I did not make it to the first reunion.  My wife and I moved back to Alex about 5 years ago after several years in Minneapolis. I now work at the Tech College and Shelly teaches part time at the middle school and high school.  I have gotten back into running after a long absence and ran my first marathon in June, from which I think it still hurts. It has been great to be back in the area now that we have a family of our own and can go out the lakes and no traffic. We like to go camping, I play golf and run, Shelly likes to play volleyball and Bjorn likes anything to do with superheroes, cars or just getting dirty outside. I go up to the Boundary Waters every year and a big hiking trip throughout the wilderness. I would not have imagined this even 5 years ago but we now have a dog named Elvis, a white picket fence and a camper.

Jumping off Latoka bridge in the graduation gowns; the Coffin Shack; Kennedy's Blazer; jumping Legion Hill in Kennedy's Blazer; stopping at Braun's Bakery for bear claws and cherry Coke before school; playing video games at the Rec before swimming practice; the Neanderthal Relay; Hardee's; going Skitchin'; Pat and Karl Enterprises, Maple Lake parties, Burn the Witch and 3-wheelers at Stroot's; cross-country/track; Ray Rueter saying "I atta horse whip you"; playing chess in Ake's class; writing on our jeans; Dobmeyer's yellow jeans; Stubs; riding Floden's runaway tram down to the lake, getting ready to go to Finland right after graduation.