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Ngor’s family was staying with us because their apartment got flooded from a sprinkler.  They are from Sudan and one of the best parts of having them for guests for awhile was hearing their stories of immigration.  A friend of theirs came over and was telling stories from when she first came from Sudan and [...]

Yes, Josh (and so I suppose myself in association) are now on the most wanted list of Olmsted Country.  We are on the run from the law.  Well not exactly, but we do have to go and explain that mainly we are just stupid and careless and not negligent pet owners.  Let me break it [...]

End of the school year is always a stressful time, it’s just guaranteed.  In all honesty, I can’t say that I remember another year being so stressful.  There are so many things at school and at home…I am just surviving day to day, hour to hour, and minute to minute.  So we had a wedding [...]

I brought Finn into the house after we had been gone all day and was changing his diaper. Finn: Tanner, Tanner, Tanner, Tanner… Me: He’s out in the kennel in the garage. Finn: Hazel, Hazel, Hazel, Hazel…

It came earlier than normal, but one week ago today was the first snowstorm of the season (although NOT the first snowfall of the season).  For those of you who don’t have the pleasure of living in Minnesota, I thought I would share the joy! Jo Jo bought Finn boots. And he couldn’t be happier!

I have some background to this story, so bear with me please!  I have not been outside of Rochester for about 2.5 years.  When we were pregnant with Finn we wanted to make sure we had enough money to purchase all the baby things so we were on a tight budget so we decided we [...]