MINNESOTA

8.13.10

After another big rain this week the girls called & asked if we wanted to take off & get away for the weekend. We said YES!!!

We stayed at a cool hotel with a water park the first night in Owatonna. Of course, we stopped at Cabelas while we were there :)

I got to go down the BIG water slides - that's me & Molly :)

Molly, Emily, & Rachel - if you look closely I am hiding behind Molly

Me, Molly, Emily - & who is that guy :)

This afternoon we headed up to the Mall of America. At the end of the day we took a break at Hooters for some hot wings :) Then we found another hotel with a pool!

GARDEN

7.28.10

Gram & Gramp planted a HUGE veggie garden this year!!! It has been fun to watch it grow :)

MOM'S TRUCK

7.23.10

I got to ride along this morning to pick up Mom's truck!!!!!! IT IS SWEET!!!!!!!

GRILL

7.16.10

I have to show you my chef/grilling skills :)

First I cleaned the beans & broke them into little pieces (they came out of our garden - yum)....

Then I placed them on the foil - they are ready to grill!!

Check these out - Dad & Mom made kabobs with bacon wrapped scallops, shrimp, mushrooms, onion, pepper, & pineapple!!!!!

You gotta see these things!!  Let's go grill Dad!!!!

When Dad grills - I grill :)  I use the little one!  

By the way, the food was delicious!!!

4th

7.4.10

For the 4th of July we spent the afternoon/evening up at the lakes. We rode bikes for awhile. Put the boat on the water & went over to the park to watch the free concert at the green space. & then we rode around on boat & watched the fireworks. That's all! :) It was a fun day!

Hangin out at Arnold's Park...

Mom let me take some pics during the concert. I took this one...

& this one...

& this one - & about 50 others :)

It cleared off & turned out to be an AWESOME night!

As it got later there were people EVERYWHERE!!!

& boats too!

Sorry - no cool fireworks pictures. Mom held me on the boat & I fell asleep during the fireworks :)

X-MAS TREE - IN JULY

7.3.10

Dad & Mom decided to do a little landscaping project today. When we went shopping for a few plants I had my heart set on a "Christmas Tree" :) They let me pick one out!!!!

There I am with MY Christmas tree!!

Mom said she HAD to put this picture in because she caught my dimple :)

It was a fun day! I got to play with dirt & water - SWEET!!

OLIVES

6.17.10

I LOVE to help in the kitchen!! Today I got to help Mom make olive dip/spread (she is addicted to it).

Watch out for the OLIVE HAND!!!!!!!!!

YUM!!!!! I think I inherited Mom's love of olives :)

ISU TAILGATE TOUR

6.8.10

Some of the ISU coaches & players came up to Arnolds Park for kinda a kickoff tour - & it was all free!!

OK - I didn't REALLY get to go out on the field or run with the team. But it was still fun :)
(They had a green screen you stood in front of to take your picture & put you in a background of choice.)

This is REAL though - I got to meet the CHEERLEADERS!!!!! They thought I was cute :)

The best part - they brought inflatable slides to play on!!!!

PLAY BALL

6.8.10

Luke & I played baseball at Grandma Ann's today :)

Can you play outfield on a pedal tractor???

TUBING

6.4.10

Since it was such a great evening we decided at the last minute to meet the girls at Lost Island to grill some hot dogs & go for a boat ride. We got to break in the tube :)

Molly & Emily wanted to go FASTER :)

Watch out Molly!!!

We weren't the only ones out enjoying the awesome night :)  

Thanks for going - I had a GREAT time!!!