Mid-Summer's Day...at work

Hello, posting today merely because I'm at work, and posting seems more interesting than the work staring me in the face. So I will take this time for family updates:

TJ-is plugging away at his job. He's been trying to make time to work on house that he, Tim, and Josh are "flipping," but time is a hot commodity these days. Between work, softball, seemingly endless gigs, and a demanding wife, he's been lucky to get there once or twice a week. He is on the wait list for the electrician program at HCC, so he will be toughing out another year at Iracore. He has a gig tomorrow in Duluth, at Live Downtown. They played there last week, as well.

Kasey Jo-Kasey went to her cousin Angelina's yesterday, which was very exciting for her. She went down a big waterslide and played until she looked like a purple-eyed monster (not to be confused with purple-toothed monster, which is what mom becomes after excessive amounts of merlot). She is revved up for school; we ordered her uniforms this week. She becomes more dramatic as time goes on.

For example, I heard her crying after running upstairs and jumping back into bed the other night. I went to see what was wrong, assuming that she wanted a buddy or a sleepmask or something pertinent to bedtime. Nope:

mom-"kasey, what's wrong?"
jo-*sob* sob*sniffle "i can't even dream without it! i'm just going to dream about a black hole!!"
mom-"what are you talking about? what can't you dream without?"
jo-*sob*sob*sob "my movie case! i can't dream without my dvd case!"
mom-"this is crazy talk. nevermind."

apparently, she told tj that she "can't think straight without it" and he pretty much responded like I did.

Evie-Evie's sleep schedule took a turn for the worse. Obviously. I never should have written that. She gets up about twice a night now and eats at breakneck speed. I can't wait til people food. She may eventually get full once she has the people food. She rolled over a few times one day, and hasn't since. It was just a teaser of what's to come, I'm sure.

Krissy-not much. School. That's about it. DXB (dubai) is to take place September 9-17th. I have a break coming up in school. One class left for the summer, and only 3 this fall.

That sums it up. Actually, I don't feel like writing any more. More to come when this seems more interesting.

Happy 4th of July!!

Today is the 5th, so my wishes are belated, but Happy Happy Independence Day!

Tj spent the night at Side Lake with Jojo and Evie, so Mommy came up Saturday morning for the parade. The parade was great fun this year, lots of family floats that really showed a lot of creativity...my favorite was one with a couple of gentleman in dresses, "queens" of something or other. They rode in the back of a convertible and did their showiest parade waves.

We followed up the parade with lunch at the cabin (excellent beef brisket, courtesy of Uncle Ron & Auntie Rhonda). We hung out for awhile, Kasey Jo mostly running amok, following Susie Johnson around and Evie being held hostage by her mama (who hadn't seen her in a day).

We came into town mid-day to go over to Sam & Casey Moberg's for a BBQ with the Baudecks. Kevin Simberg & Skylar Kangas, good friends from high school, came over for some beers and a few games of "bags," or whatever that is really called. By this point, our babies were delirious with sleeplessness, so I took them home. Tj came home quite a lot later and seems to be radiating a stale beer scent this morning, so I am sure he had a good time.

I am planning on homework, laundry, and dinner with my Norwegian cousins, who are in town this week. I'll post pictures from the 4th soon.