Part of our CSA with Bluebird Gardens includes attending harvest events to pick our own vegetables. These harvest event are held throughout the summer and fall. We attended for the first time last weekend and had a blast! [Click to enlarge] We gave Cam, Mea, and Collin each a pumpkin and shared some of our… Continue reading »
Oct
06
Sep
29
Anniversary Celebration
We celebrated Karen & Dean’s 25th Anniversary in Vergas last Saturday. It was a great party and of course, Rylie was a hit! The weather was beautiful, so we spent some time outside playing in the grass. Mmmm… grass… She’s always after Baxter’s slimy ball Just a little dirt around her mouth… With “Gramma” Karen… Continue reading »
Sep
28
One Last Tri
A couple of weekends ago, we traveled to The Cities for Steve to compete in his final triathlon of the season, appropriately named One Last Tri. Rylie’s ready for the swim! [Click to enlarge] We stayed with the Dewey’s for the weekend. Rylie and Ade had a great time playing! Crikey!
Aug
23
Ironman 70.3 Boulder
The reason for our vacation was Steve’s participation in the Ironman 70.3 in Boulder. Steve has really gotten into triathlons in the last couple of years, and decided to try a half Ironman this summer. His training has been pretty intensive, including some weekend workouts lasting around five hours! It all paid off, though, when… Continue reading »
Aug
16
Exploring Boulder, Colorado
Well, we survived our 2,500 mile road trip vacation! We had a great time and are lucky that Rylie was an excellent traveler! Our trip started Wednesday night after Rylie fell asleep. It was tough to drive through the night, but we took turns, and it was great not having to stop every few hours… Continue reading »
Jun
21
Bike Ride, Bonfire, and Baseball!
We finally had a weekend of great weather, and we definitely took advantage of it! On Saturday, Steve rode 75 miles in the American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure. He also reached his goal of raising $500 for the cause. This was his second year participating. Rylie was a great spectator, of course! Later that… Continue reading »
Jun
14
Cabbage, Cabbage Everywhere!
We received a huge head of Chinese cabbage in our CSA box last week. I tried a couple of recipes last night and used it all up! Here they are in case you find yourself with a bunch of cabbage you don’t know what to do with! Chinese Cabbage Salad Adapted from: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chinese-Cabbage-Salad-I/Detail.aspx Serves 6-8… Continue reading »
Jun
06
Twin Cousins!
I think Mea’s a twin again!
Jun
05
What We’ve Been Up To
It seems as though we are long overdue for some Rylie pictures and updates here… Oops! In May Steve ran the Half in the Fargo Marathon for the 3rd year. Luckily the weather held out so Rylie and I could go cheer him on! [click to enlarge] We finally figured out how to entertain Rylie… Continue reading »
May
03
Better than the Bakery
I enjoy cooking and baking up all kinds of things. Last week, we celebrated Cam and Mea’s birthday at Grandma and Grandpa Hagen’s. Cam requested a shark cake, and mea a pony cake. After a bit of research for recipes and inspiration, this is what I came up with. They loved their cakes and we… Continue reading »
