Beautiful Fall Weekend

What a beautiful weekend we had in Minnesota, both temperature-wise and fall colors! We tried to take advantage of this nice weekend...well, at least today we were able to! Saturday, Jenny was at a continuing education course for aquatic physical therapy (all day) while Jonathan was at home making a mess out of the kitchen while brewing his first batch of beer at the new house. It was probably a good thing Jenny was out of the house all day during this process!

Saturday night, we went to a physical therapy class reunion. It was fun to see a lot of classmates we haven't seen in a while!! Let's just say that Rock Band was a hit as was Jonathan's singing (rapping?) scoring 100% accuracy while singing a Beastie Boys song! Everyone had a good time...the baby was even getting into it as it was VERY active while it's daddy was belting out the tunes! (I will update with pictures if my classmates send a few of the pictures out.)

Sunday we got up and went to church, followed by a fantastic breakfast at Cap's...I think we are becoming regulars!! We came home, began the yard work! Don't let this picture fool you! Jonathan was on the roof while Jenny raked these piles!! Don't worry, though...Jenny left the bagging for Jonathan to do while Jenny went inside to take a little nap! We have only lost leaves to one tree, and it filled 9 bags!!





To enjoy the weather a little more, we went for a walk by Lake Nokomis, along with everyone else who lives in this area! We hope everyone else was able to get out to enjoy the beautiful fall weekend!!

Here we go!

So we have been asked by several people to start a blog...what a great idea! With family and friends all over the country, we thought it would be the easiest way to keep people "up-to-date" with what is going on with the Minnesota Rixens!

• May 14, 2008 we found out we were expecting a little bundle of joy in January! We realized we better move along the house hunting and buying process, so...
• June 13, 2008 we closed on our house!! Our family and friends have been more than helpful with getting our house prepared for the little one...thanks to everyone who has helped! We have a lot to learn about owning a home!!!
  
• We surprised everyone on Father's Day (June 15, 2008) with the news of the little one, and another grandchild for both sides of the family
  

Even though we have been busy with the house, we have found time to travel and do enjoy our final months of "just the two of us" before the baby arrives.

• In July, we traveled to Estes Park, Colorado with Jonathan's family for an extended weekend and a little hiking...Jenny didn't do too much hiking with the altitude change...she was fortunate enough to spend the remainder of the day with Erin and our "new" nephew, Flynn, who was only 8 weeks old at the time!

• In September, we went to Des Moines to visit Jenny's brother, Andy, and niece, Hannah...we had a good time at Adventureland!!

• The next weekend we traveled to Chicago for Jonathan's Grammie's 80th birthday party...it is always fun to get the family together!! (Jenny is 24 weeks along in this picture)

• A couple days later, Jenny traveled to Corpus Christi, Texas with her family to spend a long weekend with her family as her brother, Eric, received his pilot's wings and became an Air Force Pilot...fun to get the family together...always sad to leave Eric, Cyndy, Chloe, and Laurelei! We topped off the weekend with a trip to Sea World!! (Cyndy and Jenny are due 1 day apart!! About 25 weeks in this picture)

• In October, so far we have gone to Lutsen, Minnesota with Scott and Christy Poska for the weekend...the fall colors along Lake Superior were absolutely stunning, and the day of hiking was perfect! (Jenny is 27 weeks in this pictures)

I hope to update this blog frequently...of course that may or may not happen, depending on the little one! I hope everyone is doing well!!