TruMasters

Mr. Stern is branching off from his company, CGI CableGuy Inc, and has started a new company, TruMasters.
Way Cool Dude!!!

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Fall 2011

Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address. On the other hand, this not knowing has its charms. – Joe Fox You’ve Got Mail

Summer Fun in the Sun!

This has been the BEST summer ever!!!
We kicked off our summer break with a trip to our favorite Minnesota destination - Crosslake! Our dear friends Steve and Aleen invited our family to their gorgeous cabin for a week in June. We fished, cruised the Whitefish Chain, danced, had a dock party, ate lots of delicious food and laughed...and laughed! Every summer we have a theme song (which is a fun way of saying the girls play their favorite song over and over again!). This year it was Love You Like a Love Song by Selena Gomez.






After a week at the cabin-we came home,washed clothes,repacked, and hit the road to the Black Hills! We rented a 28' camper - fully loaded - what a way to camp!!! We left town like thieves in the night - 3am to be exact. By the time the girls woke up we were in Souix Falls, SD. The girls were SO surprised to wake up on the road and couldn't believe we carried them to the truck while they were sleeping - so sneaky!


Our first stop was Wall Drug of course! That place is so neat! We did a little shopping, had lunch, and took lots of pictures posing with at the props.

We traveled through the Badlands to Rapid City. What a BEAUTIFUL drive! We settled in at Rushmore Shadows Resort. It was a nice family resort located just minutes from all the sites we wanted to see and it had a Swimming Pool - SCORE!

Mt. Rushmore was AMAZING!

We also checked out Old Mac Donald's Petting Farm, Reptile Gardens, and Bear Country USA. We spent times shopping, eating and site seeing in Keystone. We finished our visit with a Cowboy Dinner at the set of Dancing with Wolves at Ft. Hays.
We also had a "theme song" on this trip! Tonight Tonight by Hot Chelle Rae!

The rest of the summer has been filled Bike Rides to the park,

Swimming lessons and lazy days at the pool,

Weekly visits to the Shakopee Library, Ice Cream Cones at Minnehaha Falls, Shopping at the Farmer's Market on Nicolett Mall, Exploring at the Works Museum,

Eating hot dogs at a Twins game,

BBQ's in the back yard,

Hanging Out With Friends,

Enjoying dinner on our patio,

and a National Night Out block party that was through the roof ya'll!

Now we're off to go school shopping...First and Second Grade - Here We Come!!!

Spring 2011

Sleeping Beauty

Fishing in Crosslake, MN


Toothless Cutie

Sister Love

Jamaica Mon'


The More You Read, The Smarter You Get!

Piper's Artwork displayed at the Shakopee Library

Lucille Graduated from Kindergarten!!!

Winter 2010/2011

Fall 2010

Piper started first grade and Lucille started kindergarten. Lucy has the same teacher Piper had, Ms. Tobias. She is wonderful! The girls love school and are both in accelerated reading groups. The girls are taking piano lessons again with Miss Kate. They can play a mean Hot Cross Buns! Piper is in gymnastics again this year and Lucy has started taking Ballet and Tap lessons.
Trent is staying busy with work and home improvement projects. As I mentioned in my previous post, I started a Special Ed Para position. I also keep very busy running the girls around to all their activities and 'play dates'. Why are they called play dates? It sounds goofy. When I was a kid, you just simply played or hang out. Now parents have to call each other, make a plan, and schedule a play date. Ridiculous.

Whoa - Remember Us?!?!

I know you probably thought we bought a yacht and set sail in the Caribbean - we wish! No, life has just kept us all very busy. I mean WAY Super Duper busy. There have been new jobs, school and homework, dance and piano lessons, and having fun of course! I will start by saying, I had a job change last fall from an administrative position at the school district to a Special Ed Paraprofessional (classroom assistant/teacher's aide). Being in the classroom has kept me away from the computer-the internet machine. I have to admit, I did all my blogging and on-line shopping during office hours...shhh! I have the summer off - I'm not bragging-just informing, so I will continue to blog in the mornings with my coffee. I will catch you up to speed, upload recent pics and let you know what is in store for the Stern Clan this year.

With much peace and love,
Angie, Trent, Piper and Lucille