Transitions

I cannot believe how long it's been since I blogged.
Chloe and Ryan graduated from Lakeville South on June 11th.
Seth and Ashley were married on July 25th.
Ryan left for college on Saturday. He is officially in his dorm room, and trying out for a spot on the drum line at NDSU.
Chloe leaves for college on Wednesday.
What an amazing time of transitions.
To top that off....Luke turns 16 on Tuesday, and is hopefully going to get his license.
It's all just so hard to believe how time flies by!

Wimbledon and the 4th of July

Watching Nadal and Derdych play the finals at Wimbledon this morning. Nadal is probably going to win.
It's also the 4th of July.
Time of the annual Erickson Family Party at our house.
The rain has come...and gone for right now.
Time to get the house ready, the pool vacuumed, the food prepared.

Seth and Ashley get married in 3 weeks from TODAY!

Luke at Soccer

Luke had a soccer tournament this past weekend.
The weather was horrible, but their team played so well.
They lost in the championship game to Dakota Rev.
Great job boys!!
I got to talk to Luke too, even if it was just for a few minutes!

Jason Lezak

I've been feeling badly for Jason Lezak.
If you watched that AMAZING 4 by 100 relay in which Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian in history, you will know how Phelps got all the attention.
I saw an interview in which Chris Collingsworth spoke to Jason Lezak and asked him about that race. I was pleased to hear Lezak say that he wasn't thinking about Michael Phelps getting another gold medal....he was thinking about winning the race.
Jason Lezak is a great athlete, and a real team player.

A Surprise

When I came home from Georgia, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Angela, Brenda and Tracey replaced the 15 rotten boards on the deck. The previous owners had put a hot tub on the deck, and it had caused the wood to begin to rot.
This was a project that I had been meaning to get to this summer yet.
SO, I was so excited that it was done....and done SO NICELY!!!
I wish I could include pictures of the work being done....but unfortunately I am the one who takes the pictures, and I wasn't here.
Thanks to the three gals for their hard work to make the deck so much better!!
Gotta love friends who are handy!

Bejing 2008

08-08-08

The beginning of summer Olympics

a country oppressed

set aside for 17 days
the world comes together
other things pushed aside
thrilling every four years

Hot Day in Georgia

This was another hot day in Georgia. It must take a while to get acclimated to this type of hot. It's a humid, hard to breathe hot.
Seth's power wasn't turned on in his apartment...there was some sort of snafu.
We painted his bedroom a warm brown. Seth and I did all the cutting in, and Dave came through and did the rolling.
We are going to roll a quick
second coat after church tomorrow.
Tonight we went in to Atlanta and Seth bought some stuff for his apartment.
He even bought a plant.
We had a fun time in Ikea...even though we were
there for a VERY long time.
We were quite ready for a snack of cinnamon rolls and
soda (and sweet tea) before the trip home.
Tomorrow we will finish up Seth's apartment.
Chloe and I have to come home early on Monday morning.
I'm not quite ready to leave my son behind in this new home of his.

Cross Children

It has been our pleasure to watch our friends kids over night.
Mike and Jolyne went on a motorcycle trip to the North Shore.
So, we took Kennedy, Miranda and Victoria. (Quentin was too cool to come over...) (-:
SO, everybody has gotten along famously...
today, the kids packed a picnic lunch and took off for the local park.
They all packed the same thing:
pbj sandwich, watermelon, chips and two cookies.
I made them stand a pose for a picture.

Camping

We survived our first camping trip together.
We went to Frontenac State Park just outside of Red Wing, MN.
Besides the Friday night storm, and the horrible night sleep in the Aztek (DON'T ASK!), we salvaged the trip by a run to Target. After a new tent and a second air mattress, we were ready to begin again.
We had a great time with our friends Brenda and Tracey!
They were caretakers to us....so we pretty much just let them do that. (-:
We had so much fun that we plan on going one more time if we can squeeze it in this summer.


Also,
Seth is safely back in Atlanta after his month long trip to Africa.
CANNOT WAIT FOR HIM TO GET HOME TO MINNESOTA!!!

Wednesday

Homework is due on Wednesday.
Reading like a banshee
Phonemic Awareness
All new information
Love going to school
All work is turned in for the week

Time for a quiet dinner with my love
enjoying an air conditioned house
catching up on blogs
starting a new book that is for fun?
who knows if there is time

summer is refreshing
summer is relaxing...
some summers more than others
summer is my time