How many men does it take to assemble a night stand???

On Sunday we drove to Moorhead and took my mom out for an evening meal with other members of my family. One the items she received was a new night stand. However, we all know how tricky the assembly can be on something that sounds so simple. So these pictures are of Richard, my brother and my brother-in-law assembling the night stand.
"Houston we have a problem here"
With all the commotion and laughter going on we started to draw quite a crowd. There were some older gentlemen trying to offer advice. My Dad is in the red sweater.
Just a little stumped as to what the next step should be??
Now the men might convince you that we staged this picture. Let's just say the night stand is finished and in place!

Happy Mother's Day Mom

This is one of my favorite pictures that we have of my mom with all of her grandchildren. It was taken about 20 months ago at my nephew Brett's wedding.
Happy Mother's Day mom.

"Blue" Memories

The other night I was visiting our little friend T's blog. You can see it at www.mslevang.blogspot.com His mom and dad had posted a picture of T sporting his blue cast. It was exactly a year ago that T broke his leg and they were remembering. This brought back memories and I thought we should show T Nick's blue cast from 10 years ago. This is what happened when boy took on culvert with bike. We still think it might have been his attempt to miss the first day of kingergarten. Well, he avoided more then one day.

This is where Nicholas spent 16 days in traction at the age of 5. It was a challenge keeping him occupied but he never complained!
Nick is finally getting to go to school. He has a "blue" cast all the way up to his waist and half way down his other leg. You just can't see it because his shorts cover it. Nick broke his leg right by the growth plate and they were being very careful. Just this year we discovered Nick's recent hip problems were due to the fact that the broken leg was actually 1/4 of an inch longer then the other leg. With the placement of an orthotic he is good to go again!

Hard work pays off!

On Thursday all the parents of Itasca students receiving scholarships for the 2008-2009 school year were invited to attend a special program.
Here are Richard and Jeff making sure their ties are on straight!
Where's Jeffrey?? Check out toward the back in the middle in a blue shirt.
Jeff recieved two scholarships for next year. Here he is waiting to be introduced.
Got it! Good Job Jeff. You have worked hard all year taking chemistry, physics, calculus, engineering classes....and you have done a great job. We are proud of you!! Next year Jeff will also be a resident assistant in the Itasca Dorm. That means free room and board!We can't go home without a trip to the Dairy Queen.

Golf season is here!

Last week Richard and I took a day trip. We were headed up to Grand Rapids to participate in a program for Jeff. On our way we stopped in Alexandria where Nick was playing on the Otter Golf Team. This was a good day for Nick. Only 36 hours later the big snow storm hit!