Benziger babes

Theo Turns 5! Cupcakes after Cars 3 for Theo's 5th birthday! Hudson, Jory, Marit, Elliot, Theo and Huck eating cupcakes I probably say this every year but I can't believe we have a 5 year old (and that I have maintained this blog for that long)! Theo, being the 1st child, always gets a little extra special treatment. This year he had not one, not two, but three birthday celebrations. The first one was an informal fun family birthday party at the new Pastorius cabin on Balsam Lake. Seth and I drove down from Duluth on Sunday afternoon after we found out our offer that we put in out a house in Duluth (714 Ridgewood Rd. Duluth, MN 55804) was accepted! We will be moving in September and are excited to host lots of visitors in our new home. The kids had a great two weeks at Camp Weber and at the new cabin, more details and picture to come by Auntie Annie. A calm morning on Lake Superior, our new home! Theo tubing with his 1st cousins onced removed, Lauren ...

We did it! Graduations 2017 For all the graduates this year - CONGRATULATIONS! This time of year is one for recognition and celebration of years of hard work and passage into the next chapter of life; one that is full of new challenges and exciting new adventures. This June, I closed two chapters and am about to open a new one in Duluth, MN this fall. I graduated from not one, but two programs that I have spent the past decade or more trying to achieve. The first, my Masters of Public Health - Global Health program, was something that I have wanted to do for over 10 years and always told myself I would do during my cardiology fellowship. When I put my mind towards something, I do it. This quality, let's call perseverance, can drive some people nuts but it is a quality that has helped enable me get to where I am today. What I didn't realize when I was 24 and had the brilliant plan to do this as a cardiology fellow, was that completing a Masters program with a toddler an...