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One of Charlie’s summer projects is his band with fellow Bloomington Jefferson and Kennedy alumni. Here is their performance at Justice Jam, a benefit concert and silent auction to raise money to fight human trafficking. Quiet Hours was voted favorite band of the concert, providing an opportunity to play again at the Anoka County Fair […]

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Charlie’s first Concordia Jazz Ensemble concert was this past Sunday. He is playing bass guitar and having a blast. His songs start at 12 mins.

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Sam has had a wonderful first year with the Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir. This performance of Kyle Pederson’s Hands Are Knockin’ at the Ordway in Minneapolis was breathtaking. There’s More! Dance in the Graveyards.

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Charlie’s band Snowpants playing a cover of Cake’s “I Will Survive” at Jefferson Show Choir Showcase this weekend. They killed it!

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At 3:00 AM I heard a thump followed by shouting. Charlie had fallen out of bed and was crying. I went into his room, flipped on his light and untangled him from his comforter. “Owww, it really hurts!” he exclaimed as he touched his mouth and cried louder. His upper lip was bloody and had […]

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I haven’t seen it yet, but it from all the raving reviews, it looks like Pixar has extended their amazing streak of fantastic movies with WALL*E, opening today. Of course I really want to see it, and will as soon as possible. But I really want to bring Charlie (who turns 4 in September) and […]

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The one on the left says the one on the right did it. Our 32″ HDTV is dead. We put some new pictures on our Flickr site, check them out.

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Our little Sam took his first steps yesterday! I’ll post some video soon.

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Jodi and I are considering moving to another part of town. There are many branches on this decision tree, with when to sell our house and when to buy a significant limb. The many variables are enough to make your head spin, figuratively speaking. Well, this little gem induces a literal queasiness on the question […]

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