Bridger's Battle with Addisons

As many of you may know, Bridger, our Golden Retriever of 11 years was diagnosed recently with Addison Disease. Since that time it has been a struggle for us to decide exactly how we wanted to manage his illness and the subsequent near death episodes due to his electrolyte imbalance. Thankfully we have found a vet that was comfortable treating his condition and through medication and diet we are happy to announce he is doing better than ever. We are so thankful to have a little more time with this faithful and loving friend by our side.

Ryan Ludwig DDS/DVM ?

Ryan Pulling Stig's Tooth


Somebody call the Tooth Fairy !


Ryan is definitely bored. He begins his family medicine residency tomorrow and we are quite honestly looking forward to him seeing some "real" patients. Tonight he played dentist and decided to pull his nephew Stig's loose tooth and yesterday he was a vet giving our dog Bridger shots of saline to correct his low sodium from Addisons Disease? Maybe medical school was not such a great idea!

No Kisses for You !

Here are a few fun videos of the kids and their cousin Stig. We are trying to have as much fun as we can before Ryan starts residency on Monday. Logan had a great game of baseball last night. He hit several balls and even scored a run !

No Kisses for You !



Giggle Pigs !



Fun on the Tramp!

Baseball and Cousins !

Logan has recently started baseball and is well, having a ball. He has been working hard in the backyard on his game and is adjusting well to having the ball pitched to him rather than hitting off a tee. He also is having a blast with his cousin Stig "Henrik" Ludwig who is visiting us in Rochester for a few weeks. The two boys just can't seem to stay out of the mud as you can see and it has been pretty much none stop around our house for the past couple of days. Hope everyone in well, God Bless!

Nickelodeon Universe ! !

We recently made a trip up north to Minneapolis (about an hour north from Rochester) to visit Mall of America and to take the kids to Nickelodeon Universe (an amusement park). The kids had a blast and Logan rode all the major rides including the adult coasters from noon to about 9:00 pm. His parents were getting a little tired but I am pretty sure Logan would have stayed until closing! He states that his favorite rides include "Sponge Bob Square Pant's Rock Bottom Plunge", and "The Fairly Odd Coaster". Maddie's favorite was the carousel where she rode the "horseys". A couple of videos of Logan enjoying some of the rides is below.

Little House on the Prairie

We are finally getting settled into our new house in Minnesota and decided to start our own blog to stay in better touch with family and friends. The kids are doing great. Logan is starting T-ball this week and has been very busy catching frogs and riding his motorcycle behind our house. Maddie, although initially reluctant, has joined Logan in his amphibian adventures and captured her first toad or "Hoppie" as she referred to it. Audrey has been busy working out and decorating our new home. Ryan recently built the kids a playset in the backyard and added a deck to the back of the house. Hope everyone is doing extremely well. We will try to update the site regularly with pictures and videos as time permits.