La Familia Castillo-Blumke

Santi's Walking

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July 4th with the Glens!Grandpa built a slide at the cabin wooho

July pix

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Happy birthday Faith (sissy)

Caden and Santi love to swing!

Santi loves futbol just like Caden

After a last meal with Darrin and malia at bucas!

Bad Blogger

2011-07-03T05:49:00.000-07:00

Well it has been a long time since i've wrote anything of meaning- well this won't be much different but atleast it will be something.

2011 has been a great year! Cadens vocabularily never ceases to amaze me and his coordination and hand eye ability is like a 5year old. currently he loves the following riding his TonyHawk bike all around the HOOD, crusing on his spiderman skateboard, Star Wars and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He loves going to the neighbors house for daycare and adores his little brother, they are becoming quite the buddies.

Faith- turns 12 today holy CRAP! next year a teen and in 3 years will be getting behind the wheel(with my supervision ofcourse) She'll be going into 7th grade this year at South Jr.High. its been amazing to see her growth as person---the good and the Bad at that age, right:) her ability to work with the boys has been unmatched I think she is a better parent then Mariza and I sometimes. Later this summer she'll be heading with her BFF to CampLebanon for 5 days.
she has been going there for about 6 years now every summer.

Santiago- wow what a smiley happy baby! he is just about 11 months old. has been crawling a couple weeks and has two bottom teeth! we think he'll be walking in about 2 weeks or so, he's currently walking with the help of everyone and everything. in comparison to his monster older brother he is about as they get, sleeps good, plays by himself, hardly whines and is just good with about whatever. he is such a blessing.

as for Mariza and Aaron- we are just trying to manage the little zoo that we have. we are going to take some time for ourselves this year by way of a 3 day trip to NYC in July, looking forward to it! Mariza has recently been promoted at work and has been putting in alot of extra time to acclimate to the position a challenge but she is doing great! As for ME well as always trying to play soccer and ride my bike as often as the little ones will allow!

later for now!

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November has come and were ready for winter sort of

2010-10-11T13:49:00.001-07:00

With warm weather this fall we've been out quite a bit! Here is a great shot of momma and baby Santi

2010-09-27T11:16:00.001-07:00

Blast from the past! 1983 was a year to remember in south Dakota! Check out the dudes adidas shoes I have a similar pair now!

5 Weeks Old!

2010-09-13T06:10:00.001-07:00

Santiago is getting stronger and bigger everyday! Caden has really warmed up to baby brother! And Faith is so great with both of her brothers! Mariza is also nearly 100% so that is great!

2010-09-08T08:34:00.001-07:00

Faith had her first day if school at South jr high. She loved it and is excited for Tennis to start next week!

2010-09-06T19:25:00.001-07:00

Darrin has come to visit! Plenty of time at the cabin playing with the boys and seeing the rest of us! Big old guys soccer tourney this weekend , and Hopefully well get some tennis in!

Saturday... Almost 3 weeks old

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Santiago Aaron Castillo-Blumke

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World Cup 2010 - Wavin Flag

2010-07-11T10:30:00.001-07:00

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBD9h0jUq3w&feature=youtube_gdata

Maradona - Live is life

2010-07-01T19:18:00.001-07:00

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vashrNoXTE&feature=youtube_gdata

drum on Cadeniho

2010-06-20T07:34:00.000-07:00

Sun, 20 Jun #2

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Lil drummer boy! Thanks to grandpa our house had gotten alot louder!

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Our little monkeys enjoying the primate exhibit at the Como zoo today. We also hit our favorite Mexican restaurant in little Mexico(St.Paul)

2010-06-07T13:55:00.000-07:00

Caden flew his Spiderman kite last night for about 45 minutes he loved it! Wind was perfect so it soared!

2010-06-06T13:58:00.001-07:00

Cheesecurds and corndogs! Swappers was dead but the food will always make me smile! Can you think of a better Saturday breakfast then minidonuts and cheesescurds' Caden is rocking dads gear!

3days of projects!

2010-05-31T12:28:00.001-07:00

House projects inside and out

Happy Birthday Caden!

2010-05-19T15:02:00.001-07:00

Cadens birthday we scored a sweet hoop at the garage sale $10We transported by bike

Grandma also got Caden a cool turtle shaped sandbox- pix coming! This boy loved the outdoor!

Mothers day

2010-05-09T17:59:00.001-07:00

Mothers day was great we went to our favorite Mexican restaurant in Monticello!

Here are some shots of our day outside! Well mostly Caden and dads day since all our lovely ladies went shopping!

