Weekend Happenings!

The past 2 weekends have been busy, but with fun activities. Two weeks ago, we used some of our tax return money to get out of Winona for a weekend. Our destination - the Cities. We had a great time hanging out with my brother Scott (aka Uncle Auggie) and our good friends, the Chamberlains. Fortunately, the weather was rainy and cold on Saturday making it a good weekend to visit the Children's Museum, Ikea and the MOA.

On the look-out for "t-rucks" at the Children's Museum

I love this little man!

Busy little Beaver

Little Postman in action

Sunday was warmer, and it was great to catch up with our good friends, the Chamberlains. It was great being able to sit outside and watch our kids play in their beautiful backyard. They recently purchased a  huge pirate ship playground, which was enjoyed by Micah (especially the slide).

It's impossible to get 3 kids together for a picture! Animal crackers had to be used to bribe these boys to sit for even 1 minute.

The pirate ship

This past weekend Kyle worked, while Micah spent some time with his Grandparents. On Sunday, Micah and I met up with his honorary"grandparents", the Matheny's. Jerry and his wife,Vicki, will forever hold a special place in my heart. You see, Jerry was one of my first patients when I was a PT student up at the Rehab Unit on 3 Mary Brigh at the Mayo Clinic almost 5 years ago. At that time, Jerry had become very weak due to hospitalizations and several abdominal surgeries. He and I worked together for an hour and a half daily, as he re-learned to stand, walk, and negotiate stairs. And, by his side his entire time was his supportive wife, Vicki. Jerry had more determination than any patient that I know, and we really bonded during the few weeks that we worked together. The two of them (along with their Golden Retriever) live in Peoria, Illinois, but come up to the Mayo Clinic once a year for check-ups. I am so thankful that they were able to locate me, upon one of their visits, and we've been meeting up since. It's great to see how well Jerry is physically doing now!

Finally, we put an offer in on a house. It's a house that we looked at back in December, liked it, but we wanted to sit on it for awhile. After looking at the house another 3 times this spring, and comparing it against everything else that we've looked at over the past year, we decided that it really is a perfect fit for us. After some counter-offers and negotiating, we were able to reach a deal and our offer was accepted. So we now begin the process of putting ours on the market and hopefully having a sale within the next few months. Our offer is contingent on the sale of our house and inspections. I'm optimistic that everything will work out okay.