We live on the drift prairie, on the Missouri Plateau, otherwise known termed by our own state tourism department as “The Prairie Pothole Region”. Go ahead you can chuckle now. I agree that term doesn’t scream “tourism” to me but it is the best birding area of the world (at least I think it should be branded that way to…
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A few reasons of why we love Easter
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On Friday night we attended our local community cantata service. The service was was non-denominational, held at the local Lutheran church and the choir represented all five of our local churches. The cantata was our Good Friday service and told the last days of Jesus’s life through his death. The church was packed with local community members from all walks…
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Anika Iris, 9 months
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Anika Iris is 9 months old today. It is difficult for me to type out “9 months” and hard to truly comprehend it. Anika is our baby girl. She is growing and changing so quickly that sometimes you just want to the hit the “pause” button to relish the age she is right now. This age is one of those…
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March marathon is over
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My March marathon is over. Late this afternoon Nathan and all three kids picked me up on at our airport on the prairie. It completed my most grueling, challenging yet rewarding business whirlwind of my career. I am too exhausted to go into detail right now but let’s just say I have never been more grateful to be home in…
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104 year old librarian
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Our baby girl Anika Iris sat down to read a story with her namesake, Iris this past weekend. Great Aunt Iris is 104 years old was a teacher and then a librarian for 40 plus years. She graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1928 and retired from her school librarian job in the early 1970’s. I have raved…
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