FYI- tomorrow is my birthday! And just in case anyone would like to buy me presents here's some helpful info: I like shiny things. I could also use some new paintbrushes to use in my new PAINTING STUDIO at our NEW HOUSE! We get to start moving in in about a week and a half so that's pretty exciting. Right now we're working on picking out the paint colors. Jason, of course, doesn't trust me to pick them out by myself so he has to have an interior designer friend come over and give us ideas (mostly just to approve of the ideas I already have). Apparently he doesn't think that I've grown out of the painting-everything-as-brightly-and-in-as-many-colors-as-possible phase of my youth.

In other news, we were in Mpls this weekend and had lots of fun. Went to a Twins game, played in the alumni golf tournament and hung out with some of my old golf friends, went to IKEA and bought all kinds of stuff for the new house which I CAN'T WAIT to put up. One thing we didn't get to do which I am very sorry about is visit Shelly and Caleb and see their new house. I'm sorry       :( Next time, I promise. I'll be down again in a month!

As is widely known across the globe, Jason has recently been named the head men's basketball coach at United Tribes. This morning, after Jason mentioned it last night, I ventured over to the Tribes website to check out the blurb about him and was delighted to find this gem of a pic. So of course, being the nice girlfriend that I am, I feel the need to post it for everyone to see before he makes them change it to a more flattering one. So here you go, enjoy. And yes, I am aware that what goes around comes around, but I just couldn't pass it up.

derp.

This weekend Jason and I are going camping at Beaver Lake near Napoleon. It will be my first time at BL. Of course, I do have an ulterior motive for going down there- it's close to his grandma's house... and where there's Grandma Horner there's kuchen... so I will try to fulfill my duty as a good german and eat a lot of it... :)

My poor Kosmo had a little run-in with a porcupine the other day. We had to take him to the vet so they could sedate him and pull the quills out. I felt awfully sorry for him. He was back to crazy Kosmo form in no time, though. 

I know it's a little late, but I just wanted to say congratulations again to Sara and Brenden- who are getting married next August! It always makes me feel old when friends of mine get married, but we couldn't have found a better guy for Sara. I can't wait for the wedding, it should be a great time and now she'll finally have the 16 acres she needs to have a pet cow.... But that doesn't mean the "I gotta go home and milk the cows" excuse will work after you're married, Sara!

The last week or so has been pretty eventful with the 4th of July festivities and whatnot. Everything was pretty great. We had Dave and Deann's wedding dance last Saturday night which was a lot of fun. My sister and her boyfriend came home for the 4th (which just happens to be her birthday, which she likes to remind everyone about... a lot) so we got to spend some time with "the responsible one" and the other Sam (sam samich version II). I always have a great time at Johnny Holm and this year was no exception, then I figured sleeping in was a better use of my time than the parade so we kinda skipped that. Then last weekend Jason, Kosmo, and I took the Layton up to Nelson Lake and had a great time in the 95+ degree weather. I don't care what Jason says, I don't think the Layton needs air conditioning. Got to do a little tubing, kneeboarding, ride waverunners, and still had time to sit around and read. My idea of the perfect weekend. Good times. I'm hoping for a repeat soon. New pics are posted of all the fun.

Our little trip to Minnesota last weekend was fabulous. I introduced Jason to real golf, so we basically just played golf, played golf, played golf, went boating on Gull Lake, and played more golf. It was a ton of fun and the hospitality was great! :) I'm pretty sure I'll be able to talk Jason into going back sometime to visit (if he gets to take naps next time), but my attempts at talking him into moving there haven't been as fruitful. I'll have to keep working on him.

He has the pictures on his website, so there's no point in me putting them up too. Check them out here.