by simpleDesigns | May 11, 2008 | Birding, Family, Personal
Today is May 11th, and I realized that I haven’t posted anything since April 30th. Where has the time gone and why is it moving so fast? Last weekend, Tina and I got away to Frontenac, MN for a 2 day Yoga retreat. Virginia, (our teacher) and her husband hold a...
by simpleDesigns | Apr 30, 2008 | Family, Personal
For several years, I have wanted to find a cool online way to track family genealogy, both forwards and backwards. My son Jeff reminded me of a site titled Geni.com, that is quite cool and does a fairly good job of laying out genealogy. Last night I dug out a book of...
by simpleDesigns | Apr 25, 2008 | Family
Friday was grandparent’s day at Zander’s Montessori school. That meant I was able to visit class from 9-11am and spend some time watching Z in his school environment. We spent time reading, building, meeting the class Gekko, visiting with classmates and...
by simpleDesigns | Apr 24, 2008 | Family
Last Sunday, Marcel and family came for dinner capping off a beautiful, sunny Sunday. I spent some quality couch time with Izzy and after dinner, Zander and I walked a mile around the Country grounds. The grand kids are growing quickly and a whole lot of fun to watch...
by simpleDesigns | Apr 3, 2008 | Family
The weekend of March 28-31 found much of the Wilson clan gathered in Arden Hills for a celebration of birthdays (Priscilla – 77, Christy – 25, Zander – 4), the birth of Isabelle Wilson to Marcel and Phaedra and some early spring birding. Mom and Dad...
by simpleDesigns | Mar 17, 2008 | Family
Our newest member of the family entered the world today at 10:31 am on St. Patricks Day, March 17, 2008. Isabelle Josephine weighed in at 8lbs, 14 oz and ‘stood’ about 20 inches tall. Phaedra is doing quite well, having had a reasonably easy labor, if...
