September 2010 | And Onesie For All

Thank God it's Fall!

Eek! So I guess it's been a while.... Maybe too long. It was such a crazy fun summer. Every weekend was filled with exciting memories! We took a 10 day trip to Michigan to see my family. During that trip, my parents were gracious enough to watch their granddaughter (we really had to twist their arm) so that Tim and I could take a little 3 day trip just for us. So first we surprised Jessie in Detroit. She had no idea we were in town for her 30th (just a couple of months early). It was a wonderful evening of dinner with freinds, a Tigers' game, fireworks, and a German bar called Jacoby's. The next morning we headed to Traverse City to catch the Blue Angels and explore the Cherry Festival. Pure Michigan awesomeness! The following day I took Tim to see Sleeping Bear Dunes, something I've talked up for years. The day we went visibility was approximately 100 feet. We couldn't see squat. Which made for an eerie visit in and of itself. So we wrapped that up early and spent the rest of the day in the peninsula wine tasting. Very yummy, and very expensive. It seemed we had a hard time narrowing down our favorites and bought several bottles to bring home. Good thing wine doesn't have an experation date. =) After a dream weekend in TC, we headed down to see my dad's apartment and workplace in Tusten. Very cool seeing his shop. I guess it was a good thing we saw it when we did because about a month later, he left that company to move back downstate and is working with a great new company in Detroit. The remainder of the trip was spent visiting with friends and family. Of course we took a few trips out on Claire's namesake lake and went swimming. Man, I miss the water. St. Clair is a shade of blue I have never seen elsewhere.

The week after our vacation, Tim's brother married a lovely woman who I am proud to call my sister-in-law. It was a beautiful wedding at Heather's mom's house. They are expecting their first baby in November! A cousin for Claire!!

Since then we've done so much I can barely remember it all. Let's see, there were the tall ships in Duluth, Red Bull Flugtag, Claire's 1st Birthday, the summer picnic at the Malek's, Jozapalooza, a business trip to Dallas for Kelly, Tech friends' camping trip, Cameron's 3rd Birthday, the Great Minnesota Get-Together (state fair), Chicago for Kelly, Anne's wedding in Chicago, Tim's 31st birthday, Evan's 1st birthday, and the Renaissance Fair.

Yet to come: the Packers vs. Lions game next weekend, Canadian Thanksgiving at the MacEwen's, the Junaid's come to visit, and my first 5k is in November.... Needless to say we stay busy. We've become experts at packing in the last year. And Mikko has gotten really good at long car trips.

Today we took Claire to Teddy Bear Park in Stillwater for the first time. She had so much fun! She loved the slides! Mom may have even gone down a slide.... =)

Now that I have very breifly caught you up on our summer activities, I will attempt to write more often. We miss you all so much and look forward to spending time with all of our long-distance family and friends.

Cheers!