Forever our Ruby!

Visualize Whirled Peas~

Ruby is a huge proponent of Whirled Peas

Noah our 16 year old cat strives for Whirled Peas everyday...seriously, he loves Ruby's baby food and sitting in her chair. He is a Cat in every way.  We love his personality.

Nearly crawling and  said her first word..."MAMA!"   I LOVE her!

The Ladies love Elias...

I think they see the super hero in him~

Puff the magic Ruby~

A Summer of a Thousand Books~ And Ox Cart Days in Crookston, MN

We reached our goal yesterday.   We read 1000 books with Elias beginning June 1 and completed yesterday.
Thank you to Grandmas for reading while I was in Korea.  : )

Firehouse Breakfast is one of our favorite annual events in Crookston

Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota

Ruby 7 months, hanging out in her jogger while we walked
around Ox Cart Days, she is seriously SO happy.  I adore her

Elias  with the light blue shirt in the middle finishing up the Kids run at Ox Cart Days

Elias after his race and me getting ready for the 10k

Nothing like a sprint to the finish...with a little help from Elias

Tractor Pull contest downtown Crookston...Very fun!

Mexicali Blues No Longer!

We were thrilled to visit our foster son Juan and his sweet family in Mexicali, Mexico.  We are so happy for  his family and their reunification (thank you Rachel).

Juan and Elias were delighted to see each other after 2 long years

Veronica, Juan, Luis Elias, Heidi and Eric

Luis,  Ferny, Juan and Veronica,  I love this sweet family.

"It's Hockey mom, just on the grass".    You can take the boy out of Minnesota, but can you take Minnesota out of the boy?

And apparently the pond is the goal... Papa and Elias fishing for the "puck".

Disneyland was funtastic!

Brother Bear is our favorite!

Ruby Catherine is 7 months old!  And more fun every minute.

Korea's Got Seoul~

Eric spent 5 weeks in Korea this summer teaching at ChoNam University in Guanju, South Korea

I joined him for 2 weeks, we loved the people and the food!

Good food, good friends

Heart Sutra Transcription  (This pic is for my Yoga class)

Temple visits

Seoul Subways are Packed full

I thought it was a wax man until he sighed...kinda scary

Korea University ...looking scholarly

Summer Out West~

Elias and Mama enjoying the 4th of July Parade

 Elias and Papa just after Elias rocked it on the zipline~















Ruby and Trev, hanging in Idaho


The happiest baby I know.  I love her so much!

Brandon teaching Bret yoga sitting position at the Portneuf River Fest~ Love my bros

Strawberry Days Rodeo with Grandma Wendy~

Boating on the Snake River with the Panton Family~

Ben and Elias enjoying a late night bowl of cereal at the Southwick's home in Victor

Elias and Grammy Playing Cowboys and indians

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I am having so much fun with Ruby's hair...most of the time she is pretty patient with me.

Funnest Baseball Game Ever

Korean baseball is the best. Everyone, I mean everyone knows all the players names. Every inning the home team is up the entire crowd chants songs, in unison, custom made for that player. By the time that the visiting team comes up to bat you need a break.