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Fall 2006


North Park Graduation


Christmas 2007


New Year's 2007


Mick & J's Wedding Weekend




The Chicago Bungalow


The City


The Art Show

Piles of Fun

Eme and I decided to take advantage of the nice Saturday weather to rake up the nice blanket of maple leaves in our back yard. It seems like it has been raining every other day with temperatures in the 30s around here (brrr!), so Saturday's morning sunshine and afternoon high of around 48 was wonderful!

Getting ready for Saturday, Eme is thinking of dressing up as Pregnant Home Depot Compost Bag Lady. Good idea - plenty of room for candy! Bad idea - can't see where you're going.

Eko was trying to help gather the leaves in between his stick fetching, rabbit hole discovery, and play time with Eme and me.

Our trusty Toro handled the front yard pretty well. It's always a great feeling of acomplishment when you begin with a yard draped with yellow leaves and end with nothing but green grass showing. And then there's always the immense satisfaction of having the visible green grass compared with the neighbors leafy yard ;)

163 -- 55,088(9) -- 2009 -- 12 -- 1

163 - Number of regular season games the Twins played this year

55,088 - Largest crowd to ever attend a regular season Twins game at the Metrodome. Ahem, excuse me...The Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome...as of Monday. Of course, no one will ever know, but there were actually 55,089 people there since our coworker got in without his ticket being scanned. But then again, they may count the sold tickets rather than the scanned tickets. Oh well.

(Our little perch in the upper deck)

2009 - Regular season attendance record set for the Twins. My guess is that people signed up for season tickets in order to get priority for Target Field. I say that, partly, because that's what we did!

12 - Number of innings the Twins and Tigers played last night

1 - Winner of the Central Division...The Twins!!!!!!!

What an amazing game! It is difficult to convey how FANTASTIC last night's game was! But my hoarse voice probably says it all (pun intended). We scored tickets by waiting patiently online after the Twins completed the sweep of the Royals on Sunday. The moment we walked in the Dome there was an electricity that I've never experience watching a Twins game in the Dome.

I had the opportunity to watch the Twins play at Fenway a few years ago and that, along with Cubs games, and last night's game, what I consider real baseball atmosphere. From about the 6th inning on we were standing and cheering for every out and every at bat and then sitting (resting) between innings. Pretty much the opposite behavior for the typical Twins fan.

The Tigers were up. We tied. We went ahead. The Tigers tied. The Tigers went ahead. We tied. We won! What an incredible back and forth, high emotion, dramatic way to win the Central Division! I didn't get to experience either game 6 or 7 of the '91 World Series in person so 2009's game 163 is BY FAR the best Twins game I've ever been to. And it is most certainly the best sporting event I've ever seen in person or on TV. What a great memory! Eme, Baby Bon, and me were all there to soak in one lasting memory of Twins Metrodome Baseball.

1 - Winner of the Central Division...The Twins!!!!!!!

Best ever

Bottom of the ninth...

No matter what happens absolutely...hands down...the best baseball game I've ever been to!!!

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Gophers Vs. Badgers

This past Saturday, Jon and I were able to attend the 3rd game in the new TCF Bank Stadium - Gophers vs. Badgers - a huge Big 10 rivalry for who will keep Paul Bunyan's axe for one more year. It was chilly and a little rainy and the only coat I had was a brilliant shade of Red (the Badger's color). What you can't see in this picture is my Gopher gold under the jacket. You could say I just couldn't make up my mind, but as one coworker (a Badger fan) put it, "I'm just leaving baby's options open." Hope you had a wonderful weekend!