Randi's old toys, The Nook, and Aamodt's Apple Farm!

We had a great weekend with

this cute little guy(and his parents)!

Our Minnesota weather has

been more than fabulous this fall!

I have been purging at home and

brought Randi her childhood toys.

Eli really enjoyed playing with them!

Saturday we headed to The Nook

in St. Paul for lunch!

Eli and I had never been there

before and I had been asking to go!

The Nook has been featured on

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives

on the food channel!

The Nook is so small that you

get your name on a waiting

list....the wait wasn't bad!

When we were done eating

Eli started flirting with this

cutie who was waiting for a table!

Already picking up chicks in a bar!

Sunday we headed to

Aamodt's Apple Farm

near Stillwater, MN.

They also had St. Croix wine and

these grapes were very tasty!

Eli also had a chance to see

and pet farm animals....

Took a chance for a few pics

in the orchard!

We thought Eli was giving

his mommy some love here!

Right after this picture he

decided to bite! HA

Teething babes!

I hope all of you had a beautiful

autumn weekend too!

Now....back to work!

Have a great week!

Labor Day Weekend!!

Dear, dear daughter's!!

Sign says: 'Swimsuits optional beyond this point'!!

Nicest dock on Norway Lake!

Autumn beauty in Minnesota!

(Sunset cruise on the pontoon!)

Beach Baby!!

Birthday Bras! (9.1.09)

Happy Birthday Dear Sister!
(The bras showed up again for Labor Day weekend!)

Grandma's joy!

Boy at play!

'Gpa, I don't like my hood up!'

'GPA.......

.......get me outta' here!'

Four Generations!

Labor Day weekend we spent the days out at my sister Julie's cabin on Norway Lake!(Only 15 minutes from our house!) Randi and Eli came home (Nick had a softball tournament in Rochester) for a couple of days!

What fun, family time we had!

NORTH WOODS OF MN, 4-WHEELIN' AND PIG RACES!!

The weekend of August 22nd we headed north for 4-wheeling and camped at a friends property east of the very small town of Leader! Pop. 7! Ha!

No 4-wheelin' pictures but here's a few of the pig races in Leader!

(What fun!)
The mayor of Leader is the 'M-C'! What energy he has, singing to country songs, dancing and throwing beads to the crowd!

Four pigs were brought out and if your name was drawn you could pick a number (which was painted on the pigs back),

if your pig won you would win a hat or t-shirt!

And in between races you could participate in other events! Like hopping rubber horses!! (NOT as easy as it looks!)
Long legged men did much better!

But, heck, why not give it a try!!

(Careful there, Mary!)

Yep, we lost!

But we had fun!

But Aaron and I did win a couple of races with our pigs!!!

Got us a couple of t-shirts!! Ha!

(Tim had the idea to have our picture taken with a pig!!)

So if you are ever in northern Minnesota between Memorial Day and Labor Day on Friday and Saturday nights, check out Leaders Pig Races!

Oh, 2 bucks to get in! Don't think I have ever had so much fun for $2.00!!