precious fall family time

We were able to spend some time with our family in Jamestown, ND and Brainerd, MN. We loved being able to be back to experience some more fall weather in the north. We had a blast. We went to a corn maze and pumpkin patch, watched hannah try her hand in pumpkin exploring, helped make kneophla soup, ate some really great food, shared stories and had the BEST night sleep on our entire trip all while we were in ND.

gabe and hannah
Jade, Josh, and Hannah in the corn maze
Kathy, Jim, and Gabe in the corn maze
(before we got lost and had gabe cheat so we could figure it out)
Hannah digging in, with some help from dad
Getting ready to walk!

In MN we went to the park, walked through fallen leaves, played many board games, had a wonderful family dinner, stayed up late talking, and celebrating Ryan and Jackie's marriage. It is always fun to be around family and play with all the girls.

The five girls loving the merry-go-round

Mari who would get the biggest smile going down this slide
I LOVE this fall picture!

Ryan and Jackie had a beautiful wedding. It was a sun shiny day with a little breeze, which made for some gorgeous pictures. We got to see a lot of people we haven't seen in awhile and of course danced the night away. (We were both in the wedding so weren't able to get many pictures).

The happy couple
Jackie and the girls
Ryan and Jewel

Wedventure numero uno

Wedventure will bring you three lovely weddings in the next month. This is our first one which was my best friends wedding. It was a lovely fall day, September 20th, in minnesota. It was wonderful - the trees were turning, sun shining, just right temperature, a beautiful bride and handsome groom.

A fun thing about weddings for me is seeing how the couple's personalities shine through in the details. Andrea is one of the most creative people I know and she did an amazing job at creating much of her wedding paraphernalia. She even did glass etching! It was a fun night and we danced the night away with the happy couple.

Getting all ready and prettied up

Relaxing before the big ceremony
Tres amigas from moorhead