Faith loves the nice weather! Hope everyone had a great day

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2010-05-02T10:41:00.001-07:00

$.50 bottle of milk
$30 in blankets
$5 recliner from garage sale

Sleeping 2yr old within 3 minutes- PRICELESS

Picture day- 2010

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Hope you liked them

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House bound due to rain, Little seaseme street never hurt

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2010-04-23T18:40:00.001-07:00

Caden couldn't find his spiderman hat si I figured with his Harley inspired sweater he could rock the rag!

He has been loving the spring days!

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2010-04-04T06:04:00.001-07:00

Caden loved his visit to the Easter bunny!

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2010-04-01T17:32:00.001-07:00

April 1st! No snow in march and were having a great spring! We had another ultrasound today and boy parts were there and everything looks good!!

Summer Football Begins

2010-03-19T11:17:00.001-07:00

I'm down 30 pounds and ready for the Season! Looks like Eric is coming out and a childhood pal Jason! Should be fun'

A couple games a week for a few months! God has blessed me that I can still play @ 32!

The picture below was from last fall! It was the first full season I'd played since I was 19! It was great yo be out there with mostly 19-25 year olds!

This year should be great Faith also plays in the local league and it's a World Cup year so three will be plenty of footy inspired partys this year!

I think June 12 for the England b USA game it's a team party at the House of Pizza

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2010-03-05T17:24:00.000-08:00

Cadens cruisen!

He got a new bike that he can actually touch the pedals on! He hasn't mastered the pedal pushing but it's definetly getting alot closer.

Pack is ready to ride some more bike! This week Caden faith and dad have been cruising the neighborhood nonstop

Praise the lord the weather has been wonderful and we are all safe healthy and happy!

Faiths Night of Music and Dancing

2010-03-04T18:44:00.000-08:00

Faith had her school concert tonight! They sang songs from movies in the past! Movies like Stand by Me, Grease, Jail House Rock and many others!

Faith also gas a dancing part! You can see her in the middle!

Last weekend in February!

2010-02-28T16:04:00.000-08:00

It felt pretty awesome out there today! Caden and dad spent the day cleaning outside! Dad also got an hour long bike ride in! Climbed some hills and enjoyed the sun!Faith had a sleepover last night at rachels! Good times for everyone!
Thank the lord we made it through another winter! Were all so pumped it's March!

Pheonix trip from january

2010-02-27T14:15:00.000-08:00

Here is some photos from our favorite spots In phx! Ross we got done great deals! Faith and Darrin got matching UNITED shirts! And we watched a game!

Also some pix from some other great spots! Swap meats and just hanging out!

Faith rode a bike over 25 feet in th air on a tight rope! Nice balance

When do I move in?

2010-02-21T18:51:00.000-08:00

Faith is super pumped for her new room! Here she is in her walk in closet!

Basement Project begins

2010-02-21T17:56:00.000-08:00

What a Mess~ the storage room is overflowing!

This is the bathroom !

Walls are framed! 60 2x4s and a crapload of other 2x6sWoohoo the fun has begun!

a Typical Saturday

2010-02-20T09:26:00.000-08:00

Caden is a BiBoy he likes to color at the table....he likes to sit onthe chair by himself. 22 months old and alreay super independent. LeftHanded and All

He has his new Bed also! we've had it in the basement for along time! but now that him and his new little brother will be sharing a room for awhile we needed another bed.

Today faith has her dance pictures! She also is deciding between soccer and dance this year!

What is a Little Brother?

2010-02-19T14:37:00.000-08:00

When I told Caden he was going to have a brother!!

New BABY-BOY

2010-02-19T11:47:00.000-08:00

Looks like an alien but has a boy part!
August 17th due date! Csection most likely will be scheduled for 8-10

Caution - CONSTRUCTION ZONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-02-19T06:57:00.000-08:00

Today we Begin construction of the basement

Today we'll be framing in ceiling areas for sheetrock.

Next Steps:

rip out some concrete to put in Drainage for BarArea Sink
Electrical and Lighting
then the Sheetrocking

should be an exciting couple weeks.

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Caden the punk rocker love'n his bath time

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Happy Valentines day!!

Ramblings

2010-02-05T13:16:00.000-08:00

It's been a bit since I've posted!

Janauary saw us in AZ for 6 days....great times and miss the sun!

Right now we are in the midst of trying to Add a much needed bedroom to our home...so we're trying to finish the basement! Probably not intime for any WorldCup partys but that is cool eitherway!

