pictures to tell the story...

so many pictures, so little uploads. Here are the next round:

*Michelle and I ventured into Minneapolis for a night of city life and gal time on Oct 3...we saw Kathy Griffin (hilarious! Seriously doubled over in laughter so much), hit Solera and the bar scene, then stayed at the Graves hotel. We had a great time--lots of girl chats, laughter and skyline oogling. But then the next morning...my car keys jumped into Michelle's purse and she had to drive back to Mpls to give them to me. Not so great for her, even if she was in Hudson. She was on a deadline to get home for a wedding reception...but was a very good sport. Me, on the other hand...I had a leisurely coffee, a raspberry scone and soaked in the city life while I waited. (yea, I'm missing the city big time...kind of a hard transition to rural life...) Thanks to Michelle for being such a good sport!

*ribB headed out to go hunting when I returned (yes, I was TIRED, but, hey...what do you do?) so the kiddos and I hit up the apple orchard. I LOVE Pine Tree Apple Orchard, near White Bear Lake...the apples are amazing, the baked goods--DIVINE--and the caramel apples? Don't even get me started on how good they are. The kids and I had a lot of fun--mostly eating our treasures. Yum!

and even more to come...