Timehop Tuesday/CCNP Wednesdays

Ooops! Once again totally missed Timehop Tuesday, so here you go!

And now…Welcome to another edition of Callie’s Creative Nature Photography! 

These are the sunrises coming up from our neighborhood and on the bus.

Weekend Wrap-Up

Hi everybody-

Unlike last weekend, we had a very chill couple of days.  And it was VERY nice.  Yesterday, while the girls and Chris went to a birthday party, I stayed home and did a bunch of cleaning (and some lounging) and enjoyed looking at our tree.  Fall is trying really hard to come, but this hot weather is making it a challenge!  Callie had fun sending me pictures from the bday party.

Saturday

Today we kept putzing around getting stuff done around the house, and then the girls and I took Luna out for a run around the field.

Then later they got out our Halloween decorations and got busy!

Here's my new phone screen pic! 

Have a lovely week.

A Picture Update

Happy Friday! We made it through another week. Whew!! Here are some pics.

Silly girls on Monday:

On Tuesday we went to meet up for a walk with Auntie Mari, Rocky, Boom and Iris. Luna was not invited…ha! It was a beautiful fall evening!

We walked to the Rose Garden, and if you haven’t seen Calliems post from Wednesday yet, check it out!  She’s becoming quite the little photographer.

Wednesday&Thursday: first online trombone lesson and a crazy 8yo who is always upside down. 

Tonight we are totally vegging out. 

Have a great weekend! 

CCNP Wednesdays

Hello! Welcome to a new type of blog post! 

CALLIE’S CREATIVE NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY!

Callie’s Favorites
These are my favorites taken at the Rose Garden. These colors are very vibrant and bright.

Roses and others

These flowers are beautiful roses of different colors, and other flowers.

Early Christmas 

These flowers remind me of Christmas, especially the top two.

The next issue: Sunsets

Timehop Tuesday

Sisters!

Weekend Wrap-Up

You guys. This was an awesome weekend but I can’t begin to describe how tired I am at this moment (7:30pm). Read on to find out why! 

After the girls had dance on Saturday, we headed downtown St. Paul to do my packet pickup for the race! The girls had fun going through the expo hall. 

Later we hung out outside and Callie helped saw off some dead branches from our tree.


Awhile ago Cal asked if we could go to dinner just the two of us. So we decided to go to sit on the patio at Punch last night. Except it was actually pretty rainy. So we sat in my trunk instead! And then I treated her to a shake, since that is part of my pre-race ritual. 

After the girls’ bedtime I headed downtown for a sleepover at Boom’s. I got all my race stuff ready to go and enjoyed the nighttime downtown views.

This morning Boom and I left her condo around 6:20 to go to the race starting line. It was a beautiful early morning! 

I started the race about 7:12am and it went really well! I enjoyed the sunrise around mile 3. I felt great until mile 5.5 and then had a couple miles of a rough patch but got it back together for the last couple miles! Thanks to Chris, the girls, Boom, Pa, and Auntie Cat for cheering me on. And to so many others for all the texts and messages of support!

I finished a bit ahead of what I was expecting, so I feel really great about it. It was so nice to be back in a regular racing environment again! Like SO NICE. 


Late morning was a bit chaotic. After the racewe had to go get my car from Boom’s house and then head home. And I then realized I somehow lost my license during the race. It must have fallen out of my pouch when I took out my phone or energy chews. So I showered and tried not to freak out. And then I found an awesome candy/balloon surprise at our door, delivered by our friends. And then I got a random message on Facebook Messenger that my ID was turned in and was at the info tent. Back at the finish line downtown St. Paul. I had promised Maya Chipotle before going to our show…so we picked it up and ate in the car while Chris was nice enough to bring me back to the finish line to get my ID (I'm so grateful to whoever turned it in and the nice volunteer guy at the info tent who decided to look me up on Facebook!) and then back to downtown Minneapolis.

Because Maya and I had tickets to Frozen at 1pm!!! We were supposed to have gone in May 2020, and it is finally back!!! And it was so good!

Then. And, there’s another then. After Callie hung out with Boom downtown while we were at the show, we headed to Auntie Yoda and Uncle Craigles’ house for a Henderson Family Reunion of sorts! My Uncle Larry, Aunt Mary, Uncle Jim, Aunt Coco, and Uncle Josh and Aunt Mari were all in town! 

We had dinner and enjoyed the beautiful evening together.


So here we are on Sunday night and I need a weekend to recover from my weekend! But I’m so grateful for all that happened and all we got to experience!

Have a great week. 

A Picture Update

Happy Friday. TGIF. Thank goodness! 

Here are the pics from Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday: a messy basement, roller blading and WINE.

Thursday/Friday: sunrise pics sent to me by our MIDDLE SCHOOLER on the way to school/bus stop. 

 And finally, check on your educator friends. 

Sunday is Twin Cities 10 Mile race day! I’m excited and nervous. But I feel ready.