Halloween

Ani posing by the "indoor" pumpkin and hoping it doesn't get eaten by squirrels like the rest of our "outdoor" pumpkins did!

Monte now rides Cat 3 cyclo-cross this year. I have a few videos of the race from last weekend at Green Acres that I will eventually post. This one was from the Fridley Fright Cyclo-Cross race on Halloween. Monte placed 20th in his category.

Super excited for candy!

Fall Fun

Colorado

Ft. Collins on Sept 7

Breck on Sept 8-11

Congrats again to the Newman's! Sept 10, 2010

Solid Gold

Last night, we spent the evening at Lake Harriet bandshell for the Autumn Music & Movies series. We saw a good performance of the local band Solid Gold, who came out of a pink limo dressed as the presidential bank robbers in "Point Blank", which was their chosen movie to be shown after their set.

Ani enjoyed running crazy all over the place and we took turns chasing her! Many kids and dogs were in tow. It was a chilly night, really felt like a night in October, not the beginning of September. That's MN for ya.

Big Bed

In a big bed now.... and thankfully the bedding and comforter, which were mine from before, are PURPLE! Her favorite color.

Brule River

Last weekend, my two brothers and their wives and my niece Tara came up to Minneapolis for a visit. We all went canoeing on the Brule River while Trixie watched Ani. It was perfect weather, low 80's and sunny yet breezy. The water was too high for us to do the Class III rapids that we signed up for, so we had to do a less-complicated run with fewer Class II rapids. Still a great time though!

Me, Kristi, Tara, Kathy - we were channeling Bret Michaels with the bandanas

Mark, Matt, Monte

On the crazy van ride over to the canoe entrance

Kristi & Matt

Monte & me

Mark, Kathy & Tara

Urban Assault 2nd Place

Monte & Hagen took 2nd place in their class (male) and 3rd place overall in this year's Urban Assault Ride! Amy & I did not get the best photos - we ended up chasing a bad lead and were driving around trying to help the boys figure out where the 2nd mystery stop was.

It was a fun time had by all though!