Baseball, Dance and a Garage Sale

So the Thomberg's have had a bit of a busy week, probably no different then you....

Monday morning - Mark left for a work retreat.
Tuesday at 5:30 pm - Marly had dance practice for her recital later in the week.
Tuesday at 7:00 pm  -Dean had his first little league game.
(Did I mention Mark was out of town for work?)
Dad???   Sorry....church council.
Kelly???? To the RESCUE!

She checked out of work a little early, and made for a smooth flow on Tuesday evening. While I headed to the Ritz Theater in NE Mpls for the N' Motion practice, Dean hit the field. Take a look through the lens of Auntie's camera....

Dean overhead talking to the coach, "Can you please put me somewhere the ball won't hit me?"

Hmmm.... not sure where he would get that from......

And the REST of the week.

Wednesday afternoon - Mark returned.
Wednesday eve - We cancelled Marly's reading tutor session, and I worked on garage sale prep.
Thursday - The alarm went off at 5 am to get ready for the garage sale.
Thursday at 4:45 pm - I drug stuff in the garage from the sale while Mark picked up the kids from reading workshop at school.
Thursday at 7 pm - Marly's Dance Recital.
Friday - Garage Sale day two!

ALL OF THIS BEFORE THE WEEKEND!
(and as of Monday, Mark and I still haven't seen a game, due to the recital and rain postponement.)

Mother's Day 2013

And a review of past Mother's Day Posts...

Mother's Day 2012
Mother's Day 2011
Mother's Day 2010
Mother's Day 2009
Mother's Day 2008

and finally, my first Mother' Day.......

I think Chris and Dad and Mark's mom and dad came for mimosa brunch on our townhome patio. I think I served this deliocous egg dish from a Byerly's recipe, with some sort of novel, delicious cheese. Later,  we went to Lake Calhoun to relax, and went to Wagner's Drive-In, while the kids vegged in their backward facing car seats. I think I look a little tired!!! What do you think???

Mother's Day Weekend

One Mrs. Thomberg had a perfectly delightful Mother's Day weekend.!

 Saturday I prepped for an upcoming garage sale, then Marly and I went to the Lady's Tea at Church. I was given a hat to borrow/wear. The confirmation boys all wore teas and served us tea, savories, and sweets.  After, Marly and I continued our girls afternoon and attended an "Introduction to Chamber Music" hosted by one of my friends and two other talented musicians. The music was performed at Marly's dance studio. I know the pretty lady playing the flute - her name is Mandy.

 Sunday we went to church. The kids sang, and all the kindergardeners said the Lord's Prayer. The kids and I have been reciting it at LEAST one time a day for more than two weeks. They did a fine job.

 We went to lunch at Kelly's and learned Kelly and Pat are expecting a baby boy!

Later we headed to Nana and Papa's to see their photos of Africa, then went to supper with her kids too.

A perfectly lovely Mother's Day indeed!

April

The month of April always slips away on me because of my workload and the Crystal Ball, hosted this year on May 4th. So... here is a recap!

We headed PAST Hector to to Max's in Olivia for Mariah's confirmation. I tried to steal a cute cousins picture off of Facebook, but I couldn't get it to forward.

We headed to Como Zoo for Earth Day. It had  felt like a millions years since Mark and I had taken the kids on any activities around town.

Inside the Conservatory

 Marly refused to take a photo by the fish pond, which is a tradition on every visit.

 Dean was happy to pose and flash me a smile.

Dean asked me to take a photo of EVERY animal.

For this post, I will limit it to his beloved Polar Bears.

 One Saturday was spent at dance photos prior to her recital later in May.

 Meanwhile, Dean and Mark headed to a Twins game with  the tickets his family gave him for his 40th Birthday.

 It snowed again.

 Less than a  week later, swimsuits and water balloons replaced boots and snowballs.

 These two little besties spent some time horsing around!

The Crystal Ball heralded in the month of May on Saturday

... and now I  want to take a nap every afternoon this week.

 (The event was a SUCCESS indeed!)

TEN and FOURTY

April 5th was our 10th wedding anniversary.

April 6th was Mark's 40th Birthday.

On Friday the 5th, Mark left early for work.

I called him around 7:20 am.

me - "Hey honey,  I think we both forgot something this morning!"

mark - "Oh... Yah... Happy Anniversary!"

me - "Yup - Same to you! Have a good day then!"

