Julie was kind enough to send us a picture from a housewarming party we went to a couple weeks ago. I guess Violet won't be a test-tube baby after all!

Busy Month

It's been a busy month and we haven't had much time to update our blog. We also lost all of our pictures since mid-August, so there was not much to put on the site.

Labor day weekend we spent up at my 50th Phi Kappa Tau Reunion, up at Michigan Tech. It was a fun relaxing weekend, and it was great catching up with old friends. Joe has pictures up from that weekend on his site (see sidebar).

Last weekend Joe & I met up with Chuck at Tech for Todd Brassard's wedding. It was a fun wedding. I did have one too many fishbowls the night before.

We've also spent most of the last month trying to get projects finished up around the house. Here is what we got finished:
- The main bathroom sheetrocked, primed, painted, and have most of the electrical in.
- The basement has been sheetrocked and primed.
- The driveway has been refinished.
Tomorrow I will be putting the vinyl flooring into the bathroom, and Saturday I hope to get the toilet in. We're trying to get the bathroom and basement finished before Violet moves in. I'll put some pictures up when the projects are complete.

I am also having a hard time getting Tona to pose for pitures of the belly. I guess I will have to tell Violet that she was a test tube baby, since there will be no proof that her mom was pregnant. Poor Violet....

John

Luau '07

I'm finally getting pictures from Luau up on our site (even though it was three weeks ago). Julie also has pictures from that night here:

http://juliebartels.shutterfly.com

Violet's Room

I've gotten a few requests to see what Violet's room is going to look like ... this is what I've come up with soo far. (*I've also included a new photo to show you how round I've gotten - 23 weeks)

Minnesota Bridge Collapses - Tragic Event

Tragedy too close to home ... we were alerted around 6:00 last night that the bridge leading to downtown Minneapolis that travels over the Mississippi river had collapsed. There had been some light construction on the roads leading up to the bridge for general upkeep ... no one expected this to happen. Our TVs and radios are full of stories from survivors and emergency officials ... all are just in shock as if this was just a terrible nightmare. We fortunately do not go over that bridge much during the work week and our family and friends have all been accounted for. This has been a very unreal event and will be a long road of recovery not only for the families that were affected but just to rebuild the bridge. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those families.