Monday, September 1, 2008

Vacation time!!!

It's that time again!! Tomorrow morning I will be on the earliest flight out of Duluth. That means we have to leave the house at 3am to get me on the 0608 flight to Michigan where I switch planes and leave for Norfolk. My flight arrives at 1154 ET. I will try and blog while I'm away including pictures. I will have my cell phone with me but I'm not sure if I will have service that's not roaming. I will be back in Minnesota on the 18th. Back to work the 19th.

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Sunday Morning fishing

Dave and I went fishing early Sunday morning on a lake called Pug Hole. One of our favorites. Even though it was very windy, we caught fish.  Dave always out  fishes me but don't tell him I said that...Ha ha

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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Weekend of fun!!

Shyla, Josh and Raleigh came to visit for the weekend and boy did we have fun. Our  plans to spend some time at the beach with the boys didn't pan out due to the weather but a good time was had anyway! The very large pile of sand was enjoyed by all the kids.

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Grampa's boat.

 

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The garden hose and Mr. Freezee's

 

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Grampa's apples.

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Freshly dug potato's.

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The weekend was way too short as usual. We look forward to their next visit which won't be too soon. I will be leaving for Virginia to see my sister for a couple of weeks on the second of Sept. I will try to blog. No promises.

Monday, July 28, 2008

sugar lake 2008

Good Morning every one! It looks like another gorgeous day ahead of us. Today is my last day off. Then back to work another 5 days. I hope everyone has as nice a weekend as I had this past weekend. This past weekend was my annual girls weekend at my good friend and co-workers house, Betsy. She lives near Sugar Lake. We had everything we could possibly want. Good food (of course). I have 2 new recipes I fell in love with. I will share them later.

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Friday night after a quick swim. Note the Weiner Dogs on the dock.

The sunset was much more incredible than this picture.

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Betsy's deck at night and the Girls.  

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Yes, these are 2 wiener dogs.

The girls in the lake.

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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Tioga Beach

I can't think of a better way to spend my only day off this week (until sat) than with the boys at the beach. This is DJ, Tyler and Sam playing at the beach.

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Shyla left these neat cups that nest inside of each other for us to play with.

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Saturday, July 12, 2008

Strawberries!!!

Today Barb, DJ, Tyler & I went Strawberry picking at Luney Berries Srawberry farm just like we did last year. Only last year Shyla and Chelsea were with us. This year everything is a week late so last weekends plans to pick didn't work. Here are some pictures of our pickin' fun.

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And we were not disappointed!! This was Tyler and DJ's first year also.

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Monday, July 7, 2008

4th of July

First of all, I want to thank all those who have served in the military, past and present. Many believe we should never have to have wars. In a perfect world I agree. But it seems there has always been wars. Why? Not because we want to fight. As long as there are bad people wanting to take things from good people there will be wars. Evil thrives when good people do nothing. I do believe we live in the greatest country in the world because good people chose to fight bad people. That gives me the freedom to write what I want, worship where I want, etc. Last year my family tried to have a picnic at Tioga Beach and because of other people being rude we decided not to try that again this year. Corey arrived home from Nebraska around noon Thursday. Shyla, Josh and Raleigh arrived shortly after. Here are some pictures of Grampa and Raleigh in the dump truck Grampa drives at work.

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Raleigh had fun with copper in the little pool.

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On the dirt pile.

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On the new John Deer 4 wheeler.

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On the Lawn Mower.

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With his cousins, Sam and DJ and Tommy the Train.

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Shyla did get a chance to get to the Pit to try out her new flipper and snorkel set. Look at that water!! Everyone left today..Boo Hoo but a good time was had by all. Hope everyone else's 4th was a great as mine was.

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