Random Thoughts from the Dornfeld's

-Our family is now complete with it's 5th member (Riker) rejoining us last night. We're so happy to have him home. He's been fattened up (which is a good thing) and is happy. After an hour of him being home we've evaluated and come to the conclusion that we need lots of rugs. Click, click, click on our floors at 3 in the morning is not fun! THANK YOU to Dean and Kathy for loving him and putting up with Sadie's reaction to him!
-Meeko came home the weekend we moved into the house. THANK YOU to Mom and Ron for watching him....we all know that Meeko is an extra treat to have at their house. He only had a few days of being ornry before he calmed down and welcomed his new surroundings.
-Suki is in the dog house right now (not literally) since she has decided that through her stress of our move, the living room is her litterbox. She is now banned to the storage room in the basement while her litter box gets professionally cleaned. We have all kinds of tricks up our sleeve to keep her from doing it again. It's worked one other time with her when I first got her so please PRAY that she "gets it" when she is allowed back upstairs. I can't stand the thought of not having her as part of our family.
-Parenting is hard!

Freedom Farm

We took 13 students down to this farm in Waverly, MN last weekend. A group of children came down from the inner-twin cities. Some of them had never been to a farm or touched a farm animal. It was fun to watch their faces of excitement or apprehension at holding a bunny. "Will it bite me," one of them asked? Too precious! They had a blast and hopefully our kids got something out of it too. We then spent the evening at the Mall of America, stayed in a motel, and then checked out Jacob's Well (a contemporary christian service) the next morning before driving home. It was fun to meet some of our students and see their different personalities. They seem like they'll be a good group, but have never had a youth leader before. They of course loved Dan right away as I got many reports from them as they randomly would ride with me in the Vibe!

SOLD!

We are here and so very thankful to finally be in our new home. We both love it a ton as well as the kitties have given it their approval too. Lots of room to run around the basement + carpet. Makes for much better sleeping arranchments for our feline friends. Riker has yet to join us, but I'm sure he'll like it as well.......if his grandparents let him go:) We took a picture literally minutes after we closed and then later that evening when Dan, my mom, and I were all dressed up for a community fundraising event that Audrey and Don took us to.

Flashback!

This might start a chain reaction here because I found this site from Brian, but it's just too much fun not to do! As you can see Dan and I have transported ourselves back to the late 70's. We're thinking about staying there for awhile....the economy is a little better than now.....I said a little!

Baby Mama

We had heard that this one was ok and that all of the funny parts were on the previews. We don't agree. We laughed and replayed scenes and laughed even harder so this one gets our thumbs up!

Memorial Bridge Demolition/Bismarck, ND

Dornfeld Road Rage Not Up to Par

Hi, my name is Leigh and I'm a road rager. Apparently, my road rage is non-exsistent in comparision to Twin Cities drivers even though I have a lead foot and a tendency to be quite impatient while driving. I dropped my cell phone down by my feet on Saturday morning while at a stop-light in Chaska. My split second retrieval cost me an insistent honking and irritation as the light had now turned green. This bothers me too, but I usually give the person a millisecond of time to get going. This person behind me was NOT HAPPY. When looking through my rear-view mirror I noticed that the assailant was a 70-ish year-old women scowling and shaking her fists at me and on the verge of giving me the bird. Talk about humiliation. So my hot tips for driving in the cities (which, by the way, I've been doing since I was 15) are:

1. Keep your hands at 10 and 2 o'clock on the wheel-NO EXCEPTIONS
2. Ignore all distractions such as scalding hot coffee in your lap or gorgeous historical homes
3. Never drive under 80 on the interstate
4. Don't do ANYTHING that would make your grandmother upset while driving!

Dan's Installation Service

Laying of the Hands....I think that's the correct term?
Pastor Joyce Piper and Dan
coffee, crocheted table cloth, nametags, and a pastor=a lutheran church
The bag ladies that weren't invited were so hilarious
They think their pastor can be a Packer and a Viking fan all at the same time