Trick-or-Treat

Brent getting his pumpkin ready before the trick or treaters arrive.

Studying

Brent has been very busy studying, so Thor had to take over the rubik's cube.

Curt becomes a man

This is Brent posting for the first time-a posting virgin (Do you really think Shanna would have started with a headline like that):


Curt’s Bach Party

Saturday, I (Brent) spent the day and evening out for Curt’s bachelor party. Following are the events of the day (note that these events are in no way embellished upon as told by Brent)
-1:50 pm – Trent and myself stop by Chaska Wine and Spirits and ask the gentleman behind the counter for 2 cases of his finest spirits.

- 2 pm – We arrive at Curt’s and prepare for golf.

- 2: 40 pm – We arrive at the Chaska par 30 course. This is actually about 4 blocks from Curt’s place but due to some road construction and poor navigational skills we drove about 10 miles to get there.

- 3 pm – split into two 3 man teams for the golf tournament. Team Blue was made up of Curt, Nate, and me while Team Long Balls consisted of Trent, Dad (Doug), and Rob. The Long Balls ended up winning by one stroke thanks in large part to an amazing 284 yard drive by non other then Trent (Big Drive) Weingartz.

- 5:30 pm – After a quick stop at Curt’s we were off to downtown Minneapolis for dinner and entertainment. We started off at the Rock Bottom Brewery for dinner.

- 6:02 pm – Nate (Foot in Mouth) Kachelmyer told us a story which involved him receiving the evil eye from a woman in an air port coffee shop line. This story should be sold to any one of the comics at ACME. They were in need of some new material.

- 8 pm – After a delicious dinner and a taste of what the brewery had to offer for brew we headed over to Game Works. Joe (Ice Man) Tischler left everyone in the dust in the NASCAR game. I was a force to be reckoned with in G Ball (Skeet ball). We were able to collect enough tickets to purchase Curt a beautiful princess tiara.

10 pm – Everyone headed over to the ACME comedy club for the 10:30 show. I am quite sure that we had several of our own crew that could have outperformed the comedians.

10:25 pm – Doug (Best Bun’s) Wood takes first prize in a butt competition put on by the bachelorette party sitting in front of us at the club. He can be seen competing in the Best of the U.S. competition later this year. I pulled out the victory in the sexiest pose competition with the Zoolander “blue steel” pose. The ladies were in need of many cold beverages to cool down after this heavy dose of the Wood men’s sexiness. We were lucky to make it out in one piece.

1:30 am – Trent, Curt, and I take Josh (Parked in a Rough Neighborhood) Wieland to his vehicle. There was a lot of great people watching on this short yet entertaining trek through downtown Minneapolis.

This was certainly a great bach party I must say. I know that I had a great time and sure hope that everyone else did also. Congratulations Curt, you are now a man. Now go put on your princess tiara.

Thanks for coming everyone. Trent sorry you didn’t get to utilize your change of pants:)

Babies, Babies, Babies

It was a weekend full of babies. Friday I got to meet Cole, he is so cute, he pretty much slept the whole time I was there. He is a very good baby from what I hear. Then Friday night I got to watch Natalie while Mindy and Jon went to her cousins rehearsal dinner. She also slept the whole time. So, Saturday we got to hang out with Natalie while she was awake, she is so much fun. Heidi and I did a ton of shopping on Saturday also, I can shop anytime.

I have not seen Brent much this weekend, with the haunted house on Friday night and then Saturday night was his brother's bachelor party, they had a good time. He got home about 3am. Only three weeks until the wedding!

It's mine

Thor is very protective of his toys.

Snowboarding

Mindy is right, no more biking for the season, but the snowboarding season is just beginning. Brent and I bought snowboards last winter, so we are no experts, but it's fun trying.

No more biking

This time of year usually means no more biking until spring, I am sad. We went on lots of fun rides this past season, especially training for the triathlon. I did a lot of biking by myself since Brent was usually studying. I was lucky not to get any flats too far from home, I still have not changed one by myself. Someday, I will probably run into this problem. I am excited for Brent to be graduated from college and next year we can ride together all the time, that is when he is not riding with the guys. This picture was taken in Colorado last summer when we went mountain biking at Winter Park.

Rubik's Cube

Brent's new obsession, the Rubik's Cube. We were at the store last night and he had to have one. It's really distracting him from his studying. So, if he does not pass this semester everyone will know why, ha.

Cole Aiden

Our friends Trent and Marcy had a baby boy yesterday, Cole Aiden:) Congrats to them and their new little guy. Everything went well and he is a very healthy little boy.

New Bedroom Look

I had the day off today, so I decided to change the bedroom look, I was sick of the white walls. It's now a nice green color. You can see a close up of the new curtains. Now we just need the new trim and it will be a totally new room.

2007 Wood Salsa Competition

Bonnie was the 2007 Wood Salsa Champion. Last year we started this annual competiton in salsa making and Bonnie also won that year. So, now the pressure is on for everyone else to try and beat Bonnie at salsa making. We hope you are still here in Minnesota next year Bonnie, it just wouldn't be the same without the two time champ.
Thor got in on the action also, well actually he was just biting Bonnie's trophy.
Our friend Heidi, after sampling many salsa's.

Did somebody say bath time?