Football Season & The Kids First NFL Football Game

Canyon has just started his 2nd year of football. The 90 lb, 5 foot, Canyon is on the Red Team with the same coach he had last year. The association had extra tickets to the first Vikings preseason game against the Buffalo Bills. It was the kids' first NFL game ever. It was a super fun night that included playing games outside the stadium before the game, eating treats inside the stadium, and taking part in a 20 minute wave that included throwing pamphlets up in the air.

Random August Memories

End of summer always brings lots of great experiences. This summer we are renovating our garage. As we clean out the garage, we have come across very special mementos. This special memento is from Canyon's Halloween when we was 2. Dad helped Canyon become a Strawberry Milk Truck by building/creating a costume from scratch. This very special creation has been in our collection now for 8+ years. Here is Presley modeling the creation to capture this very special work of art! Thanks Dad!



In August, Canyon got the special treat of walking on the Twins field with his AAA baseball team because his team made it to the Championship game in his division. Super cool event to do with his friends and a great way to wrap up a great season!

Auntie Experiences the Real Minnesota

Auntie usually makes a trip to MN during the summer months. It's a nice time to visit this chillier than usual town. On this visit, she experienced real Minnesota culture. The weather during her visit was amazing. However, Auntie was "lucky" to be able to spend most of her visit in a cold hockey rink watching Canyon play in a tournament in the "Super Rink". Outside of hockey, we enjoyed some nice chats, arts and crafts with Presley, and some new fun games. Thank you Auntie for making the jaunt to MN!!

Macy's Glamorama

Pergandes enjoyed another great Glamorama with the UCLA General Mills team. Glamorama is a fashion fundraiser that raises money for Children's Cancer. Super fun event that helps us feel young and hip again!

Kids Sea Camp in Bonaire

Kids Sea Camp Poem by Presley and Canyon Pergande

We came to kids sea camp in Bonaire,
The sun was hot and so was the air.

We were excited to swim and dive,
We had no fear, we felt alive!

We swam and played all day long,
Until the night came along.

We walked the plank on Sunday night,
The sunset light was really bright.

In the ocean, the water is full of salt,
Whenever we swallow it, we want a chocolate malt.

On Monday we went tubing on the red shark,
When we jumped off, the sea was dark.

On Tuesday, we went to the donkey farm and gave them bread,
If you are not careful, you will get bit in the head.

We searched the resort, finding coconuts in the trees,
We cracked them open with rocks, because they were too tough to squeeze.

On Wednesday, we toured the island and made skid marks,
We went so fast, we made tons of sparks.

When we were snorkeling, we saw a tarpon,
His name is George and his teeth are sharpened.

At night we watched tv and laid in our beds,
As visions of turtles and parrot fish danced in our heads.

Who would have guessed that we would actually get to scuba dive,
We equalized our ears and gave high fives.

Thank you Ocean Annie for introducing us to Kids Sea Camp!
A super cool vacation that gets us amped!

4th of July 2012

It has been hot, hot, hot this summer. On the 4th of July, temps soared above 100 degrees. But that doesn't stop the tough Minnesotans. Presley played baseball in the annual firecracker games. We stayed cool with wet towels, lots of water, and shade when we could grab it. We ended our day with swimming and BBQ with Aunt Barbara and then slip and sliding and water fights at our friends' Cort and Ann. Hoping it cools off soon! Happy Birthday America!

Warrior Dash 2012

Warrior Dash 2012 was Auntie Kimmy's and Trisha's second Warrior Dash. This year we were also joined by Ron, Kim's friend John and the Kadow clan. It was an amazingly tough and fun day. We got a late start and thus missed running it with the Kadows. And while this year seemed tougher with more uphills and hotter weather, Ron and Trisha stayed together as a team (through the rope crawls, wall climbs, tunnels, fire jumping, hurricane rains, and mudslinging). And we even managed to improve our time by about 5 minutes from last year. This year the event raised money for St. Jude's Hospital. Trisha was the top fundraiser in MN (thank you to those who supported) and was able to treat the family to free food, personal showers, and some well needed shade. Afterwards, we came home and had a relaxing evening on the porch with the kids, playing cards and enjoying Presley's dress up adventures! Fun weekend!