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The Goings On

Brandi bought her first snowmobile with her own money.  $500 for a 24 year old snowmobile.  Apparently it is in great shape.  She is have some difficulties and her Dad has been trying to help her with it since is has it in Hermantown with her right now.  We will see how that goes.  It is mostly boys she hangs out with there and they all like to tinker on their snowmobiles.

Kaj and Brandi's swearing but not swearing phrase right now is turd nuggets.  I am not a fan but I feel these things should be recorded for them to be able to read about later.

Both yes Both have really gotten into farting.  I believe I might have to caught out all gas producing foods if I am to have well behaved children ever again.

Kaj got to go on an overnight with Brandi and some of her friends.  He watched his first horror movie (supposedly it wasn't a really nasty one just a whispy ghost that popped up here and there) Thank you Andrea Larsen.  So now he is scared to sleep in his own bed.  All this maybe is just the latest excuse to not go to bed because he really has a hard time with that.  Yesterday he said we should get up at 5:30 every morning.  I told him he would need to go to bed an hour earlier and he backed off on the getting up so early.

Karli had the Beargrease checkpoint stuff the last couple of days.  She did a very good job and learned alot about what to do and not do.  I think it was a success.  She has the same kind of energy that my Dad has for that kind of stuff.  To run for days on end with no sleep and not appear that you haven't gotten any sleep.  Me, I can not function like that.  Rebecca also came and helped for most of the first day.

On Sunday Kaj had skiing and as usual he didn't want to go but once he went he had a blast and even got a bunch of the other kids to go for another ski after the ski club was done.  Sounds like everyone liked that.

Kaj also had one of his friends over last Thursday night.  It was Trevor's first overnight anywhere other than Grandma's so his Mom was a bit nervous.  It went great other than Toby bit him on the nose.  Luckily just some scratches and Trevor was totally into Toby still.  Not sure what to do with that dog.

Auntie Karen is coming to Duluth to help Grandma for a week.  God bless her.  Hopefully we will get to have her up here for a day if Grandma will let her go!

Yesterday was the parent lunch at the school for the 2nd graders.  This is Kaj and his buddy Cade eating their tacos.  They had a good time.  

Last week and this week have been swimming lessons for Kaj.  He said the last couple of days he has been jumping off the swimmers diving stands, into the deep end.  And at least once he had to swim the length of the pool.  His legs were tired but he did it!  I have got to take him to the Y more often so he can practice on his swimming!

2015 Mail Run

 It was the 2015 Mail Run Dog Sled Race.  It was a race that was from Trail Center to the Landing twice.  Sometimes things can get a bit slow waiting for everything to get going so it would appear that Kaj and Brandi pretended that they were on the beach burying Brandi in the sand.  This picture is at the start of the race at Trail Center.

 The picture was a bit blurry but it was a beautiful night.

Having a little warm up time and some food at Trail Center.  Thank you G&G for bringing them up.  The kids had a great time.

After they got home a very exciting thing happened.  For those that don't know there is a 60s radio request station that has Cousin Brucie(he is like a Dick Clark kind of guy)  Skinner loves cousin Brucie and thus so do the kids.  Skinner decided to take a break from sanding his sheetrock and see if he could call in to the show.  He and Brandi have tried many times before but always got a busy signal.  Well he got through was startled when asked what would like to hear so he just said Nights in White Satin.  Then he thought for a bit and tried calling again and he got through again!  This time when he got through and the lady asked what would you like to here he said "Hi Loren"  Which kind of took her back a bit and she said Hi and what would you like to hear and he said I want to hear Rockin Robin for my daughter Brandi"  She said ok and could you please stay on the line.  While he was holding the kids got back from the dog sled race but of course Brandi didn't come in the shop she was showing Gramma Becca the camper.  Skinner told Kaj to go get Brandi because Cousin Brucie was on the line.  Kaj's eyes got big and he bolted off and got Brandi.  Brandi came running in and Skinner talked with Cousin Brucie for awhile and then he talked to Brandi.  Skinner said that her dimples were so big you could have parked a dump truck in them.  I am told the converstion when something like this.

Brucie:  So Brent you are in Minnesota?  Tell us where you are there.

Skinner:  Well you have a lot of callers from Thunder Bay Onterio and we are 81 miles down the lake from there.

Brucie:  It is cold there

Skinner: It is -2 right now

Brucie:  So you are wearing your long underwear

Skinner:  We wear them everyday other than one day in August!

Brucie:  (laughing) so this song is for your daughter is she there

Skinner:  Yes she is

Brucie: Can I talk to her
Skinner:  Sure

Brandi: Hi

Brucie: Hi so Brandi do you have any New Years Resolutions

Brandi: To be stronger

Brucie and Brandi chit chat some more but those where all the parts of the conversation that I was told about.

Very sweet.