Labor Day weekend 2014

We closed out the summer of 2014 with a very nice weekend! We started off by going to the Heller's on Friday night for dinner. 

I got a message from my mom that my Grandma wasn't doing well on Friday-she hadn't gotten out of bed all day and refused to eat or sit up. Hospice had been called in not too long ago and so they're just trying to keep her comfortable. I decided to drive down to visit her on Saturday morning while Luke took the kids to meet his parents, as they were going to have the kids overnight.  My Grandma was laying in bed the whole time I was there--she would talk to me and said she'd eat some applesauce, but she never rolled over or sat up to eat it. I sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed her back and tried to encourage her to eat. Thankfully after a few days in bed she's back to herself and she was up, dressed and eating breakfast yesterday morning.

Bishop and Nora went to Grandma and Grandpa's for the day/night on Saturday. They really wanted to go to Dave's to look for frogs/salamanders, etc. Dave's friend, Carmen, was there and she let them come over to do some frog catching. They had a blast! On Sunday they went to a small zoo in the area and it sounds like they all had a great time! I met them on Sunday afternoon to pick them up-I think they were all a little exhausted from their time together! Thanks Rich and Eileen-we really appreciate you helping us out so we could go to the State Fair.

While the kids were in Cold Spring we went to the State Fair--not as much for the fair, but for the concert that night. It was Music on a Stick night--and we got to see Cactus Blossoms, Har Mar Superstar (Sean Tillman from Owatonna), Cloud Cult, Bob Mould, Doomtree and Brother Ali. We were mostly interested in Har Mar Superstar and Cloud Cult! The fair was absolutely PACKED--a record was set for attendance on Saturday and you could tell! We still had a good time walking around, people watching and checking a few things out--plus it was a beautiful day!

Sunday night the Sweetman's came over for dinner. The kids had a blast together--Bishop loved having an older boy to look up to and follow around while they were here!

Monday was a nice bonus day to our weekend! We had a nice, lazy morning, we went and caught some frogs and then biked to Minnehaha Falls for dinner at SeSalt! There was a bluegrass festival going on while we were there, so it was a lot of fun!

Nora, Liam, Bishop and Max

Looking for frogs at Dave's

Hanging out with Grandpa and Grandma!

Relaxing at the State Fair

Just an impressive mustache!

Har Mar Superstar--he was SUPER entertaining!

This is Liana and I while Cloud Cult was playing....All I need is a good good friend! Thanks for being one of the best, Liana-I treasure your friendship!

Nora, Margaret, Jeannie and Ramona (on top)

Nora absolutely loves Matt and loved sitting on his lap!

Ramona, Jeannie, Margaret, Bishop, Nora and Walter

Nora painting Matt's nails

Catching frogs

 EVERY SINGLE time we bike around the lake Bishop has to go to the bathroom and we have to stop at this porta potty, which is only about 5 minutes from our house. It NEVER fails--we stop every time we are biking. Luke and I always just laugh about it--we're not sure what the allure is to the porta potty, but he insists on stopping! :)

The Froehle's on Labor Day

Wrestling with dad at the park

They both LOVE their daddy-and he's SO good to them!

Monday was another beautiful day and it ended a very nice long weekend. It's always hard going back to the routine after a fun weekend together. We had such a great summer and it's sad to see it come to an end-we made lots of memories and we look forward to making even more this fall!