First Day of School!

Jaci and Zach started school on Monday. Jaci is in the 2nd grade and Zach is in Kindergarten. They are both so excited and love the school.

Potato Days 2007!

On Friday, we headed back to Barnesville to take in some of the city wide events of Potato Days. It is good to see old friends and some family while the kids have a blast. Here are Zach and my nephew Connor with their Potatoes from the potato scramble!


The farm girl in me comes out! Here is a beautiful Corn field in front of the sunset.

Here are Jaci and Zach along a bridge with the sunset.

At Grandma and Grandpa's Farm, my uncle Randy brought the kids fishin' in the creek. Jaci was proud of her bullheads!

8 Hot Chicks - Canada or Busts! (16)

On Wednesday August 8th, a bunch of us (original) Fergus Falls Hotties headed North for the 2nd annual Mommies on the lam weekend. Robin invited us to her Canadian hideaway and we jumped on the opportunity! Two vehicles, 6 hours, one border crossing, two (should have been 3) boat rides and we were there!


Robin took us on a hike through part of the White Shell Provencial Park. Here is Becky, Amy, Robin, Tina, Terri and Kris. Jean and I were the historians and not in the photo!


We were on West Hawk Lake which is part of the White Shell Provencial Park. The only way to the cabin is by boat. Very remote and beautiful!


It was a tough time away from our families....we did a tremendous amount of work (on our tans) and were educated quite a bit from the books we went through (not stating which subjects). I already have my reservation in for the 3rd annual trip!

Campin' Time with Auntie Lana and Cathy

Jaci and Elizabeth













Auntie Lana (Pat's sister) has taken the kids camping each
year since they were about 3. She bring Jaci and Zach and her friend Cathy brings her niece and nephew, Danny and Elizabeth. They all get along wonderfully and keep the Aunties very busy!


Danny and Zach

Everyone foolin' around! Thank you Lana and Cathy. The kids look forward to it every year!

Medora Here We Come!!

On July 31st My Mom, Sister and all the kids headed West to Medora. It was the first time for all of us except my Mom. Beautiful Country!
Here is a sunset from the Teddy Roosevelt National Park.

This the is Painted Canyon just before Medora. These are part of the ND Badlands. Here is my Mom (Kaylene), holding Brady (1), Zach (6), Connor (4), Jaci (7) and Taylor (7)
More Photos of the National Park. If you get a chance check them out. They pop out of nowhere that is for sure!

Houston, Texas and PartyLite!

On July 25th I headed to Houston, TX for the annual PartyLite Conference. Here is a photo of the city from the Toyota Center Saturday evening. Candy, from Fargo, joined my team in May and this was her first conference. She had a blast and took it all in. There are some awesome new scents and the last Snow globe of the series!


These are the Roommates! Allie and Dawn are from St Peter, MN, then me and Candy. You cannot see the skyline of Houston very well behind us. We tried. We had a great time. Thanks everyone including my parents for watching the kids and Pat for holding down the fort!

Old Friends and New Friends

On July 13th, we packed up the van for a First time family get-away since the restaurant opened! Friday night we stayed with our friend Ron and our old friends/neighbors stopped by. Craig and Brenda along with Rollin and Diane. IT was so nice to visit and see you all.
On Saturday, friends Pat went to school with in Montevideo have a lake cabin on Buchanan by Ottertail and invited us to stay with them. They live in St Cloud, so it has been a while since we have seen them! It was so good to catch up! Here are the kids, Jaci and Julieanna and then Kaitlyn, Matt and Zach. We had a great time. Thanks guys!

Then we headed just a couple miles down the road to Blanch lake. Marlow and Janet are firends that live in Rapid City SD and stay for one week on the lake in MN. They invited to stop by and catch up. Pat worked with this gang at JC Penney's years ago! (sorry, I was still in Junior High!) Marcy (origianlly from Underwood) and Jeff live in Texas, Darcy (originally from Battle Lake) was a roommate of theirs and DeeDee (originally from Elbow Lake) also worked there. It was nice to see them and meet some of them for the first time. Amazing how it all worked out to meet on the same weekend!
We headed back to Fergus Falls and stayed with Ron and headed home early monday morning. Thanks Shawn for holding down the fort!