Caden is a talking fool "WhatDo'N" "ErePhant" for Elephant are my two favorites at the moment.

Also a new ProSoccer team in Minnesota has evolved after the colapse of the Thunder NSC-Minnesota Stars. not Crazy about some of the logos and colors but its a start!

Oh yeah and the best part for me Personally is I'm on the Body for life Diet for FatArse Contest in our office and i'm down 18 pounds since January 4th. This time I'm actually taking this pretty serious I want to be in great shape for summer with the St.Cloud Football Club and be in better all around Mountian Bike Shape!

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2010-01-02T15:14:00.000-08:00

We created a play area downstairs for Caden! Somewhere to let him make a mess in peace! He loves it!

Christmas 2009

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Lets Play outside! Caden has his spiderman boots on and is ready to go.

Caden on the POT! Yep he tells us when he goes POOP so its time to start talking about training the little guy.

Caden and dad built a fort!

Christmas was great, we got tons of gifts and tons of time outside.

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2009-12-13T08:27:00.000-08:00

Like the doo?

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2009-12-09T17:58:00.000-08:00

Caden enjoyed his first time playing in the snow

Besides all this were excited for the holidays and very excited for 2010

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Thanksgiving and tree erection

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Trees up!
Turkeys been eaten!
Train set derailed!

Let the shopping begin...jk

Where's the snow?? Really cadens got a sled faiths gotta board! Let's rock

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Picture day

2009-11-21T09:19:00.000-08:00

Family pictures at 2! Which means we've been going cray trying to match outfits! Should be great check out the smile

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H1N1 yeah right

2009-11-14T14:31:00.000-08:00

So doctors scare us and say Caden probably has the pig flu! Scarey crap, he did have a cough and a fever yesterday but today he is all over the place!

Slight flu probably but he has more energy then I can deal with!

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Intl lame week

2009-11-12T18:27:00.001-08:00

I can't stand international weeks with no football on the telly! It brutal! Great timing for mls I guess I actually am going to watch some mls playoffs!

Watchout people the magician is on the way back!!

Just ask ocho cinco

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Fall sun

2009-11-06T17:56:00.000-08:00

We finally had some nice fall weather! Tommorow is gonna be great! Faith has get first dance recital and I'm going to get some biking in!

Here are sone shots of Caden and Mariza fall cleaning

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Trick or treat

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Happy footballeen

2009-10-31T07:23:00.001-07:00

Saturday morning good day for football! I fear after rodays performance cadeninho may be an arsenal fan! That would be diabolical in my mind

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Jack o lanterns

2009-10-25T18:13:00.001-07:00

Sunday evening we carved some pumpkins a new household tradition with the pumpkin patch situation we did earlier in the week! Caden did get a Baby Pumpkin but due to his size and I suppose OUR patience with the cleaning of the pumpkins he did not get one carved :)

Mariza Created one with stars, Faith created one as a Monkey! And I tried to do a traditional one!

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Pumpkin Patch video

2009-10-24T09:48:00.001-07:00

Check out this Video of us at the PumpkinPatch last week!

More to come!

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/6267168/16264035

Willy Wonka

2009-10-23T20:18:00.000-07:00

Tonight Mariza and I took faith on a date night! Ciatis then the paramount theatre for willy wonka we had great balcony seats!

It was cool cuz Mariza worked with willy and faith has class with an umpaloompa

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Video from the Pumpkin Patch

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PumpkinPatch 09

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Tonight the family (minus Oreo) headed to the Sleepy Hollow Pumpkin Patch down the road from our house in StAugusta! it was great walked the crop of pumpkins and found some Gems!

hope you all enjoy the photos!

Caden was a pretty good sport as he sat on a few pumpking and handled a chilli fall evening! next we'll have to carve those badboys up but I think that maybe a few days before we get to it!

I'm actually now a bit excited for Halloween to come to the HOOD! Also good news for us Faith will get to hang with us this year so happy Halloween it is! GRRRRRRRRRRR!

Monday Monday

2009-10-19T06:58:00.001-07:00

Well another weekend in the BOOks!

highlights include Losing the Championship game for our 6v6 league in Blaine...still had fun

finished some basement shelving so we can start to organize and get stuff cleaned up at Home!

Besides that we're just grasping at our last couple weeks of nice weather!

Tonight we are thinking about heading to the Pumpkin patch if the weather holds.

Finally sleep!!

