Todd and I were able to get away for a night to celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary. On Sunday we went to the Melting Pot in Minneapolis. That was fun. Our first time with fondue. However, I burnt myself like 3 times. The food was good and the place was very beautiful, but I do think it was a little too pricey for my taste.

Sunday night we stayed at the Country Inn and Suites in Hastings. We were able to check out a waterfall that night and we went to Applebees to have a few drinks. Than we went back to the hot tub(that was relaxing).

Monday we got up and went to Stillwater for the day. I love Stillwater. We ate a cool place called the Freight House. They had good food. We did a cave tour and just walked around the river.

Below is a few pics(well a lot of them) of our get away.

Yes there was a bathroom in the caves. It was neat.





A very good workout. The stairs we climbed to get to our scenic over view

Quinn, Rylee, and Taylor singing Jesus Loves Me to Great Grandma and Grandpa @80th party

Our night with 7 kids. It was so much fun. I wish we could have a big family.

Should we be worried?

The girls love to play with daddy's hat.

A typical AM at our house.

Daddy reading a story to B

Uncle Aaron reading a story to B.

The kid's first day at Como Zoo this year. I went with my friend and her 4 kids.

All the people who came to watch Taylor and Rylee dance.


Taylor and Rylee with their flowers.

Dance recital. The girls did good. It was fun to watch.





The girls before the dance recital.

Well here are some new pictures. Sorry it has been so long since I have updated. We have a dial up connection so I don't like to use our computer often to download pictures.

Well since my last update Todd had his first weekend alone with the kids. I went up to Duluth for a weekend for my MACHE conference(home school conference). It was fun to get away. I was able to buy the girl's curriculum for Kindergarten.

Todd and I will be celebrating our 8th wedding anniversary next week so we are going to go stay in Hastings overnight and have a little alone time while the kids stay with grandma. we are looking forward to getting away.

The kids have been doing well. Getting big fast. Brayden is talking up a storm now and getting tons of teeth. he is no longer a baby :(

I had a garage sale and sold all my baby stuff. That was sad.

A couple of days ago with went to a big birthday celebration for Todd's grandparents- 80 years old.

Hope all is well with everyone.