Twins Game with Dad

On July 3rd, my Dad and I got to go to our very first Twins game at the new stadium! It was AWESOME!! We walked around for hours just to see everything inside and out and it was the perfect day for a baseball game! We had awesome seats in the Legends Club as well, from doctor at work whom is a season ticket holder. Here are a few pictures from our day!

Loon Organics

We started picking up our crop share about a month ago and LOVE it!!! The veggies are amazing! So fresh and nutritious! Each box we get has a ton of veggies and a letter with the contents, how to store or freeze each item and great recipes that are easy to make. I really encourage everyone to looking into supporting a CSA farm (Community Supported Agriculture) because it is so worth it! What a great way to eat organic and support a local farm in your community! Here is our latest box we got today!

http://www.loonorganics.com/

Boundary Waters 2010

So we took our first trip as a couple (and my first trip) to the beautiful Boundary Waters Canoe Area last week and it was so fun! We went with Adam's dad, sister and her boyfriend and it was a great time had by all! We took one day trip that looped into a few different lakes, did lots of fishing, cooking/eating, reading, swimming and laughing! Our campsite was on the edge of Lake Four and we started at Lake One. We had perfect weather up until our last day when we had to canoe back. Another highlight was getting Harley in the water (and canoe, which he didn't tip!) and seeing him swim. He started out pretty wimpy just swimming and clinging to us like a child, but the more brave he got, he started to swim out to fetch sticks over and over! The only parts I did not care for were the greasy hair from not being able to shower (gross!) and the swarm of mosquitos that hung out at our campsite every night and forced us to walk around with head nets on! Overall, the trip was beautiful, relaxing and a great break from our busy lives and we cannot wait to go back again next year!

Colorado

Last week, we returned from our five day trip to Colorado to see our awesome friends, Tony and Allyssa! They've lived out there ever since they finished college and plan to live in South America for a while, leaving next Winter and then returning to Minnesota! To say the least, they were awesome hosts and kept us busy while we enjoyed our time with them and exploring the beautiful state of Colorado! We ran a 5-k race the day we got there, visited the beautiful towns of Salida and Buena Vista, camped in the mountains, relaxed at the Cottonwood hot springs, did some shopping in Denver and rock climbed outside of Boulder. Here are some pictures of our adventure!

Four Become Six!!

Just incase you haven't heard, my dear friends, MJ & Brett, gave birth to their second set of twins (girls this time) on Saturday, June 5th! Their twin boys were born 14 months ago...what are the odds, right?! Here is their blog so you can check out some pictures of the beautiful family!

http://www.pairsquared.com/

CSA-Crop Share

This year, we are doing a crop share through a program called Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). The farm we are going through is an organic farm located in Hutchinson, MN and they deliver to our area once a week. We are splitting out share with Amber and Austin, but I still think we will all get lots of tasty and healthy vegetables and herbs! I will post their website below! There is not better way to get healthier produce without the pesticides and chemicals used when they are shipped across the country and what better reason to support a local farmer!

http://www.loonorganics.com/

Plants and Flowers

One of our recent projects around the house has been to plant our flowers, herbs and strawberry plants, finally, now that we have the time! I'm also trying to grow a hydrangea plant in a pot, so we'll see how that goes! I cannot wait until we have a bigger house some day on a good piece of land to do lots of landscaping and gardening!! Until then, this is what we are limited to.....

School's Out for Summer!!!....Well, Kinda!

Hurray! Adam and I both finished our Spring semester classes last week and it feels great! We have spent the last week not using our brains, for the most part, and catching up on things around the house! Adam will have a couple of classes this Summer, but I will not have any. I will only be working part-time and Adam is working on finding a part-time thing, as well. Other than that, we'll enjoy each others company and hopefully spend lots of time outside with Harley! We have a few fun trips planned this Summer, as well. We leave for Colorado next Thursday to visit friends in Denver for five days, a weekend stay near Duluth for Grandma's Half Marathon June 19th, a trip to the Boundary Waters the week after July 4th and then up to Orr, MN with my family for a week leaving on our first anniversary, July 24th! We are super excited for this fun filled summer and we hope that the time only creeps by!

Envirosaxs

I first bought one of these bags at Patina and then I ordered the set on Amazon...they are AWESOME! I've always had good intentions of using reusable bags because we accumulate so many plastic bags, but I would forget them in the car. These babies fit right in your purse, super light weight and can hold up to 40 lbs! LOVE THEM!

http://www.amazon.com/Envirosax-Boheme-Pouch-Black-size/dp/B002OKEQCW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&qid=1270215441&sr=8-2

Harley's 1st Birthday!!

Harley's birthday was March 7th! He turned one year old with his own birthday cake and frosty paws ice cream for dogs! He's grown into such a big boy and is so sweet! He still has a lot of puppy energy, but listens well for the most part and always has to be where we are. He is very loyal and gets along great with his buddies, Brownie and Dwight! He loves the dog park, car rides, playing catch in the back yard and going for walks. If you ask him if he'd like to do any of these things, his ears perk right up!

Grandma's Half Marathon

Another thing Adam and I have devoted our time to is training for a half marathon! That's 13.1 miles of running!!! We got drawn out of the lottery for Grandma's Half Marathon in Duluth on Saturday, June 19th. We officially started our training schedule this week. I am using the Hal Higdon's schedule and Adam is doing the Cross Fit Endurance routine. Two totally different methods of training, but it works for us! Adam is a natural runner, so this will be cake for him, but I am endurance challenged.....we'll see how this goes!

http://www.grandmasmarathon.com/races/gb_half_marathon.php

http://www.crossfitendurance.com/

http://www.halhigdon.com/halfmarathon/novice.htm

New Addition!

If you did not know already, we have a new addition to our family! I would like to introduce, Dwight! He is now six months old and we adopted him from an adoption agency in Minneapolis. He is the sweetest thing and is a huge cuddle bug! He knows his name, has tons of energy, cuddles a lot with Harley, gets chased a lot by Harley and loves to talk to us! We just got him declawed last week, so he's been a bit more quite the past few days. I'll post some pictures of him so you can see how cute he is :)

Back to Blogging! School Has Taken Over Our Lives!

Sorry, I've been MIA with the blog for a while! We have had little to no free time around here! Adam is in class 2-3 days per week and works in the Veterans Center for work study, as well. He has been doing very well in school and just recently passed his first fire certification test. In the next couple months, he will take his EMT certification test. He also has applied at a few fire departments. We'll cross our fingers!

I work 25 hours a week (looking to work even less in the future) at the dental office and have class 3 nights a week at St. Kate's in Minneapolis and clinicals at a nursing home every other weekend. Two of those weekdays, class goes until 10pm, so that really runs me down! Right now, I am on spring break, hence the free time to post this! Classes have been going great! I got an A in my first class and we now started our next class of the semester. This one will be more intense because it focuses on full assessments of individuals. Our clinicals this semester are at a nursing home, but the remaining semesters will be at a hospital. Really looking forward to that transition!!! Nursing homes are somewhat uncomfortable for me, but it's a good learning experience!

I have to say that Adam has been awesome and great support with my new schedule! He helps a lot with cleaning, cooking and laundry. Not to mention the much needed back rubs due to my permanently knotted up back and shoulders! I will owe him hugely someday when this craziness is over! We are just really looking forward to the Summer...no class....very little working...and a lot of us time and relaxation!