Sunday, June 19, 2011

June 19, 2011

Father's Day, and as I'm writing this I'm reflecting on my two beautiful daughters.  Claire continues to bring a tremendous element of joy and energy to our house--she truly brightens everybody.  Grace continues to be a sweetheart with an unstoppable imagination.  She's seemingly involved in non-stop play that involves her imagination.

Grace has Challenger Little League tonight, I think she only has three weeks of that season left.  Time flies. 

We close on our new house this Friday, and we'll be making the big move a week from Tuesday.  We're really looking forward to settling in the house and making some renovations to further accommodate Grace.  The plan is to build a ramp in the garage and another ramp off the deck in the backyard.  The first major thing we'll do in the house will be to renovate a bathroom to make it fully handicap accessible. 

Last but certainly not least, RAGBRAI and the 4th annual Race 4 Grace are little more than a month away.  We are looking forward to it as always, and my sister Beth, mom Colleen, and brother-in-law Austin have already put a lot of work into it.  Can't wait!

Friday, June 3, 2011

June 3, 2011

This is a non Race 4 Grace post.  The Sioux City metro is about to be hit hard by the Missouri River flooding.  Not sure I understand everything, but I think it's been caused by damn releases and excess snow and rain up in Montana and North Dakota.  The city has spent the last week sandbagging and moving people out of their homes along the river.  Hopefully we're being overly cautious, but that's better than being under-prepared.