MaryElin Macht

On Friday night, we walked laps to get us closer to a world with more birthdays. Thanks for supporting the American Cancer Society through Relay For Life. We had a great time at our team campsite. Our team was able to raise over $6,000 and as of Saturday morning the total for Kandiyohi County was $110,000. They hope to get that number to $125,000 by August 31st so there is still time to donate. Call Kim at 235-3131 if you have questions. I'm happy that I was able to enroll in the Cancer Prevention Study 3 to be part of this research effort.

Here are some pics from Relay For Life.

It has been terrible to hear the details of the deaths of three young girls in River Falls, Wisconsin. My heart aches, tears fall and I feel sick to even think about it. I'm especially praying for the baby sitter as it must be difficult to deal with knowing they were the last person to see the girls before the tragedy. May they rest in peace.

We are a week away now from the Kandiyohi County Relay For Life in Willmar. Remember our Twins ticket and hotel auction coming this Tuesday from 8 am until noon. You'll be able to bid by calling 235-1340. Listen for more details. We also have luminaries available here for a suggested donation of $10 to the American Cancer Society.

We have another busy weekend planned including going with my parents, my brother's family and our family to Target Field on Sunday. It will be the first time that all eleven of us have been to a game there together. Target Field is one of my favorite places to be so I can't wait! Sounds like it's gonna be a hot one! Go Twins!

Enjoy your weekend!

Hope you had a great 4th of July! Ours was nice. After work, we hung out in the neighborhood and then went to Prinsburg for their evening parade. They have the best parade with neighborhood floats! Congrats to everyone involved in making them--very impressive!

This year we gave my parents the gift of a family photo session for their anniversary. We had an appointment scheduled in May, but it turned out to be a crummy cold, windy and rainy day so we rescheduled for June 24th. The weather was much better that day. I had the day off this Tuesday and our pictures arrived-perfect timing. I thought I'd share some of them with you here.


Our family is at the top of the stairs 
my parents Larry & Diane
my brother Cameron, his wife Sarah
and their kids Grace, Callie and Emmitt


our family


Madeline and Andrew


Andrew 11 years old


Madeline 7 years old


James and I (ages unknown-ha!)

 

How was your weekend, besides HOT?

It was great fun seeing Madeline as part of the Rapunzel cast for two performances at the Barn Theater. This was her first time trying something like this. She had one line on her own as a "flower in the garden" and the rest of her lines were with the other garden members. Perfect! Congrats to everyone involved with the project.


My "flower"--she's the one with yellow around her neck

This is going to be a goofed up week with the holiday right in the middle. Good luck keeping track of what day it is.

I'll be off tomorrow so I can get to Andrew and Madeline's summer rec baseball games. I'm back on the 4th and for the rest of the week.

Stay cool!