Twins Opening Series

Forgot to post our about our final trip to the last Twins Home Opening Series at (The) Metrodome. We usually go to the Home Opener, but it is always sold out or nearly sold out and very crowded. So we opted for the 2nd game with slightly fewer fans. However, we excitedly entered the now nostalgic Dome, found our seats, sat down, and almost slid off them since they were broken. And then the largest man to ever sit in a blue Metrodome seat sat RIGHT next to me. And when I say "next," I really mean generously filling the seat next to me and spilling into my seat with me leaning towards Eme. Think John Candy in the middle seat of an airplane minus the sense of humor, plus 4 bottles of beer. Ugh.

After an inning and a half Eme went to complain about the broken seats...she snagged us an upgrad and we enjoyed the rest of the game with an exhilerating 9th inning rally from the second row in Lower Reserved right by the foul pole. The best part was that there was hardly anyone next to us!

There was so much going on we forgot to take pictures inside...so this one is outside. You can barely make out the UFO like lights in the backround. But you can't miss our post game excitement with our Twins gear and ear to ear smiles.

All is Right

After being with us for about 7 weeks Eko seems to have picked up on our schedule. Every night, like clockwork, at about 9:00 he will just start to mellow out, curl up and hunker down for the evening. It's awesome! Plus, I really love when dogs curl up and sleep like this. It's just one of those things that when you see it you know that all is right with the world.

Cuddle Bug

It's a good thing he doesn't sleep with us in bed or I wouldn't have a spot! He absolutely loves being near us, especially when he gets to be in our comfy bed.




Eme was changing our sheets today and temporarily placed the pillows on the floor. Of course, Eko was there to swoop in and take advantage of the soft place to lay down.


Eko says, "So you mean these pillows aren't meant for me to lay on?"

There are 3 things that Eko loves.

1. Meal time
2. Being anywhere we are
3. Laying on soft things (pillows, blankets, sheets, jackets, sweatshirts...you get the picture)

And there is 1 thing that Eko ABSOLUTELY loves

1. Being anywhere we are laying on soft things!

Easter Weekend

We (Eme) participated in an egg hunt yesterday at Mick & J's...but didn't get any pictures since we were, again, tending to our puppy. But it seemed like everyone and their mother were taking snap shots Japanese tourist style. You know how it is when there are little kids around. Duplicate and triplicate snap shots are the norm...with 3 or 4 different cameras.

So if you were there yesterday and have pics...send them our way. We know there were some good ones! And I think Eme even won the grown-up clean-up egg hunt ;) I don't really know that, I'm just assuming.

Today we drove up to North Branch and hung out with the Bonkoski's and John Olson for Easter dinner and a little egg hunt. We did manage to capture a couple pictures of the home made rocket launcher that John made.

And what would a bonkoblog post be without a photo of Eko?



"A tired puppy is a happy puppy."

P.S. Tim & Lori - we missed being with you and your family on Easter. This was the first Easter in a few years without our family who unofficially adopted us while we were in Chicago. We were thinking of you guys!

Oh...Oh...I know!

You would think he is stretching...but nope. This is how he was sleeping the other night. Right next to Eme. Laying next to Eme or me, he wouldn't have it any other way!

P.S. We must apologize about blogging pretty much 100% about Eko since we brought him home a month ago. But he has pretty much taken up 100% of our free time since we brought him home a month ago. He is a lot of work...but he is certainly worth it!

Who Could Resist?

He is over 26 pounds now as he approaches 15 weeks. If his puppy stare doesn't melt your heart then you may need to check your pulse.

Schell Brewery Saturday

Last weekend we went down to New Ulm, MN to celebrate Jon Kamrath's birthday. His wish was to tour the Schell Brewery and enjoy a weekend with his friends. So we all trekked down there and enjoyed the collection of brews from the second oldest family owned/operated brewery in the country, took in some German heritage, and trekked back through a mini snow storm.

We didn't get many pictures with our camera as we were tending to Eko the whole time. But we did snap a couple...and yes they have Eko in them!

Eko is a retreiver...he loves to chew...and he LOVES sticks! Even if they are bigger than he is!



Action Shot

Summit Dog Tribute

Yes, those are lacross balls Eko is playing with... Summit's favorite! This one's for you Tim and Lori!