Family Visits

Last week we kept very busy with family! Mac was a trooper through it all, and short of a few breakdowns in the evenings, he was a very good boy. We really took him off his schedule and asked a lot of him to be away from home so much, but he did [...]

Christmas Concert

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This is a smaller conversion to test the limits of the automatic flash conversion on Blip.tv. The quality probably won’t be as good but it should load faster, etc.

Perfect Day at the Pool

It took a while to get this post up. I was trying to learn how to embed the video, tried a few plug-ins, and had multiple problems with FTP and my server in the process. Anyway, this is actually video from August 12, 2007 (happy anniversary, Begalkes). We spent the day at [...]

Our Day at MOA

Our Day at MOA
Originally uploaded by Jill Elfering

It’s been a while since I’ve had the kids out on my own - they’re busy and also old enough to be home alone now. But today I thought as a change I’d offer to take them somewhere fun. They couldn’t choose between the Park [...]

Twins Game

Twins Game
Originally uploaded by Jill Elfering.

We joined the Begalke clan and Timmy for the Twins game to start a long holiday weekend. It’s the top of the third now & the Twinkies are losing 2-1 to the Blue Jays. I hope it gets better! The kids are having a [...]

CJ’s Band Concert

CJ had his final band concert last night. It was fantastic! How lucky for IHM to have a full-time band director, not to mention one who engages the kids, keeps them excited about band, and somehow motivates them to practice! He is truly a blessing on the school.
CJ is really growing up [...]

Steph & CJ Concert

Steph & CJ Concert
Originally uploaded by Jill Elfering.

I (and their parents) forgot a camera, of course, so this is as good as it gets! See more pics on our Flickr photos - I can only post one from my phone.
The concert was great - a Disney theme! Jeremy enjoyed watching the [...]