Hi fam,

Judy and I are on our way south from Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin. I had meetings in Minneapolis on Sunday night and Monday so Judy and I drove up from Winnetka and we're making it a little vacation. We spent Tuesday night in Stillwater, MN, a beautiful, old river town on the St. Croix River. Today we visited Taylors Falls, MN, an old logging community. Interesting trivia....in the St. Croix River, next to Taylors Falls, they had the largest log jam in history. In 1886, the ice melted and the rains came at the same time. The logs came pouring down the river and got stuck in a sharp turn in the river. The jam ended up being several miles long and 50 feet high. One more bit of cool trivia....Interstate Park at Taylors Falls has more potholes in a smaller area than any other location in the world. And the deepest pothole in the world. Potholes were formed when the glaciers were receding and the river was raging. Rocks would get caught in the eddies/whirlpools and would grind a hole in the rock under the water. The hole would get deeper and deeper. Eventually, the glaciers pulled back and the water receded and now, the potholes are exposed and are mostly dry. The deepest of the potholes is 60 feet deep.

Now, on a much lighter note, there is a ski resort along the river. Since it is summer, there is no snow but they have these cement and fiberglass slalom runs that you can ride a kind of sled down. Amazing. I rode a chair lift to the top of the mountain, then hopped on the sled and took off down the course. The sled has a stick that if you push it one way it slows the sled down and if you push it the other way it speeds it up. I think I set a new record for going slowly down the course but it was still fun.

That's it for tonight. Time for bed.

Jerry

the soon to be parents

Greetings!

Hello family! Glad to see some of you have joined up and are already posting! Technology is not SO scary, right?
I am writing this quickly before kids show up at 7:30, school started this week! The kids are in school from 7:30-4:30, I don't know who is more tired at the end of the day, the kids or the teachers! Things will hopefully settle into a routine soon and the chaos of week 1 of school will wear off.
It was great to see everybody in Chicago a few weeks ago. I am glad we are making such an effort not to lose touch :)
I will write a more exciting post later

I'm On

Hi Family- I am posting, not even knowing what I am doing. Hope this works. My motto for this phase of my life is - Learn something new! There, that is my post. Brooke, Are you excited seeing that little baby boy? Have you got a name yet? Ok - I m sending now.

Beth

Hi, Family. Here's another update on our STAR Performer.

Beth is now ranked 40th in the World!!!!!

Gee, it's fun having someone so famous in the family, isn't it?! :o) CONGRATULATIONS, BETH! And good luck in Springfield.

Auntie Kay

The Newest Addition

The newest addition to the Conner family is set to arrive on December 5th, 2007

It's a boy!

The Happy Couple

Three beauties

Two fine young chaps

In the beginning...

While seated around the dinner table at a fabulous Greek restaurant in Chicago, a small branch of the Conner family discussed different ways in which we could make ourselves feel more important. Where can we talk endlessly about what we are doing, have done, or want to do? Where can we provide each other with the much-needed kudos and praises that we so desperately long for? Where can we blow all our hot air? The answer: a blog.