fall and pre-christmas photos

I've tried publishing using Windows Live Writer a few times to a blog that my brother-in-law set up on our website. You can find a few recent posts at:

blogs.hollandanderson.net

Now that Google has integrated Picasa, Blogger, and Gmail it is tempting to stick with Blogger.

(Blogger certainly is more visually appealing...)

Dunegrass Folk Music Festival

We went to Dunegrass a few years ago with the Mitchell family.
It was an interesting experience (to say the least).
We said we'd never go back.
But this year we were up at the cabin the same weekend,

the sky was blue,

and one of our favorites, Greg Brown, was playing.

A good time was had by all.

minneapolis

henri enjoying the wading pool at linden hills park.

martha practicing her monkey bar skills at beard's plaisance.

tio jed is making sure that henri grows up to be a minnesota twins fan!

laundry room update

 

spring break in door county

we spent the first half of our spring break in door county visiting my folks. our friend david joined us for the first few days of the fun. while not your typical sunny and warm spring break destination, a good time was had by all. 

david and i spent much of saturday morning driving along a 16 mile route while christa was training for her marathon that's coming up in a few months. it was a tough job making sure water and goo was available to her while we drank our coffee and chatted... 

and on to the laundry room (phase 2)

before dinner...


and about 5 hours later...

getting ready for a pocket door to the renovated laundry room

progress

 

 

 

the light of day (from the hidden window)

 

creative (and dangerous) wiring on the inside of the vanity...

 

 

phase 1 begins...