2009-10-17T06:20:00.001-07:00

My son has finaaly figured out how to sleep in! The past week he has been on a very regular schedule and I'm so happy that it includes Saturday sleeping past 8 in the morning I actually woke up on my own and not by his crying! It has been wonderful!

Besides his horrible sleep routine the rest of raising Caden has been a breeze so far! FAith well she is hitting a difficult stage but well get thru!

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WTF

2009-10-10T05:20:00.001-07:00

Rude does not begin to describe the way I'm feeling about this fall

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Friday

2009-10-09T07:41:00.000-07:00

Going to bike at jail trail then hope to knockdown a bunch of house projects!

Halloween decorations
Basement cleaning
Organization of garage
cleanup outside

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Fall football

2009-10-07T16:16:00.000-07:00

Caden finally got out to play ball

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Uh oh

2009-10-06T10:53:00.001-07:00

I can only imagine this project may get spendy! More to come in the future weeks

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Rainey days

2009-10-02T15:35:00.000-07:00

Sick of rain and cold! Dreaming of a new steed for the stable! Anyone want to borrow me 2500

Hangin with Caden in the garage 16 months old and kicks a soccer ball better then kids 3 times his age!

2009-10-01T15:28:00.001-07:00

What happens if he likes football or baseball my friend asked??? It hadn't occured to me I responded! Of course he can like football as long as he plays it in Europe :)

On another note the past couple weeks Caden has been doing high five like crazy! I must say there are few better moments in a dads life then a high5 and a laugh from his child!!

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Jackets

2009-10-01T11:45:00.000-07:00

Caden is still pumped to be outside even if it is cold!

I think i need to Blog

2009-09-30T19:42:00.000-07:00

But what to Blog and should I create a what UP daily blog or just keep cruising with family updates...today we have house projects, soccer matches, biking, Mariza in Yoga, Faith in Dance, Caden with learning everything, snow about to start falling, work all the time and just about everything else under the sun going on!

from my note I'm working on side video projects for $$ and for fun, and I'm seriously thinking about getting into really good shape for the first time ever! I really only have 1 excuse....I love to eat BAD and I like to eat alot of it!

Oh well many more

Caden had Fun in the Sun!

2009-08-13T20:04:00.000-07:00

What Up World!

Its been a long time since i've posted hopefully this will makeup for some of the lost time!

The other day it was Hot in Minnesota finally so Caden got out in the sprinkler and had a blast! he was running from it and trying not to get hit in the face! As you can see he has really gotten talkative and his expressions are priceless!

Talk to you Soon!

2009 Review....yeah its overdo

2009-02-14T09:38:00.001-08:00

This year has flown by so far! we're heading to Phoenix and SanDiego for some R&R in March! besides that Faiths doing great in School, Caden is crawling, trying to walk and has couple teeth! Mariza and Packy are just begging for Vacation!

Halloween 2008

2008-11-09T16:14:00.000-08:00

Faith and Caden had a great Halloween even though Faith only got to hangout with us for a few houses and Caden fell asleep after 2 houses. enjoy the photos.

4 Months and he's all Smiles

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24 hours of Afton

2008-08-20T18:30:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Eric, a bunch or friends and I raced a grueling 24 hour MTB race called 24 hours of afton. I've actually created a side page to highlight the event and to plan for next year as Eric and I have set up some lofty goals.

check it out at the link to the right or at http://bboys24hrsafton.blogspot.com/

thanks to Everyone

2008-08-19T18:52:00.000-07:00

we wanted to take a few moments to thank everyone for coming to our party! it was an absolute blast and your gifts, wishes and laughs were a great blessing as we welcome our new addition!

We love you all and look forward to seeing you soon!

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It's Party Time!

2008-07-18T06:44:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our site for everyone who recently got an invite to our Open house for Caden!

This is going to be a low key event, just inviting people who are important to us for some food fun and sun. We're planning to have tacos and Hot dogs and we'll have some pop. seating maybe limited so bring a lawn chair and if you have any games you love to play bring them.

we'll have Volleyball, bocce ball and soccer balls for your entertainment....and if its hot a sprinkler and slip and slide for the kidlets!

see you there and if you need directions let us know.

24424 17th Avenue
St. augusta MN 56301

Caden Enjoying Summer Vacation

2008-06-19T05:42:00.001-07:00

Its been a great summer with our New Addition! Faith is busy playing soccer and in Swimming lessons and Mariza is adjusting to sleep in 3 hour sessions. Oreo is doing well, he is protective of baby Caden and always watching him! As for Daddy he is just chasing his tail trying to keep up with it All! We are still planning to do a BBQ in the coming weeks to introduce our new addition to the world! hope this finds you all well!

