2010

We are will into the new year but I feel like it's just beginning.
So much has happened in our family both real and community.
It started at the end of last year with me losing my job in December. Nine and a half years.
Jack Donald (Olson) Foley was born on February 11, 2010.
Dear friend, Leslee Schiller, passed away February 13. She will be missed.
It's been a real testament to the circle of life, a life beginning as one is ending.

My most exciting news is my engagement. Steve proposed to me on my birthday. So how did it happen...

Saturday we went ice skating at the fireman's built rink in Eagle River. Steve "fell down". I asked him if he was ok. He replied yes and made a waving motion with his hands. I didn't know he was calling me over. I skated in another circle before seeing that he was still down on the ice. I skated over, asking if he was ok. He said, "come here." He took my hands and ask in broken Swedish if i would marry him. I didn't know what was going on. I said, "what?" He repeated it and then asked me if i understood him. I wasn't sure I had, so I said so. He asked again in English. I said, "OK" and kissed him. He said "please say yes so i can get up." So I said, "Yes!"

and the rest is history...

Saturday, November 13, 2010