September was back to school busy, and then we had a garage sale late in the month (or Garage Sale Party as Noah calls it.) Yah, not so great at picking a good weather weekend...brrrr did it get cold! and rainy. It is funny how people still certainly do come out in bad weather for a sale...you can tell who the "die hards" are. And when we would get a downpour, people just stayed longer and chatted...it is amazing what people share at a garage sale...kind of a study in personalities! The joke of the weekend was trying to get rid of a "free" chair. Everyone that came once we started getting desperate to move it out we would try to get them to take it. Free chair with that pair of shoes! Oh - you brought your truck, great, let us help you get your new chair into it! LOL - I think we were getting punchy.
Free to Good Home... ;-)
We also had congregation picnic on 9/25 at Lake Elmo Park Reserve. We had great turn out, and it was a decent fall day. A little brisk, but everyone enjoyed themselves. Lots of good food, good friends and good fun. It was organized by Stepowoys and Malms with quite a few additional helpers with different aspects of the picnic. We had a scavenger hunt for all the kids, Florence got a commemorative clock for her many years of pioneer service, Susie did facepainting and balloon animals. There was bocce ball and baseball and playground play, and of course cards, snacks and good conversations. I didn't take that many pictures, but many who did take pictures sent them in and we received a fun video picture movie of all the memories of the day (Nicole put it together and it turned out really fun).
On October 2nd, the Beckers were so nice and invited a group to join them at Fawn-Doe-Rosa in Wisconsin just across from Taylors Falls. We met up at their house to form arranged car groups for caravaning. Once there we got in and puchased bags of food to feed all the critters we would see. They all loved the food bags...they are pretty tame animals there, and especially the deer would come and eat from your hand. A little taste of paradise in the valley where the deer were wandering and were happy to be petted and fed. The geese and ducks would follow us around to be fed, and the little goats would try to eat the bottoms of your back out to try to get an extra large treat quantity. We had a really nice variety of people, and the kids all had a fun day of many many pics and smiles and petting. We all went back to Beckers for a wonderful dinner and more association. It was a fun day for everyone!
On Oct 16th we made a very spontaneous trip out to Mall of America to surprise Noah to see Big Time Rush performing out there. They are a "boy band" from a show on Nickelodeon channel that he really likes. The place was packed. Lots of kids all wanting to see the boys. Many had gotten wristbands from buying the CD out at the mall, but that meant you had to wait in a huge queue (many not even visible to see the concert) and then wait there for hours to meet and get signatures. Yah, we weren't in for that, so we headed up to a higher floor where we could see the performance from near the railing. Scads of kids and parents everywhere. It is a good thing that we kind of like their music since it was quite an ordeal. But they put on a good little free show,and Noah was happy for an unexpected treat. Recently we found out they filmed that concert and it is now part of their Big Night video- kind of cool. We walked around for a little bit and he brought some money and got himself a BTR shirt.
Later that same evening we went to spend a little time with our good friends the Hanson family. We enjoyed a nice bon fire in their back yard, and had a nice relaxing time just chatting. We had some hot dogs and smores on the fire, and the 3 kids got to play inside and out. Good friends, good times -thanks guys!
We had a little storm excitement on 10/26 and I looked out the window and our gazebo was off the deck. wow - that was a wind!! Brent got home and we had to try to navigate getting that thing back up on the deck and straighened out. Good thing a neighbor was also available to help us navigate and twist...hmmm...I didn't think October was tornado season?! LOL (ok it was just straighline winds, but wow.)
A few other random shots I found on my camera from fall/winter:
Not OUR pup, but Malm's newest addition - Sidney - totally cutenes!
We had our first snow fall, and it was a wet heavy one - our poor trees will never be the same. I'll share our Blizzard 12/11/10 photos in a different entry. There, now I feel more caught up! on with life!
Jen
The Fawn Doe Rosa place looks so neat! My girls would love that. You'll have to tell me more about where it is located. Thanks for catching us up :)
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