A compilation of many random things.

This is a random post of some things that I have yet to post. Enjoy!

Thing 1: Stillwater. 

On October 11th we went to the city of Stillwater with some friends. Stillwater is right across the river from Wisconsin. It was a beautiful little place that reminded me of Park city or Jackson Hole. It had a cute little main street with cute little shops. There is also a walkway along the waterfront. We also drove around for quite a while and looked at all the great old houses near the downtown. It was nice to get out with some friends.

Natalie, Annie and Me(pic stolen from Nats blog)  

This "Salamander" came driving by. It was awesome!

Thing 2: Callings

I realized that I have never blogged about our callings in our ward. Justin is the 1st counselor in the Young Mens Presidency and I work in the Nursery.  I was a little unsure of it at first but I am in there with Natalie and Annie (see above pic) and so we have a lot of fun in there.  Justin is enjoying going to mutual again and working with the scouts.

Thing 3: The Dodgers

My wonderful husband has been a fan of the LA Dodgers for quite some time and was thrilled that they made it to the playoffs.  After a sweep over the hyped up Chicago cubs we were even more excited to see them beat the phillies and finally make it to the world series! Unfortunately the Phillies beat them 3-1 and my poor hubby's world series dreams were ended. Sorry babe, there's always next year. "It's gonna be their year!"

Thing 4: Here comes the Bride!

My baby sister Julie is getting married.  And for those of you that don't know her, it was gonna take a lot to impress this girl.  In a way only Julie could get engaged her wonderful boyfriend who is a Marine stationed in California bought her a plane ticket to go visit him.  Then he took her for romantic walk on the beach to propose. I hear from her the next day when she called from (of course) Disneyland to break the news.  Caleb, you did a good job and you got yourself a great girl.  She is my only sister (by blood) and I love her dearly. I can't wait to see her as a bride. I have never seen her so happy.  I love you Julie and I am excited to finally meet Caleb at Christmas!

The Annual MHA "Fishing" Trip!

The weekend of September 5-7 was the Annual MHA "Fishing Trip". I put the fishing part in quotes because no one fishes. It was a great opportunity to get to know Justin's classmates a lot better. We stayed in a cute little cabin right on the lake and we had a lot of fun using the paddle boats, playing beach volleyball, and sitting around the campfire as everyone got drunk(all the "MHA Mormons" excluded). We also learned a couple new games that are Awesome! We learned bocce ball(pronounced bochi) and cornhole. The games were a lot of fun, the company was fabulous, the food plentiful and the view stunning.

Beach Volleyball

Annie Vern and Myself enjoying a great game of cornhole

The view from our cabin

Our cabin and Justin saying Hi

Chillin by the lake

Labor Day

On labor day we spent the afternoon at lake JoHanna with some friends from the ward. We played a little football in the water, had some lunch and we both got really killer sunburns. Annie and Ryan also introduced me to Nutella spread which is delicious! It was a great, relaxing afternoon.

Split Rock Lighthouse

Here is a picture from Split Rock Lighthouse from our trip to duluth. We got caught in a huge storm and we were the only people crazy enough to be at the lighthouse in the pouring rain.

GooseBerry Falls

On our trip to Duluth we went a little further north to Gooseberry Falls. It was so gorgeous! There are 3 falls that run into Lake Superior and we were able to walk down into the falls. It was a lot of fun. We took a little hike around all the falls. It was one of the most beautiful places I have been to.

Duluth

Today (Aug 28th) Justin and I took a day trip to Duluth, MN. It is northern Minnesota and it is where Lake Superior is. The Lake was huge! It looked more like the ocean. Justin liked all the awesome bridges, and I was a fan of all the cute lighthouses. We took a scenic drive up the North Shore of Lake Superior. There were old mansions and lighthouses and all kinds of fun things to see. We ended up at Gooseberry falls and Split Rock lighthouse but I will blog about those separate.

Minnesota State Fair!

On Saturday the 23rd we went to the Minnesota State Fair with some other couples from our ward that are also in the MHA program. It was way fun and pretty crazy. Everything to eat was deep fried and on a stick like fried candy bars, fried alligator, fried twinkies, HUGE pieces of bacon fried and on a stick, pork chops on a stick, etc etc etc. We ate some fried cheese curds, huge corn dogs, amazing cookies, and our favorite, All you can drink chocolate milk for a dollar. There were so many people there that you couldn't see the end of them. Another highlight was the miracle of birth center where we saw live animals giving birth. It was awesome! I have never heard a cow scream until before that!

The boys and some Large corndogs

The Sea of people

Angie and Natalie with the tub o' cookies! Delicious!

My favorite find at the fair!