Opryland!

The trip stumbled a bit at the start -- wrong hotel, wishing I had rented a car, etc.  But in the end, the Opryland hotel was a delightful place for a work conference.  I enjoyed my time in Nashville and I had a great conference experience.

In my quest for social media fame and fortune, I was thrilled that my tweet made the "big board" at the conference.  Woo hoo!

first round of golf

T and I headed up to The Ponds on a sunny Sunday afternoon to play a round of golf.  The round started out great.  Then when we turned to tee 10, this loomed.

We finished hole 10 and turned to head for the clubhouse just as it started to rain.  The downpour hit as we entered the clubhouse.

Needless to say, we were rained out.  We will have to go back another day to finish the round :)

just because

Twins game #2

On the hottest day of the year so far (90 degrees!), T and I went to see another Twins game (another loss).  Oh, and it was fleece blanket night.  Ironic.

Race day.....

Way back in the dark of winter, three gals decided on a half marathon.  Heather, Nicole and I signed up for the Maple Grove half marathon on the day before Mother's day.  I was training somewhat reliably, so I thought I could run that far.  Nicole and Heather not so much.  So after bravely surviving a branch to the eye while putting up our back fence, we all agreed to run a shorter distance.  It was still fun to get to run with my gal pals.  Afterwards we got a great breakfast together too!

Maybe next year we will get a half in!

Mom's day.

H made me a sweet painting at school since she says "you are like a Mom most of the time".  Pretty sweet.

kids bdays part 3

Just when you thought the birthday fun was over, there was one more party to attend.