Special Delivery

A card came in the mail for me a few days before Mother's Day; as usual I hold all cards until the day of the event. If you don't wait you won't have anything on that special day. This is especially true for Birthday Cards. The rest of my family members rip them open the moment they are sagged from the mailbox!

A few days later, the Friday night before Mother's Day I get a phone call from Austin asking if I have received their Mother's Day card and had I opened it. I informed him that I never open cards until the day of the event; after several pleas he said that I should open it because there was something really funny in there. FINE! Unwillingly I opened the card. I pealed back the flap to reveal the first word of the card and started to scream with excitement! Tessa was there in the room and she came running over and started screaming too!

Sara was on the call by now and I asked Austin if it was really true, and told them how wonderful it was to have a grandbaby coming!

Yes, we are going to be grandparents!! They are a little behind on the grandchild order that I put in on their wedding night, but better late than Never!!

They are due in December around Christmas time! Which will be the best Christmas present ever!

Sacrifice for The Baby Girl

If you have been following the blog you that Big Steve blew his knee and has a third degree separation of his shoulder "teaching" his girl to run the hurtles properly, like a track star!! Well, his teachin' done paid off! She actually set the record last year, then another girl broke it this year. Tessa would not have any of that, so she broke it twice! She broke second one in her last meet this year!

Spring in Cold Spring

I love spring here with all of the flowers that pop up everywhere. We have a little nature trail that is close to the house where all kinds of wonderful flowers live. I don't know the names of all of them but they are very small and delicate!

EnJoy~!

Sneaking up on Eagles in Minnesota

There is a little park that is north of Rockville, which is only 5 minutes from Cold Spring, there is a park dedicated to eagles, hence the name Eagle Park! I have gone there a few times this spring to get close to the eagles. Right now the trees are just starting to leaf out and the nest is not covered by the foliage so you can get some nice pictures of the eagles. There is a quick little trail around the park with the Sauk River running close by. I hope one day to watch them pluck out a fish from the river when they start to feed their babies.

I think this was Momma

And this was Daddy

There were other little birds trying to decide which house had the best view and the nicest neighbors. They were the Eastern Bluebird and barn swallow. They didn't seem to care that their big neighbors might consider them a light snack!

I could have watched them all day!

Badger the Black Foot Came to town

We had a wonderful surprise this weekend! Our good friend and loving referred to as our "cousin," Steven "Badger" Davis came to town. He and his good buddy Peter were checking out St. John's University for the weekend. Steven jumped into the car with Peter to help his friend decide if he wanted to go school at SJU. They both thought the university was awesome. Peter would be coming for the basketball program, I understand that the boy has springs in his feet like Tigger! 35" vertical! Impressive!

We had a quick visit with them because they had to be back on the road first thing in the morning so they could be back at school in Billings, Montana Monday.

So say hello to our little friend that came to visit, Steven you are welcome anytime, (that goes for the whole family!)

He even went to Prom to see Levi!

Hurdles, Batons and Spikes!

Yes, it track season! And Tessa is running! This was her second track meet and it was like it was a nasty fall day. The times were slow and they were cold! Tessa improved on her hurdles form her last meet because her daddy worked with her up a the track Sunday night. But he worked a little too hard, he was clearing his third hurdle and he is knee gave way under him, buckles, he hit the asphalt with his left arm, keeping up the momentun he drove his right shoulder into the track. Tessa called in a panic that daddy had hurt himself. I got to the track he was trying to "walk" if off. He did not want to go but we got him into the car and took him kicking and screaming to the hospital for x-rays. Sure enough he has a broken collar bone and a 3rd degree AC separation. Now today his knee is really swollen and hurting him quite a bit. Never a dull moment at the Olivier house!

Anywho! Back to the track meet. I was late because I was making Levi's Birthday cake so I didn't get to see her run her hurdles. But she placed second in her heat, Steve said she kept it low and did good. I was there for the 4x100, Tessa was third leg. We won't know the results for a day or two. Long jump was challenging, they had to run straight into the wind, not fun! We are hoping for better weather next time!

The hand off.

Tessa Bookin' it!

Big Daddy Gimpy! He sacrificed his body (& pride) for his little girl!

Prom Night

Saturday night was Prom for ROCORI High School. Levi took his girlfriend Ashley Lauer. They both looked so nice in their accenting attire. We went over to our friends the Brauns, who have a wonderful Victorian home and took quite a few pictures with all of the boys. I think when I was done with the night I had taken 160 pictures! I feel like I am slacking, I thought I would have shot quite a bit more.

At Brauns, it was a beautiful day.

Levi with the girls in the backyard.

When we went to Grand March, Levi and Ashley were asked to pose for the newspaper in St. Cloud. Then the whole crew was asked to pose; their pictures were on the St. Cloud Times website Sunday morning. I took the same pictures as the newspaper so you can see a sampling. Enjoy!

The girls wanted to line up like the rainbow.