Inauguration Day 2009

Inauguration day began at 3a.m. and my day finally ended at 2a.m. Barack Obama became our 44th President at noon! To be in D.C. on such a monumental Day was phenomenal. I feel as thought I was part of a pivot point in American History. I love this country and the 2 million people who gathered here today all felt the same way, it was obvious WE ARE ONE could be heard and felt in the crowd. A new Day for America and we were here to witness it!!!

Teacher Inaugural Ball

Close Up teachers attended an Inaugural Ball after a long day on Tuesday! We had tons of fun and by the time we were back at our hotel room we had been up for about 24 hours! Whew.....I am feeling my age...OLD

Roommate

My Roommate is from Marshal High School, she is great; Kelly Oaks and a fellow teacher from MN, Adam Tillotson....we are enjoynig our time during this historical time for our country, proud to have a piece of it!

We are One Concert

The portapotty situation here is outrageous!

A few of us teachers were the silly people waving behind the reporters on MSNBC, JR turned it on and saw us!

Marine One flying over head with President Bush

About 1 million people at the "We are One" Concert, it was amazing, loved it "Welcome to D.C. and the renewal of America"-Obama
U-2 was my favorite preformer Springsteen was a close 2nd, massive crowd yet complete peace in the city, hard to put into words the feeling of being here.

Sledding

All three boys had so much fun at the Anderson's last weekend sledding! They would have stayed out all night after a FRIGID hour I yelled out "Its about time to come in" and JR says "They dont want to" Well I am sure Jarred, Colton and Brady would have all stayed out in 10 degree weather until they had frost bite!! You will notice NONE of the girls were out this long!! But look at those smiles, LOVE IT.

Winter Fun

Brady and Colton loved ice skating for the first time.

By the second time we got on the ice Brady didn't need this bar anymore! Colton would rather hold someone's hand but he is getting better fast! I think we might have some future hockey players on our hands.....anyone want to start donating to our cause now!!!

WE LANDED!

Gabe Herman, Chris Enders, Sara Jones, Liz Rich

Sara Jones, Liz Rich, Vickie Swanson

Close Up Inauguration 2009! This week is going to be so exciting, can't wait to keep everyone posted. Big Concert on the mall Sunday.

Molly Bridget Conrad

Welcome to the world little Miss Molly Conrad! 7lbs 3ounce, 19 inches, great lungs in the middle of the night, looks like her mommy!!

Happy new Year

Party Hats, noise makers, good friends and a great dinner made by Jeremy Miller. We spent a fun night at the Millers for New Years, JR stayed home to recover from the bruised tale bone, broken finger and sinus infection!

Jaxson Whitaker

Jaxson, Colton and Brady are such a rough group of boys and its amazing they play so well together! Here are the three little studs hanging tough at the Whitakers one afternoon over break. These kids have such cute little buddies already.

For our kids

That number 11 is JR Swanson playing HOCKEY for the first time in his life. One badly bruised tail bone later he survived but did not conquer the quest of scoring on Jarred! Jarred so badly wanted JR to play in the father son hockey game over break and even though JR has NEVER played and can barely skate he agreed...for Jarred! What a guy!

Our Friends

Ashlynn and Connor Anderson came over for a play date over the holidays, we do not see them as much as us moms would prefer but Colton and Brady are very fond of the Ashlynn and Connor, they are sweet kids and all play so cute together!