Cal Ripken Jr.

On Sunday, Mike and I went to the MOA to get Cal Ripken Jr.'s new book autographed. We had to be there by 9:30 to get wristbands just to stand in line, then he was there at 1:00 for the signing. Man, was it worth the wait. Meeting Cal was about as cool as it gets (since I haven't met Favre yet).

T-Rex

Today Brayden and I built a scale model of a T-Rex. It turned out pretty cool.

All Pro Dads

Yesterday Brayden and I went to Winter Park (yes, the training facility of the Vikings) to participate in an All Pro Dads workshop. It was pretty fun. Coaches Childress and Frasier talked to the group about the importance of fathers in their kids lives, then we went through different football drills. Brayden was pretty young for most of them, but he liked running around with the other kids. They also had beanbag and football toss games for him to play. It lasted about three hours, but it was very informative, and something you don't get to do everyday. There were a bunch of Viking players there too, but we didn't go out of our way to meet them. I was pretty excited to be able to meet Paul Allen though (he's the voice of the Vikings and has a radio show we listen to every day). We split up into about six different group and he and his son were in ours. His son wasn't too much older than Brayden, so I didn't feel totally out of place bringing him, most kids were ages six and up. I didn't bring the camera, I forgot it, so I'll just paste the website of All Pro Dads if anyone is interested.
http://www.allprodad.com/

By the way, scroll down to see my tribute to Favre's retirement.

Snowman

Wow, three posts in one day!

Anyway, it was warm enough all day that we had perfect snowman snow tonight. Brayden and I worked for a while on it, even though it won't be here tomorrow. Oh well, he had fun. Oh yeah, he named him "Snowman Nose".

Friends and Family

Last few weeks

It's been a crazy last few weeks for us. Brandon, Beth, and Jameson came up from Kansas City on the 15th and were able to stay for a few days. We had a blast with them. We took them to the MOA to the Underwater Adventure and to Nickelodeon Universe. Hopefully they had fun. We went on all the new roller coasters. My favorite was the Sponge Bob coaster, I've been looking forward to riding that for months. We even got Brayden and Jameson on the Azul Train, even though it was a tight ride for Brandon and me.
Before they came up, Susie's Grandma Mae passed away, so on the Tuesday that Brandon and Beth left, we drove down to Sioux City for the wake and funeral.
We stayed until Friday with Chris and Abby. Brayden had such a great time at their house. Abby does day care, so she had a few kids his age as well as their two boys Ayden and Elliot, who are about six months younger than him. It was a nice trip though. Even though the circumstances weren't the best, we were able to see a lot of Susie's family that we haven't seen in a long time, and we were able to visit all our college friends who we haven't seen in about a year. We got back Friday night and Susie worked Saturday and Sunday night.
Before she went to work on Sunday, we went to her parent's house for Easter Dinner. I dropped her off at work, then right away in the morning we drove to Wisconsin to have lunch with my Grandma Edith and aunt and uncle, and we went to the farm and had dinner with my parents.
We got home that night, and crashed until today. It was a nice nap.

Snow Angels

Brayden and I made the best of a stupid late March 7 inch snowfall today. He really wanted to make a snowman, but the snow wasn't right this morning, so I taught him to make snow angels. He loved it.