We soaked up some Mexican sun, or rather burned under the Mexican sun, while visiting some friends.

There’a always time for a crab fight. Carrie won. Twice.

On Thanksgiving we went for a hike at Frontenac State Park, just south of Red Wing. Hiking around we found a ravine full of rusted out classic cars.   The weather was beautiful when we started out. We drove home in the snow!

Ryan has been excited about living on a houseboat for over a year now. He has been looking and researching life on houseboats for awhile. So, we finally toured a St. Paul Marina (Watergate Marina) and looked at a couple houseboats. Check out this link to visit a blog of one of the families that… Read More Go Houseboat Shopping

We visited the Science Museum of MN in downtown St. Paul. We saw Tornado Alley at the Omni-theather and explored the exhibits. We added 2 new pennies to our flattened penny collection!  

I saw this lost cat sign at a HyVee in Kansas City, MO. Ryan found this cat in Inver Grove Heights, MN. Looks like we found it three states away?

We voted.

I love to color. I found the Coloring for Grownups coloring book here: http://coloringforgrownups.com/ Download a page and have some fun coloring!

We bought 5 gallons of cider from Brand Apple Farm in Farmington MN. We put it in the carboy and added some yeast to make hard cider.