Giant's Ridge and Luke's birthday

Friday lunch at Giant's Ridge

We had our annual Bishop weekend away this weekend--this year we went to Giants Ridge-- and everything was perfect!!

We had beautiful weather and the leaves were already starting to change.

Friday night my dad, Shelly, Ryan and Luke golfed the Quarry, while my mom, Bishop and I hung out and went swimming.

Saturday we all went for a hike. It was pretty cool at the start of the hike, but we all warmed up as we hiked and it was nice and sunny.

Hiking is exhausting!

Bishop got to go swimming again Saturday afternoon and he went under water for the first time. He did great! He never cried or fussed, he loves the water!!

Bishop had so much fun with his grandparents and Auntie Shelly and Uncle Ryan! We played cards and had lots of laughs!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Today is Luke's birthday. We celebrated last night with my family and we took off for home this morning. It was a little more eventful of a drive home, as Bishop was overly tired and refused to fall asleep for the first part of the ride home--I think he was used to CONSTANT attention and felt a little deprived. :) We will celebrate as a family tonight at Al Vento, our favorite restaurant.

All in all, it was a great week and weekend! I love spending time with my family!

Wicked

On Tuesday my mom, sister and I went to Wicked! I had heard so many great things about it and everyone was right-it was SOO good!! We were all very impressed and entertained!

It was a great girls night out! Great idea, mom, thanks!

Wednesday morning I had to leave really early for work, so Grandma B got to hang out with Bishop for awhile and since then he's been talking up a storm. He started with "da da" and is now saying "mum...ma ma" along with all the other stories he's telling us! It's so fun chatting with him!

Labor Day Weekend

Wow-It's hard to believe the summer is over, although I absolutely LOVE the fall weather and everything that comes with it--football, jeans and sweatshirts, the colors and so much more!

We've had a few laid back weekends lately, so that's been nice. We've taken quite a few walks around the lakes (Harriet and Calhoun) with some stops for lunch, icecream and swinging!

Bishop LOVES the swing!

Going down the slide for the first time with Daddy!

On Wednesday we helped Jenny celebrate her 30th birthday with a surprise birthday party at Lord Fletchers! It was a blast and my closest college friends were all able to be there, so that was great! Luke, Kaela, Luke and I picked up Jenny on a boat and then took a cruise around Lake Minnetonka before bringing her to Lord Fletcher's for her 2nd surprise! Bishop stayed with Grandma Eileen and Uncle Jake and had a great time while we were gone.

The Luke's

Hiding before the big surprise

The Birthday Girl!

Friday night we celebrated Dan's birthday on a pedal pub! I expected it to be fun, but it was SO much more fun than I could have imagined!! We pedaled around downtown Mpls. We made 2 stops, but it was the most fun being on the pedal pub! It was a great group of friends! Bishop had a sleepover at Grandpa and Grandma B's, so that was fun for all of us. Bishop was able to visit all his Great Grandparents, too!

We tried out the backpack for the first time and Bishop LOVED it!! He was ALL smiles!

Yesterday we tried to take Bishop to his first Twins game. We planned on scalping tickets, but there was such high demand we couldn't find any reasonably priced tickets. We ran into Brooke and Brandi and ended up hanging out with them at Kieran's, which was more fun anyway!

All this walking around looking for tickets is tiring!

Last night we BBQ'd with the Heller's and got to spend some time with Baby Liam! It was a great day!

Tomorrow it's back to reality, but we have a fun, busy fall ahead of us.

Everyday our house gets closer and closer to being completely done!! It is SO exciting!! We're SO close and we no longer have any plastic hanging in the house and we can walk on our carpet with no shoes...ahhh.....