Well as promised, a picture from our wedding. August 4th 2007! What a beautiful day we had. Today, on the other hand, is not quite as nice. Rain here in Duluth today. However, much needed! The water levels here are so low that it is said that we would need 5 years of above average participation to bring the big lake up to the "normal" level. We manage to keep busy though. Hannah is playing volleyball this fall, Emily just finished soccer. Meghan, Robs oldest daughter (on the far left in the pic) is a senior this year. Rachael (next to Rob) is a sophmore and Maddy (next to Emily) is a 4th grader. Hannah is in 7th grade and Emily pulls up the young end in 3rd. We are starting to get ready for fall. That means draining the pond, digging up plants that need to come inside, getting the deer feeder ready and putting away all the signs of summer. BOO HOO....I am not the biggest fan of winter. I will try to add more pictures of the wedding with my next post. Love to you all!! Keep bloggin....XOXO Shana

Thanks Bill for the invite. We are also virgins at this type of communication but looks interesting! We are currently in Paso Robles, CA, with over a 100 vinyards within 50 miles. Don't think we make all of them. See you guys soon.

Myron & Donna

Hello! Jan and Chuck left today after an 11 day visit to AZ! We had the best time and tried to talk them into staying longer but they had to get back to the theatre! We went to a Diamondbacks game (Jan's first pro game ever), attemped to visit the Grand Canyon and got caught in a nasty thunderstorm & had to turn around, spent some time with Bill and Sally and mostly hung in the pool and drank cocktails! Gotta run! Katie

Virgin, that's an understatement!

Hi Everyone, I really am a virgin, this is my first attempt at blogging. Of course Bill has been showing me all of the posts from yo'all, it's wonderful. Every day I just can't wait to see if someone new has joined or a new post has arrived, so if there is someone you would like to have join our blogg just let Bill know with their e-mail address and he will send them an invitation. THE MORE, THE MERRIER!!!! Until later, my love to all.

PS. My dear friend Karen A. just celebrated her birthday, 9/19 and My YAYA Sister, Linnea, will celebrate her **th b-day on the 27th. Happy birthday ladies.

Another beautiful weekend

Hello friends and family,
Another beautiful Minnesota weekend, we have been truely blessed. Kurt, Andrew, Alisha and I went north and hiked around J.Cook State Park and then (since my butt wasn't sore enough from all the hiking) we proceeded north to Two Harbors and hiked on the shore of Superior at the tug boat place. And to continue to beat the body....we continued north and stopped in at Gooseberry(sp) Falls....It was absolutely beautiful and serene! A perfect day of nature and no suburbia!! It was a fantastic Saturday...now if only many of you could have been with us :-)!! Gotta run for now....OH YEAH, Kurt and I are going to try our hands at rollerblading....wish us well hope for no injuries ;-)...Alisha and Andrew of course say they can skate circles around us....we'll see...haha...tata for now all...Happy day!

GREETINGS FROM TWO VIRGINS IN WISCONSIN

Well!!!!!!!!!!!!
Giving this a try........Thanks Bill and Sally for the invite.....
Love and Hugs
Cj and Frank

SCORPION

CHECK THIS BUG OUT. IT WAS AT OUR FRONT STEPS LAST NIGHT. 4 " LONG.

Leedy Oklahoma

What a great blog you are having Bill and Sally and we are so glad to be included. I wanted to show some of the great art work that is in Oklahoma...Leedy, Oklahoma is be specific. If anyone is by Leedy this is a great place to visit. They love to show off their place.

Hello Everyone!!

We are also virgin bloggers! Quite an interesting way to keep in touch. John and I just got back from Las Vegas after spending 5 days with our son, Brindin. He has been out there for over a year already. Can't believe it.

Retirement is going pretty darn well. I can get used to this very easily.....(this is lennie) John has just gone on long term disability so we are both cozy-ing it up at home.

Okay, we have dipped our toes into the world of the bloggers and we are looking forward to seeing what develops! Thanks for the invite, Bill.

Lennie and John Kuhns

Greetings!!

Greetings! I love blogging!! I promise to put pictures of our wedding on here when I am at home. Shhhh...I am at work and should NOT be doing this right now. But Mom insisted!! ;o) Love you Mom!! I will post more later! All my love to everyone!! XOXOXO

Emma - Sept-07
(trying to catch some sunshine while the temps here in MN are unseasonably cool)

Hmmmmmmm....???!!!!!!

Ok...here we go! I am also new to blogging. But will continue to learn and try....thank goodness it seems most of us are new to it. Karen A..some pointers????...hehe! Kurt and I had a weekend of racing! It was fun and he took me into the infield...for you non-racers, that means I was in the middle of the track while the cars raced around us. Very cool!!!! A friend of Kurts banged up his car bad on Thursday night and came back Friday(although NO-ONE thought he could) and won to get into the big show on Sat. night. He then proceeded to win the feature race on Sat. Very exciting to see someone you actually met and talked to win the big trophy and lots of $$$$ :-). Needlesstosay, Kurt REALLY wants to get back into a car! The season is about over....what will we do with our non-kid weekends now(RELAX)...hahahaha! K, enough babble...ciao family and friends....I think this will be really fun!

MORE INFO

MAYBE EVERONE NOWS THIS, BUT IF YOU DOUBLE CLICK THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MOUSE ON A PICTURE, YOU CAN ENLARGE IT.

CONNECTING

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY NEEDS THIS INFO BUT HERE IT IS.
ONCE YOU ARE ON THE HOME PAGE OF THIS BLOG, JUST CLICK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MOUSE AND GO DOWN TO CREATE SHORTCUT AND CLICK ON IT. IT WILL PLACE AN ICON ON YOUR DESK TOP. NEXT TIME JUST CLICK ON THAT.

Our first Posting

Thanks for the invite. We also are new to this but will enjoy the journey.
The Hurleys

Hi from Amelie

Hi,
How very nice to be included.
This is my first try with a blogg so I don´t really know how it works. I will learn. Right now we are having a beautiful autumn Sunday morning. I am at work - all by myself - I need to catch up. It is quite nice to be here all alone.
I wonder how this works - I want to send you some photos later. Love to all from Amelie

Anderson Family Reunion in Minnesota

All of Karen's kids and grandkids showed up for cousin Anisa's wedding in Minneapolis.
Front row: Karen, Ryder, Grandma A, and Tania with Cassidy. Back row: Britta with new nephew Soren, Bert, Rachel and Todd.

Thanks for the Invite, Bill

Bill,

Our family blog (www.goingupnorth.blogspot.com) has been going strong for a couple of years now. It's a great was to keep in touch or celebrate the big and little moments of our lives. Here are Britta, Myself and Karen in Tania and Todd's backyard during Britta's September visit to Minnesota.

Bill Allan

SWEDEN

HERE ARE SOME PICS JENNIFER SENT US OF HER AND LARRY.

BEES

WE HAD A LARGE SWARM OF BEES IN OUR PALM TREE.

MORE AZ PICS

MORE AZ PICS

GRAND CANYON PICTS

HERE ARE A FEW PICS FROM OUR TRIP BACK TO AZ. WE STOPPED AT THE GRAND CANYON.

Our Maiden Voyage

Okay- we are now official bloggers on your blog!! Our maiden voyage... How exciting is this?!? So what does a person put on a blog?

OK I'M GOING TO SEND THIS ADDRESS OFF SO THAT PEOPLE CAN START TO POST.