Happy Birthday Mike!

We Love You...

We hope that you had a good day! (Go Pack G0!)

Love,

Ang, Patrick, and Aaron

Happy Birthday Angie

We Love you . . .

. . . Rock Climbing Momma.

With love from all your boys.

For Our Iowa Family Connections

O.k. in over 25 years of my college football allegiance with the UW Badgers, I am about to do something that I am not sure I have ever done - root for Iowa. Yep - you heard me right, I will be cheering for the Hawkeyes (whatever that is) to win next week against those slimey Gophers. Why you may ask? Well, if both Iowa and Wisconsin win next week, that should put Wisconsin in the 6th position in the Big Ten, having won the head to head against MN this week and that means Wisconsin, not Minnesota, has a good shot at coming here to Arizona at the end of December for the Consolation (Oops, I mean, Insight.com) bowl. That will serve two purposes for me. One, I will be able to see my beloved Badgers a second time here in Arizona. Two, I do not have to see all of those MN Gopher fans showing up here wearing what very well could be the ugliest colors in football and showing up at the restaurants and hotels in those clothes, except on Sunday when they wear their clothes with the same yellow color but with purple and that picture of what very well could be the ugliest picture of Heidi ever drawn. Now don't get me wrong, its not like this state gets taken over with MN fans when the Gophers come here. Being the most fair weather of all football fans, I really only think about a total of 50 of them show up anyway, but it only takes about 5 of them to ruin a meal.

So Katy, Kent & Lucia - mark next Saturday on your calendars because your big brother is going to be rooting for the Hawkeyes next week. Please don't let me down.

So as much as it pains me to say this . . . Go Hawkeyes. (Ouch, that hurt)

On Wisconsin (that's better).

HAPPY HALLOWEEN ~ 2008

Halloween 2008 was a lot of fun! I was able to pick Patrick up a little early from school. We headed to Mike's office where they were able to trick-or-treat from office to office. They really enjoyed this and received LOTS of candy! And they were pretty cute too! Patrick had to be the HULK and Aaron was the cutest little Dragon! His tail swayed when he walked which made him even more adorable. After the rounds at LBBS we loaded back into the car and headed to trick-or-treat with Patrick's friend Evan and his sister Reagan. We go around their grandparents' neighborhood. They really do their house up including having a fog machine. They both really enjoyed all the decorations. Aaron enjoyed walking up into the yards to check out all the decorations. Nana was able to join us part way into our adventure. That was a good thing as I needed more hands! The kids had a great time and Aaron really got into getting the candy. He also learned to say "candy" quite well. All in all I think it was a memorable day for both of them.

JDRF Walk ~ November 1st

The walk yesterday for the "Walk to Cure Diabetes" was held at Tempe Town Lake. There were 27,500 walkers!!!!!!!!!! That is more than the population of my hometown (Watertown, WI)! It was amazing. It is estimated that $2.1 million was raised. That is awesome!! So many stories, so many people to talk to. Technology has certainly come a long way. There is new and exciting equipment out there that I cannot wait to research further. Thank you to ALL who donated for such an important cause. A cure is within reach and hopefully we will see it within our lifetime.
(Sorry there are no photos. I completely forgot. Probably because Aaron wasn't thrilled to ride in his stroller so I carried him most of the 3 miles!)