Ordinary? Sure.

Lackluster? I suppose.... but I will take it.

Our lives are slipping by day by day, and those days seem to turn into years overnight,  and we have no complaints!

Saturday morning Marly and I baked the traditional poppyseed cake reserved mostly for husbands and fathers.

Dean went to a classmates birthday party, and Mark, Marly and I ate cake as our lunch. It was delicious. That afternoon I shuttled the kids to Kelly and Pat's for an overnight.

Mark and my date night out included a delicious dinner in Nord'East Minneapolis at NE Social - a favorite spot for us. We headed to Maverick's afterword for a drink in our hood.

Sunday we slept in and went to brunch at 4 Squares, then Mark's family hosted a birthday dinner at Kelly's and Pat's.

We may not be exciting or adventurous, but we BOTH enjoyed a FINE weekend indeed, and plan to look forward to another 10 years at least.

Easter 2013

Happy Easter from the Thomberg's

 We started our Sunday with a hunt for eggs and Easter baskets. The bunny brought Marly a new kite and Dean a new baseball bat (for Little League). After snapping a few photos and getting sugared-up. It was time to head to church.

I read the scripture and helped serve communion in the narthex for the ChiEaster overflow. We headed home after eating some pasteries and hard boiled eggs from the Youth Continental Breakfast fundraiser. Mark wasn't feeling well... so he stayed at home. The rest of us headed west to Waconia for brunch with Dad, Chris, Kevin, Brett, Rachel (plus the bun in the oven), Charlie, Lester, Edith and Sarah. Somebody else did the cooking for us. We had reservations at an area golf course.

Afterwards, we headed to Brett and Rachel's house.

Play time in the garage.
 
Picture time.
 
 Us...minus Mark. Poor guy!

 Grandparents!

Aunts!

Look at this super cool bunny cake Sarah made.

 By bedtime... after combining all the Easter baskets the kids were kindly gifted, those darn chocolate bunnies had multiplied from 2 to 8! You know what they say about rabbits!!!!

This photo was taken two days ago.  I was about as efficient packing away my 18 (give or take)decor bunnies, as I was getting this blog post complete. As of just this morning, the bunnies are finally bubble wrapped, returned to the Easter tub, and back in the garage.

Good Friday and more

We have had a wonderful Easter weekend, beginning with Good Friday (and hope you all did too).

Thursday morning there was an e mail waiting in my in-box from my cousin Kris. She and Marissa were going to be in town on Friday and wondered if they could come for visit and stay over.

INDEED - Come for a visit!... but, that meant Marissa had no school on Friday, which prompted me to walk to the fridge and check our school calendar hanging on the side.

INDEED - No school for Marly and Dean on Good Friday. (Yup... still haven't acclimated myself to a non-daycare, traditional school calendar!)

 Anna to the rescue! She came to babysat while I went to a work meeting. Then it was home for the afternoon, and the first bike ride of the season. The kids peddled through the puddles and we checked out the river from the vantage point of the Isaak Walton League a few blocks up West River Road.

 Kris and Marissa arrived in plenty of time for Thomberg Pizza Friday. We ate Costco take-and-bake pepperoni and cheese, had a glass of wine, and talked and talked and talked. It was fantastic to have them over. I was a rather lack-luster host though. Nothing fancy...not even dessert! Luckily, it was of no matter. Just being together was a true gift.

 Saturday morning, Mark and Dean went to sign up for Little League Baseball. I am sure Little League will evolve into another story for another day. After Kris and Marissa departed, Marly and I headed to the Macy's Bachman flower show for some girl time.

The wait time was about 20 minutes, but it was worth it.....

 ....since we are still lacking spring in Minnesota!

 The flower show was a fine fix.

 Marly took this photo with her Mommy!

 Afterwords, I steered clear of the request for McDonald's and we headed to the Macy's Sky Room cafeteria for lunch. The kids meal cheeseburger with fries, chocolate milk, andcookie was about the same price as the Golden Arches, and much tastier in my opinion. The salad bar is excellent.

Later that afternoon, the kids attended a classmates Pump It Up Birthday party, while the Easter Bunny HOPPED to some mad-dash shopping!

So, that is all until I post on Easter Sunday.

Catch ya later.