Fall Randomness: Part 2

Here's a few more random fall tidbits.....

October 3rd, we ventured about an hour or so northeast to go to Jody's wedding in Forest Lake. If it had been nice weather, it would have been an absolutely gorgeous place to have a wedding. It was a bit chilly with the wind and rain sprinkles, but a very nice ceremony and reception. We had fun seeing the girls' little friend Arie as the flower girl.



The girls were invited to a neighbor friend's swimming birthday party at Foss Swimming School. We really had no idea what to expect from this kind of party. And honestly, I was a bit nervous about Lily and what she would think/do since she has been consistently scared about swimming in pools. Lately she has gotten a little more brave and fortunately, they were well prepared for kids who were not able to swim at all.

She spent all the time in the water hanging on to an instructor's back, riding around like a little princess. She LOVED it! :-)

And there were a LOT of kids there! They all had a great time playing games in the water.



The weekend of October 23rd, Andrew and I traveled to Galesburg, Illinois to attend our 10-year college reunion. Can't believe it's been ten years already! We had a really nice weekend even though we didn't see as many people as we might have liked. BUT, we did get to see Harley for a good bit at the football game. It was so fun to chat with him for a good 20 minutes or so. When we see him in June at the golf tournament, he's so busy that it's tough to chat with him at all. We also had fun hanging out with Sarah Gortenburg again, this time without kids.


Andrew and I really enjoyed the weekend to ourselves without the kiddos. It was nice to just get away the two of us for a couple nights.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, my mom and Dave were watching the kids (Thanks Mom and Dave!!). And Dave happened to try on our Man in the Yellow Hat costume (complete with Curious George) for a halloween party they would be going to. Thought there might be a few readers out there who would get a kick out seeing him in the costume. I heard from my mom that Dave actually won for both Best and Worst Costume at the party. :-)



And finally, just a fun photo of the girls. This was while Daddy was in charge. They don't sit on the island, eating dry pancake mix from bowls when I'm in charge. ;-)