Odepalooza 2009!!!

We held to a tradition that started with my 30th birthday party 3 years ago – Odepalooza.

(note the Skittles vodka on the bar)

This is our annual summer Tiki party. It’s just a great time for us to get together with friends and family to enjoy a summer night in Minnesota.

This year we featured some fun new infused vodkas: watermelon (mixed with lemonade – yummy) and Skittles (all 5 flavors).

Additionally, the yard was enhanced just for the party to include a fabulous patio and some new landscaping – it was lots of work, but so worth it. I so enjoyed the party this year.

It seemed easy to talk to everyone and we had a really great crowd. All of the kids ran around the yard and had so much fun.

Mom’s Health

Got some bad news this weekend. Mom had some bad chest pains very early Saturday morning and called the squad.

She spent the next few days in Riverside undergoing tests. Virginia and Julie were great about keeping me in the loop, and I spoke to mom several times.

The net result appears to be that she has a pretty clean bill of health. It wasn’t a heart attack (not really sure what to call it). They did a heart catheterization and confirmed that that two areas of blockage that they knew about from before were basically the same.

We’re looking forward to seeing her in August for Odepalooza with Uncle Jim and Aunt Julie.