Tis the season for apples & pumpkins

When Bel was just shy of 3 months old we ventured out to the apple orchard to pick some MN grown apples and to pick out our family pumpkins and it was a blast. This year we did the same but went to a different place (which will remain nameless) and it was not as good. We couldn't pick our own as they had advertised and even though the were listed on the MN grown site as having pumpkins they didn't have those either. But after many complaints, we moved on with our day and enjoyed the time with Auntie Stacey and Uncle Doug.

So we "picked" our apples from the crates, took pictures, looked at the animals and got some yummy fall treats. We then headed to a different location for our pumpkins and headed out to lunch. All in all the day was beautiful with temps. in the mid 50's a little wind and lots of sunshine. It was a wonderful MN fall day!

Fall Update

As you may recall I said I would try to stay up to date on the blog... well I have not done a very good job, or at least that's what many of my sources have been telling me lately! So a quick run down of life in our world is as follows... DM went to Texas for work and the Bel and I were here at home trying to get along with out him. DM came home and magically we have a cuddly baby again (gee, all it took was daddy being 1700 miles away and him coming home for it to come back).

We thankfully have all been healthy and happy outside of the burn I gave my self from burning hot olive oil. We bought a piano that Bel and her daddy love, and Grandpa George and Grandma Sandie gave us their washer and dryer which has been fantastic (no more worries about a fire starting in our basement, yes our old ones were that bad!) Outside of work and daycare we are enjoying our family time at home with our LO and furry baby too. I have started my Master's Degree and am now facing a new balancing act mixed in with everything else. We went north to see Grandma Leann and Joe at their new home and had a wonderful weekend there and Bel enjoyed playing with all the toys that were her daddy's and auntie and uncles when they were little. We are currently looking forward to Halloween and a trip to AZ at the beginning of November with Grandpa & Grandma. We hope you enjoy the whole lot of pictures we are posting this time... sorry no captions!

Back to School...back to school

In my head I can picture Adam Sandler as Billy Madison singing "back to school." Well here I am on day two of my Masters Classes and loving it! It took a long time or so it seems to get here. After finishing undergrad in 2004 I always knew that I would go back it was just a matter of where and when. Well it can't get any better then one to two weekends a month 10 minutes from our house. Hands on work and a Catholic philosophy behind it, this 20 month program will allow me to better myself as a classroom teacher and give me additional resources to use on a daily basis. Well with lots of support from DM here I am, in it, listening, working and enjoying every last part of it. I will post pictures later that DM and Bel took as I was leaving for my day yesterday.