We bought a lake cabin this summer!!!

We bought a lake cabin this summer to more enjoy my time when I'm in the States, but mainly to be near the children and family. Robyn and Mark have a cabin about 15 minutes away and Tracy is about 30 minutes away. Can't wait to get there next summer after Randy puts the pool in.

Ayden's first day of preschool

 It was Ayden's first day of preschool today, Tracy said he really liked it and his reports from the teacher were good. Good to see he likes it as he gets plenty of Mommy time. He is growing up so fast.

 I'm sure it was difficult for Tracy to drop him off, but it sounds like he had a good time.

He spent his last weekend before school at the Mall of America park and that included a visit to Hooter's with Grandpa for lunch. I think he enjoyed that too!

 Randy says the home base where the Twins use to play is right in the middle of the park.

Birthday Party at Chino Latino

 A fun night at Chino Latino with some new friends for my birthday. Sanjay called ahead and even managed to get my name on the menu. Things got out of hand with the saki shots as you can see, with even Randy participating. Very fun night!

Milwaukee

 I made a trip to Milwaukee with Randy as they had a fiberglass pool to put in, but we also got to have dinner with Dave and Michelle Zgola who were friends of ours in Brussels. Michelle works for Johnson Controls and they spent a few years in Brussels before moving back to Milwaukee about two years ago. We have too many instances like this where we meet some great people, but once their assignment is done they go back... just when you've made a good friend

 He put me to work cleaning right away.