Canning Pickles

Canning season is here!  We canned a bunch of dill and spicy dill pickles.  Salsa is next!

Our 3 "helpers" (they didn't last very long)

A Night Away

We went to stay in a hotel last night.  It has an indoor water park and an arcade so there was lots to do!

Burning $60 would've taken longer...

...but the kids had fun.  Another year at the Rochester Fair done and done!

Chi-Town

Nick and I went to Chicago for two nights.  Here are a few pictures from a fun weekend away!

Walking/wheeling around the city

 We ate at Rick Bayless' restaurant, Xoco (he's a famous chef on TV).  Had the BEST guacamole of my life there!

 Wheelchair view

 Van Gogh gallery at the Art Institute of Chicago

 Hanging out downtown

A couple views from our hotel room  (you can see the stage in the right picture- it's blue)

  Selfie! (before the second show)

Goggles!

Basically we're going broke buying rewards to get Charlie to go poop in the potty.



Pool Day!

We went to the new Kasson pool with Rosemary, Taylor and Jarrett today!  What a fun place!  So fun that we'll be going every Tuesday now :)

  

Berries

We picked some black caps while we were camping.  I know a little boy who did more eating than picking.  He dove into the bowl head first today.  Awesome!

Camping and Clean Up

We camped Friday and Saturday night so we could start cleaning up.  It's a huge mess but we're lucky there was no water damage to the camper.

Papa and Charlie on the tractor

 Charlie is doing great with potty training!

 Papa and Charlie with their chainsaws

 Charlie helping clean up sticks

 The big bonfire

4 months!

MN Zoo

We went to the zoo with Grandma DeVon.  It was a perfect day to go there!

Reporting for duty!

Charlie is ready to help clean up the land so we can relax and camp again!

Swimming

We went swimming today.  Claire enjoyed a more relaxing time in the water today (last time was in the creek). 

Fishing

The boys went fishing at Foster Arends this morning.