The Olsons almost were no more. It all started with a storm on Friday night. We watched the rain pour down and a pond form in our back yard and a new river run by the side of our house. Then Andy watched as a tree branch from our yard blew down and hit a power line …
Category Archives: Dates
Some Road Trip Fun
Recently, we went on a road trip to San Antonio, Texas to attend Jess’ cousin’s high school graduation. During our free time, we took in some of the sights in central and southern Texas, including former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s ranch. Here, we are just outside the back door of the house where LBJ was …
Riding rather than Shooting
Based on the clues Andy gave me, “hard-soled shoes” and jeans, I thought we were going shooting, but it turned out that Andy’s surprise date for me was really horseback riding in Andover, MN. In this picture, I’m riding “Homer” and Andy is riding an Arabian horse named “Bandit.” Notice the puddle of pee under …
The Science Museum
Jessica on the exercise bike/generator. She’s trying hard to get the bell to ring. (She got it!) Posted: Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Third Date
This was our third date, the first that involved a camera. It was the last day of the Ice Palace in St. Paul and colder than the North Pole Posted: Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Second Date
For our second date, we planned to meet in St. Cloud (where Andy lives) on Sunday to check out a church together. (Andy moved from the cities to St. Cloud just a few weeks before I met him, so he hadn’t found a church yet.) I had spent Saturday at my parents’ house in Grove …
First Date – Andy’s Version
Andy wrote the following on his blog about our first date: “So I mentioned a seven-years-without-a-date streak in a previous post. It did, in fact, come to an end last Saturday. I had a great time with Lager Lover’s friend (also his girlfriend’s sister). We bowled a few rounds and had dinner. It was the …
Our First Date
By the time our first date came, I had seen Andy once and had spoken to him for a few hours on the phone. In spite of that, I was really nervous. He picked me up at my house at maybe 3 p.m. We went bowling because I wanted to do an activity that could …