December 2005

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Kevin & Karina are going to joining us for the holiday season.  This is the first time Kevin has been back since moving to Germany and this will be Karina's first time visiting the Midwest.  We are look forward to see both of them!

We are also planning on road trip to Ohio to visit Dorothy's folks and her family.

Dorothy is most certainly enjoying the various Christmas channels on XM Radio, her favorite is Channel 104 (Traditions).
 

November 2005

Winter has been very mild (we are counting our blessings), no ice houses yet!

We attended Grandparent's day at Sara's school, the second graders presented a wonderful program of poetry and song.  They were all so grown up for second graders.

Kristi was home for Thanksgiving and Dorothy prepared a wonderful dinner for all.  Sara and Ethan continue to amaze us, especially Ethan's computer skills.  Kristi and Matt took a short break from the cold during their Thanksgiving break and took in Las Vegas for a few days with Matt's parents.
 

October 2005

Fall was late this year, but was wonderful.  This is clearly our favorite season.

I talked Dorothy into taking a train trip down the Mississippi river valley (Minneapolis to Winona) onboard a special passenger train pulled by Milwaukee 261 Steam Engine.  We had a wonderful time (least I did, Dorothy didn't complain), I posted some photos of the trip in our Photo Gallery.
 

September 2005

Kathy and Denny came up to the north woods for a visit in late September, their timing was great as it was the last weekend on the lake!  The only down side was our fall colors were behind schedule by about 2 weeks.

Kristi and Matt went back to Duluth for their final year at UMD (University of Minnesota, Duluth).  They are both seniors and I they are both looking forward to graduating in the spring.
 

August 2005

It was a delightful summer in Minnesota, most weekends were nice which allowed us to get on the lake most of them.  Sara and Ethan like the swimming beach on big island.  Please give us a call if your up our way during the summer months, we would love to share our lake (Lake Minnetonka) with you!

 

July 2005

Continues to be a nice summer in the north woods.  Dorothy and I took some time off to just enjoy the lake, but we also sneaked off to Las Vegas for a few days to take in some shows and just be pampered.  It was HOT, but had a good time.

 - Le Reve at the Wynn (A wonderful aquatic show in a new round theatre)
 - Blue Man Group (Dorothy & I clearly didn't get the point of their off beat humor!)
 - Mamma Mia at Mandalay Bay (A nicely done production)
 - Penn & Teller (A good show, they always make you think?)

We wanted to see Elton John, normal tickets were sold out and the $500 tickets were a little steep!

We would highly recommend the Venetian, especially the Venezia Tower Rooms and you have to take in the Grand Canal.

 

June 2005

All is well in Minnesota, been enjoying the lake.  Great having Kristi home for the summer.

Ken Jr has his own web site LundyLand.org.
 

May 2005

We did get out on the lake a couple times before the end of May, but it was another very wet May in Minnesota.

Kristi's home for the summer, she just completed her Junior Year at UMD and made the deans list.  We are very proud of her.

Kevin is still in Germany and doing well adapting to the German way of life.

Ken Jr, Rachel, Sara & Ethan are all doing great.  FYI...Ken did update the photo gallery last fall with some photos of Sara and Ethan.

April 2005

Lake Minnetonka "Ice out" occurred officially on April 9th.  Great to officially have winter over with!

 

March 2005

Winter continues to hang on, we are looking forward to "ice out" on Lake Minnetonka.

Kevin is thinking about visiting us from Germany this summer, time will tell?

I've updated several sections of the web site, including a new Home Automation and AV Systems Page.

Dorothy and I belong to the Minnetonka Power Squadron and I've been asked to be their webmaster (was glad to help out).  We joined the group last year, considering our new interest in boating.  If your interested in boating and have not been through one of their classes I would encourage you to consider taking one.

 

February 2005

Winter has been mild, BUT it would be good to see the snow disappear and get warmer!

 

January 2005

Dorothy and I had another wonderful Christmas again this year, Kristi and Matt were home for the holidays.  Ken, Rachel, Sara & Ethan spent Christmas in California with Rachel's family.  We celebrated Christmas on New Year's weekend with everyone including Kathy and Denny, who came up from Iowa.

For a recap of last year and the happenings of 2004... Check out our Holiday Newsletters or the 2004 What's New Page