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!

525,600 minutes

This year should be a good one! No new resolutions, just a lot of hope for what is to come. This May Andrew is scheduled to graduate with a degree in General Biology. With him graduating comes moving! I can't wait to move out of our small apartment. When we first moved in it was perfect. We didn't have much crap.. but now we do and well.. I have no place to put all the crap and well I am ready for a bigger place. We have no idea where we will be moving or where we will be working. I am waiting for Andrew to find himself a job, then I will find one, and hopefully we will be able to find an apartment close to one of those places. I am very excited and anxious about the future.. but I am ready for it.

I am currently liking my job very much. I don't know that I can ever say I LOVE a job.. I never like to be tied down or have to be somewhere. I never like to HAVE to go to work, and I think wherever I work I may always feel that way. I will go to work, sure, but I hate leaving home and leaving Andrew home when he doesn't have to work. With Andrew's new school schedule we don't have much time to spend together and lately, and when we both have the day off we normally have plans. We will get through it, I just am not enjoying it so much.

For the longest time I have enjoyed anything written by Nicholas Sparks. Every book he writes I snatch up and seem to finish right away. Anyway, he has two new movies coming out these next few months and I cannot tell you how excited I am! Each book that has turned into a movie has not disappointed at all. Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, and now Dear John and The Last Song. I know some people seem to think that movies ruin books, I just think that they are a different take on the book. They have to take a very long book, turn it into a script and then make it only under two hours. Dear John comes out February 5th and I am very much going to be there! I would like to think that it is an early birthday gift to me!

Well I very much should get going. I have to get my laundry folded.. and dinner started. I hope you enjoyed the little inside to my life.. oh so fun!

Freaking Awesome Glasses

I made Andrew model these, even though he really did not want to. These glasses made the lights stars... I held the glasses up to the lens of my camera, and to my surprise it worked! My mother made this amazing find and we all took our turn enjoying them! There are a second pair that would make the lights little snowmen.. but for some reason I didn't get a hold of them long enough to get a picture. I think that the tree looks amazing with the lights as stars. I just wish they always looked like that. Next year I will have to get a picture with the snowmen.. or from my sister?? Hope you took some with the snowmen!

Best find ever mom!

Christmas Eve

Braman

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I had such and enjoyable Christmas this year. We spent Christmas Eve day at the Bramans.. from 9 AM to Midnight. The day was a blast and many gifts where received. We didn't do a huge Christmas dinner this year, instead we had Navajo tacos-which are the best ever! I think that we should make that a new tradition!

This year Andrina tore through presents like she was on fire! She did take time to ooh and ahh over them, but I think it was still pretty funny to sit back and watch the girl go. She even helped the rest of us get through opening ours so that she could get to hers a little faster. Adella seemed to be obsessed with the wrapping paper and would stick each piece in her mouth before moving on. I think she may have even swallowed some..

I think this Christmas was the most relaxing, even though I was sick. We did however miss the Brinaghs and Sims!

Hope to see you guys next year!

Oh Christmas Tree

I decided to switch up the tree this year. The last two years we did a light blue and silver tree and I wanted something a little more festive this time around. I found the balls first and then found the beautiful poinsettia ball that I made as the topper for the tree. I also had to find the ribbon to go along with it. Needless to say... I LOVE the tree this year. Not sure if I want to switch it up again next year.. we will see..

So our birds (that we have not named yet) where out one day when she (the darker one) flew into the tree, where he followed. I took a few snapshots and then tried to get them out... but they refused.. so I left them for a while.. I figured that its the closest they would get to being outside. Oh and if you have any good suggestions for names let me know!