty good.

On the lighter side....when I was over there last night, before I left, she started laughing about something Walt had told her when he had visited her this week.....My cousin Janice has been doing some intensive geneology studies regarding our Norwegian ancestors and has gone way back to the 1300's....Well.......believe it or not, she has discovered that we have direct ancesotors to the King of IRELAND!!! Go figure! My mom said that her mother would be rolling in her grave.....she didn't think grandma johnson would have appreciated that.....Mother said, "That's where I probably get my sense of humor!"