Fall Colors & Of Course a Little Fishing

 The water was REALLY shallow...

so Tony w/ the help of Kietan

navigated the boat up the river w/ the trolling motor.

Beaver Dam

Only fish to actually get in the boat.

On this beautiful Fall day I was fishing while reading my magazine.

(have to keep occupied while waiting for the fish to bite:))

The river we were on was south of Rainy Lake, it's about 10 feet wide.

All the sudden I thought I had caught the bottom,

I handed the pole to Tony to get it undone.

He handed it back to me (or I grabbed it back) I had a fish on.

It was a fish alright...I kept saying are you sure it's not the bottom?!

The fish pulled the line, the pole was bending

& jumping out of the water (which I missed).

Then as I am struggling to keep the pole

& line from going to far under the boat a big SNAP..

the fish jumped up out of the water on the other side of the boat....

it broke the line. :(

Tony thinks it was about a three to four foot northern.

Adi kept saying "that was a big fish".

 I think I might have been hooked :)

on fishing if I got that one in the boat.

I guess I will have to try again next year. 

Halloween 2010

Where did the outfit influence come from??

Adi, Kie & the Gang

Snow Princess Marisa, Indian Princess Ameilia, Pink Camo Hunter Adi

Parents...trying to keep up.

Oliver

Oliver is our neighbors dog. The WHOLE town loves this dog.

When Oliver's family leaves town he gets to stay with us.
Adi & Kie SPOIL the dog....whether he wants to be or not.

Attached are some pictures...they show the love!!

Looking forward to many more visits!!

Note:  Kietan has Oliver hooked on his toy fishing pole

 New American Girl from Grami & Poppa,

 & Oliver out for a walk

Oli's bedtime spot.

Mini Leader Adi

Adisan got the chance to be a cheerleader

at a Bronco Football game on September 17th.

Of course she jumped at the chance!!

Adisan had been in cheer when she was about 3,

 but was always on the shy side.

Not this time...the smiles from ear to ear &

cheering as loud as she could said it all.

Enjoy the pictures!! 

Adi & Friend Marissa

 Kietan and Friend Gavin watching the girls,  it's starting already. ;)

 Waving to us in the stands.

 Halloween Cookies After Cheering.

Kietan turned into a pumpkin.

First Day of School 9/7/2010

Adi & Marissa

Kie & Neighbor Cassidy

Adi & Kie at St. Thomas School

Kietan by his locker at West End Preschool

What is more important a

tackle box or a  back pack? 

Sorry, still having issues with rotating some pictures. 

Enjoy viewing sideways. :)





Minneapolis Labor Day Weekend Sept. 2010

Gordy's is next to a coffee shop

we stop at in Clouquet, MN.

We saw Gordy's on Diner's, Drive-In's & Dive's; had to try it out.

It was good...a popular place!!

This is the MN fair, have been told it is the 2nd largest in the U.S..

The fair broke records all weekend.

On Saturday they had over 250,000 people attend.

 We are use to only 6,700 people. =)

Slow moving...but a fun experience.

Crowd shot

Kids Favorite Ride

The fair had a baby animal center..

I thought it was just a bunch of baby animals.

Actually babies are being born here everyday during the fair.

So, while we were in this packed building we started to hear people kind of gasping...

we found out a baby cow had just been born (the one in the picture).

 It was amazing to see all the pregnant mommies & new babies. 

Bonus, we got to pet animals that were just days old.

ALOT of bacon on this piggy!!

Well now that we have seen a gigantic pig...

lets move on to cookies!! =)

No elephant ears here..

it's all about chocolate chip cookies & ice cold milk.

They had Lines to prove it!!

The bucket Tony is holding is HEAPING with warm cookies.

In Background, Fried Pickles.

We had to try this out...and they were really good.

Would definately eat them again!

For what ever reason...pictures would not stay rotated in the correct position...sorry :)

Winter Wonderland: January - March 2010

Ice Shacks On Rainy Lake

Ice Fishing On Rainy River

Clearing the Fishing Hole

Playing with Holes that have Iced Over...

Stressing mom out!!

I am not really a fan of driving on the ice & drilling holes into a deep body of water.

Our Little House Surrounded by Snow.

I LOVE our Snowblower!! :)

Our Street, love the snow covered trees!!

Downtown I-Falls

Snowshoeing on Rainy Lake.

It was about 3 degrees this day...

sadly it felt really warm to us after experiencing -30's.