Weekend Wrap-Up

​Happy Sunday everybody! 

We had a great weekend. It was the perfect combo of fun things and time to get stuff done.

Maya and I stayed with Avery and Carter on Friday night, so we woke up to some cute faces Saturday morning!

Callie, on the other hand, had to be at school at 5am to head to the U of M campus for band day! They got to work with U of M dancers and musicians and then got to perform at halftime.

Last night, Chris and I joined Jenna and Andy for a double date: dinner (Potstickers) and the Loons game! We saw Alex and his mom, Caitie, too.

This morning I was up early working on bread and homemade apple cider donuts!

This afternoon, Maya and I headed with some fam to Penn Fest! 

Chris worked outside on the lawn all day…he’s tired! 

Have a lovely week. 

A Picture Update

​This has been A WEEK. Here our the pics:

A taco holder, projects with Pa and a new Pa drawing.

Another concert with Jenna!

And an overnight with these crazies!

Have a lovely weekend.

Weekend Wrap-Up

​Happy Sunday! We had a fun weekend. We went to our family friend’s wedding reception yesterday. Chris and I babysat the groom (and his siblings), Anthony, way back when we were dating in the early 2000s. And now he’s married!!!

He’s the oldest brother of our goddaughter, Christine, who was the flower girl in our wedding…and now a full blown adult. But she did indulge me in a little photo recreation from our wedding rehearsal.

Today Maya, G-ma and I went to MN Boxer Rescue Bingo. We are really missing Luna and the companionship of a dog, so we wanted to support the organization we got Luna from (and will hopefully get another dog from at some point). 

Other things from the weekend: Luna’s ghost as a balloon (it somehow made its way from upstairs, up and over the loft area and found the girls and I in the kitchen. That was the only explanation for us. Also a new loaf of bread, deer on a walk, and thrifting. 

Have a great week! 

A Picture Update: Happy Birthday Boom!

​Hello happy Friday! It’s Boom’s birthday and we had a great time celebrating with the fam tonight!

Happy birthday, Mom! We love you. 

As for the rest of the week, we had a catchup with a college friend, Chris worked in his “wood-shop,” I made an immunity booster called “Fire Cider,” and we got Luna’s memorial rock for our front yard. 

Have a lovely weekend! 

Timehop Tuesday

​Hi all! We got a lovely surprise today and got to see one of our dear Luther friends, Angie, who was in town visiting colleges with her son. I don’t think we have seen her in at least 7 years, so it was delightful to catch up. And of course you know I had to go back into the college scrapbook to find something for Timehop! And boy did I: the top picture was from the spring of 2001, just a mere quarter of a century ago.

Weekend Wrap-Up

​Hi all! Happy Labor Day. It was a weekend with a good balance of rest time with a few fun things thrown in too. 

On Friday night, Maya fed the gerbils peanut butter (a big hit with Shadow and Nibbles, and ironically  not with Peanut) and Maya and I peeped Callie’s first performance with Pom squad at the food all halftime show. 

On Saturday morning we woke up early and headed to the fair! 

We did all the things in about 4.5 hours, so everyone was zonked on the way home…except for Alex. ;) I did some baking later in the day. 

Yesterday I went on the hunt for mini Dutch ovens and found exactly what I was looking g for at Turnstyle. So it was time for more baking…in the form of mini sourdough buns! 

And then we got a text that there is a new family Gosselin member…a new bloodhound puppy, EDNA! So we got to go visit her last night.

Today I did all of the baking of my mini sourdough buns. The fridge was full of all the dough overnight. And I also made a Brussels sprouts soup to eat out of a  newly baked bread bowl/bun. 

Baking bread and cooking soup are definitely two hobbies that are therapeutic for me. It has been a stressful couple of weeks with everything that happened with Luna and the school year starting. It felt good to just slow down and do something methodical and comforting. 

Back to the craziness tomorrow! 

A Picture Update

​We made it to Friday and I am exhausted! The only pics I have this week are back-to-school related. But first, a bonus picture of Cal with the other pins during the State Fair Parade they marched in last week! 

I started school Monday, and the girls started Tuesday.

I’ll leave you with 11th and 8th graders of the 90s, compared to 2026ers.

Edit: And I realized later I put the wrong year for 11th grade…it’s 1998! 

Have a great weekend. It’s Labor Day weekend, so I’ll be back on Monday with the wrap-up!