Little Miss Adella

First off I would like to wish this cute little bug Happy 1st Birthday! We Love You!

By far the cutest little bum in the world!
I could hardly get her to hold still, then Grandma Gross gave her mini M&Ms..


The best cake ever! Em, you did such a good job!

The Adorable hats Emma made!

The little freak!

Andrina used to do this when she was little, never thought it would something each Gross child would share! I guess we are all just little freaks-in our own little freak show!

again,

Happy Birthday little one!

Yes, I am that far behind!

Princeton Zoo, and Milaca Corn maze!

My dad was picking up some cows from a farmer in Princeton and we decided to tag along!

Little did we know we where visiting the local zoo! They had 4 wallaby's, Canadian swans, and two types of deer! We have had a baby deer at my parents house before, but not as many, and not just hanging out with us. It was so awesome! They had all sorts of other animals.. too many to count! I thought it was funny to see Kevin trying to pet the very deer he shoots at!

We later stole Andrina and took her to the corn maze in Milaca. We decided to do the longest and most difficult maze, which only took us about 35 minutes. When we got out of the maze they had a small "petting zoo" and jumper castles. Andrina immediately went jumping, it was the idea of riding the horse drawn wagon that got her outta there.

There was a small tent that had a corn box.. we must have spent a half hour in there and came out with corn hiding everywhere. Once Andrew showed Andrina that corn flying through the air was funny, she just couldn't stop!

more corn...

Petting zoo, and the wagon ride...

State Fair 2009

I can't even seem to remember why I have not posted these pictures yet. We had such a blast at the state fair last year. In fact I am really looking forward to going again this year! If you are interested in going, let us know! Just the two of us have gone the past two years, and as much as we enjoy each others company.. we would love someone else to talk to! I miss those warm days, smell of good fair food, and the crowds! I don't think summer can come fast enough this year!

Lets take a walk

Munsinger Gardens

During the summer Andrew and I try to get to the gardens as often as possible. When I was working at US Bank we would meet for lunch and walk through the gardens after having a quick picnic lunch. Now we try to go whenever its an enjoyable day out. At this time I was trying my hand out at nature pictures. My favorite is the rose with the dew drops. Looking at it now with it being so cold makes me so excited for summer! This summer we will have to try to make it there a bit more, since we will be moving sometime this year. I think the gardens being so close and the lake being just out my back door is what I will miss the most.

Great River Road

For Andrew's birthday I decided to take him to see Minnesota. We decided to take the Great River Road and see where it leads us. I found out while mapping our little trip that this road starts at the very tip top of the Mississippi and travels all the way to the ocean.. part of the trip is scenic while part is highway. We traveled through a part of the cities that was new to the both of us. Until we reached Psycho Susie's, where we had such an amazing BBQ pizza with my family at Christmas. Andrew had been craving it for so long, and so we decided to meet up with a few friends of his from Brooklyn Park and go there for dinner.

Before we went to dinner we had to reach our destination. We decided to travel into Wisconsin and visit Willow Falls. At first we took the wrong path and went to a Damn a ways up the river from the actual falls. When we found the right path we where amazed at the beauty of the falls. It was cold enough that the water seeping out of the side of the hill had little icicles, but warm enough that while walking we didn't freeze our hind ends off.

St. Croix River

Andrew has a friend from state that has peaked his interest in fishing, fly fishing to be exact. One of my days off they planned to fly fish in the St. Croix. I decided to tag along and get some reading in.. as well as taking in the beautiful fall colors. It was a bit cold, but I brought a blanket and bundled up while they fished a while. When I got cold I would take the hike to the car and back down. On my warming trips I was able to get these beautiful photos. One of my favorite things about living in Minnesota is the amazing colors fall brings.

October 2, 2009 ♥ 7 years

I know in October I posted about our 7 year anniversary, well here are the photos! We had such a good time! We ate Dome dogs and said a far well to the dome with the Twins. It wasn't the last game there, but it was fan appreciation week and they had a lot of giveaways and acknowledgements to make. This was the first professional game I have ever been to.. And I couldn't get enough of it! I asked Andrew so many dang questions I am sure he grew tired of it! I have never been a sports buff, or even slightly interested.. and now I am hooked. It has taken me a while, but I finally can follow a game.. baseball AND football! I feel so smart! We where fortunate to sit around some pretty funny people, and spent most of the evening laughing at something they had to say-well yell- at the other team. We had pretty amazing seats, for the price I paid, and thoroughly enjoyed everything about it. I am thinking of making this a tradition.. Twins game on our anniversary. Just a thought!