More of Cadens First Month

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Caden Getting comfortable at home

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the DUDE is a Genius!

2008-03-28T18:42:00.000-07:00

Okay so now that construction is complete the room has been tied together...."i'm telling you Donny, it really ties the room together!.....Of course there were alot of in's alot of outs and alot of What have you's!" T

he Dresser is complete (well touch-up paint and door knobbers aside.

It is amazing work! Mariza gave it a huge stamp of approval and i'm sure you'll all love it!.

The Baby is Coming, the Baby is Coming

2008-03-27T05:06:00.001-07:00

So things are really starting to take shape around the Castillo-Blumke Casa, we have finally got the baby's room started. Little Caden will have plenty of space for all his stuff, well he'll be 16 inches long so a closet would have been fine I suppose. Mom and Mariza went down to MapleGrove to BabysRus on Saturday while the Dude and I started building a dresser! it all looks fantastic. oh yeah and on Easter Terri and the kids came over and helped us paint. and the kids rocked out on the Guitar Hero! check out the pics.

It's a BOY!

2008-01-29T16:51:00.000-08:00

Faith, Mariza, LilGrama and I went to the last ultrasound last week and found out that its a BOY! We got a glimpse of the foot that will one day play for Manchester United and the body part that will allow him to make standup bathroom breaks!

Enjoy

Baby Castillo-Blumke

2007-11-21T10:46:00.001-08:00

13 Weeks, everything is Gold! Mariza after a few months of feeling crummy is now starting to feel better. The heartbeat was normal between 160-170 beats. the due date on the machine I saw was May 27th a day earlier.

Welcome to the Dells

2007-07-31T05:14:00.000-07:00

We had a blast! Water Slides, Hotel Room from He#*! and all sorts of other crazy adventures. we played mini-Golf, Shopped, swam, hit the waterpark and then a drive in Movie :)

And if anyone remembers ask Mariza about the Mexican restaurant in Monticello a feunny story.

the DELLLS

2007-07-31T05:09:00.000-07:00

Gussy Gallop 5K

2007-06-23T08:52:00.000-07:00

it was their first race and something tells me not thier last! Mariza and Darrin Crushed the Gussie Gallop 5K. Running 3.1 miles through wonderfully scenic St. Augusta. :) okay scenery is a corn field. either way thier must have been 200 runners it was awesome.

Colorado

2007-05-28T18:36:00.000-07:00

I just got back from a camping/MTB trip to colorado. it was a blast. i went out their with 2 friends and we met 2 more that live thier. explored Boulder, Estes Park and Fort Collins Colorado. We camped in the middle of flippen no where at my buddy Mark's land on the side of a mountain..pretty sweet.

fun in the sun Mothers Day part 2

2007-05-13T19:09:00.000-07:00

it was like 90 in Minnesota so Faith and the neighbor girls got out and did some sprinkler jumping. looks fun...oh to be 7 again.

Mothers DAY/fishing opener

2007-05-13T18:55:00.000-07:00

we had a ton of fun. Mariza got a new camera and we took mom and Darrin to the red lobster for fish. on the opener the dude and I slaughtered Caroline...and oh yeah i have a secret DARRIN fished also.

back to mothers Day...Oreo Gave Mariza a great preseant don't forget to ask what the furball got her :)

Oh and the 4wheeler is Faiths cousin Eagan's, and the other pictures were from Munsinger Gardens.

LONG ROAD to NOWHERE

2007-04-17T11:39:00.000-07:00

looks like I'm in for a long day of Friday, i'm going to be doing a road ride with my buddy monte for 80 miles. should be just brutal. this year i'm really aiming to get into excellent physical shape and really log some major miles on the Bike! Oh yeah for those who didn't knwo i'm heading to Colorado the last week in May over the 3 day weekend for some serious MTB and Hiking! should be pretty excellent.

Today we landscaped

2007-04-15T17:16:00.000-07:00

Borrowed Rocks - New Trees and a sunny Sunday. perfect combination for an all day of landscaping... i built a berm in the back and it is nice. I accidently went Rock Shopping at some new developments...wow I needed a truck! Marizas little SUV thought I had a low ride ESSAY! Anyway it turned out sweet.

NEEED more plants though..heehee

Dudes Blog

2007-04-13T14:54:00.000-07:00

Dude and I have been working up a kind of Contractor Liquidation Event for the Greenhouse. check out the sales BLOG

visionhomes-mn.blogspot.com