Tuesday, October 28, 2014

No Pre-Wedding Jitters...

Brittany's fantastic wedding week...
The bride-to-be
Stacy, Paige, Cathy, Mom, and Faith headed to Hinsdale, MT 
for Brittany's town's bridal shower...

Nice bonnet, Stacy!!

A sneak peek at the wedding programs and the table centerpieces 
(complete with wheat from Levi's family's ranch)

I spent some quality time with Brittany and Levi a couple of days prior to their big day.

     It was SO AWESOME to give Faith a big hug and to see her looking SO good only four weeks out of her very intense open heart surgery!!!  She looked amazing and did so well the entire week/weekend of the wedding.  Thanks again for all of your prayers for her recovery.
 
     It was so much fun to see my niece, Paige, with her baby bump in person vs. a picture text.  I am so excited to become a great-aunt for the first time!!  Thanks for being gracious hosts for the two nights I spent with you before heading over to my sissy's for a couple of nights.  Yummy pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes, Paige!! :0)

We had a lot of fun watching Charlie (the cat) batting Dodger (the dog) 
as he retrieved his favorite toy up and down the stairs.  

Time for a girls' bridal luncheon

My favorite sneak peek was Brittany's bouquet...
it was simply beautiful!!!!

Wedding pictures coming soon!!

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Cuyuna Bound

     Alison, Paula, and I recently took advantage of the BEAUTIFUL Minnesota fall weather. We went on another biking and hiking trip.  It was a perfect weekend to enjoy the amazing fall colors that we are having this year.
Our first stop was to visit Paul Bunyan.


Then it was time for a beautiful ten mile bike ride.
Crow Wing County State Park


Our reward for our biking trek...
time in the hot tub and raspberry pound cake drizzled with chocolate! :0)

The next day we ended up hiking about twenty miles in 
Cuyuna Country State Recreation Park.

Lots of fun off the beaten path...

 
A relaxing picnic spot...

The scenery was stunning!!


It was another great girls weekend!

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Road Trip...

Recently we went to Duluth to visit Danielle and check out her new home.
Checking out her work environment at University of Minnesota Duluth...


She has one enormous and lovely office!!


  
A trip to Duluth would not be complete without spending time in Canal Park!
  

It was a gorgeous weekend; we really lucked out!!

  
A BEAUTIFUL display of color....
        
 

SO VERY PROUD OF YOU, daughter!!!!!!!!!!!