Sun Valley Lake

This was our third trip to Sun Valley Lake with the Liesses, Connors, and Reagens. You might also see Jana in a few of these pictures.

The Liess/Connor House
Lake
Yoga by the lake
Mimi
Liesland/Reagen Basement
Lucia
Ian and Todd? I can’t remember his name, but he spent a lot of time in the water.
Jumping Pad
Girls on a paddleboard
Dinner

Colin reading to Rose
Celebrating Papa’s Birthday

Ian’s Grad Party

Today was Ian’s grad party. I was helping take pictures of the event so I am also going to use this as an excuse to post a bunch of pics of people who we spend time with, but don’t always make the blog.

Ian and Andrew
Anna, Erin, Susan, Jax, Leelia

Mimi, talking with Jill, Mary Connor, Travis & Kristin, Susan
Ian’s table
Paul Copeland, Heather and Ryan Carlson
Kathleen Reagen and Ian

Super Bowl Party

The Reagens hosted the Super Bowl party this year and the Bengals were in the Super Bowl for the first time since I was a kid! They had a great season and run through the playoffs. It was a lot of fun.

Susan and Rob
Fronts
Backs
The Couch
Lucia and Rose needed some other things to do.

Senior All-Star Meet

Andrew and his friend Cody qualified for the Senior All-Star Meet. It was a beautiful day and fun to cheer for all of the seniors who worked so hard these past 4 years.

Cody and Andrew

After the meet we enjoyed some pastries in Pella, stopped by Yellow Banks Park to hike and play by the river, and then picked up some ice cream at Over The Top. That’s a good day.

Gary Reagen Celebration of Life

Rose, Lucia, Elliot, Susan and I drove to Minneapolis today for Gary Reagen’s celebration of life. Gary is Nate’s dad and passed away earlier this year. The celebration was a great tribute, with many friends and family. Nate, his mom, his brother, and a host of other folks gave loving tributes to Gary.

The rest of May

I have been woefully behind on the blog. I decided that to catch up I would just do a few posts that cover entire months. Here comes May. . .

Filling the pool with a sand foundation.
Spreading the sand
Susan, Mary, and Erin
Working on the liner
Working on the liner
Ian was the first one in the pool
Rose, Ian, and Lucia
Hope and Mari reffing
Going away party for our neighbor Vi
Generic pool shot
Lucia playing socer
Lucia’s Soccer Team
Rose’s Soccer Team
Elliot after band concert
Dew Tour
Rob Axe Throwing with Friends
Susan and Rob on anniversary date

Pool Sand and Wall

Today we made some major progress on the pool. The sand was delivered and moved to the pool area. Then, this evening we had some friends and family over to help us put up the pool wall.

  • Sand pile
  • Unrolling
  • Holding up the wall
  • Finishing touches

Happy Easter!

Today we celebrated Easter with ourselves and then we had the Reagens over in the afternoon for an Easter Egg hunt. Church was online with Lutheran Church of Hope – same as last year. Our traditions include Easter Bunny-hidden baskets (inside), Easter Bunny-hidden eggs (outside), and then a candy Easter egg hunt with the Reagens.

  • Looking
  • Looking
  • Looking
  • Looking
  • Finding
  • Showing
  • Showing
  • Finding
  • Showing
  • Finding (45 mins)
  • Hunting
  • Showing
  • Showing
  • Special Presents

Lake Ahquabi State Park

Today we went for a hike with the Reagens. The hike was fun, and a little longer than we had bargained for, then we (the Lieslands) got stuck on an icy hill trying to leave the park. A nice man in a pick-up truck stopped to dump some sand and the Reagens came back to help push us out.

Hikers
Sledders
Sisters

Not too many pictures of the big kids as they were well ahead of us. Maybe I can get Andrew to share some of his pictures. . .