Labor Day Weekend

Okay, is it seriously September already?! Is Olivia really turning 2 years old in less than 2 weeks? I'm afraid the answers are yes and yes.... Yikes! One thing at a time, Abby.

We really enjoyed our holiday weekend and hope our blog readers did, too! Duane and I managed to tear ourselves away from work early on Friday and we took Liv to the MN State Fair. I know I touched on this last year for a posting but if you're not from MN, or live here at the moment, you just don't get it. The Fair is a really big deal here and I'm afraid that try as I might, I just don't enjoy it. It's hot, there are about 100,000 people there daily and everyone is stuffing their mouths with something deep-fried. I struggle with it. (I just really hate crowds and this is not a place to tackle that issue.) Okay, back to our night. As soon as we got into the gates, Duane and I each got a beer (much needed) and cheese curds (deep fried cheese = delicious.) Liv wasn't super happy and didn't even enjoy the birthing barn (yes, you read that correctly.) We finally decided maybe she needed to eat and did she ever - she took down a burger and several pickle slices and then she was fine! Duane took her down the giant slide twice and then she took a spin around a carousel. I was soon ready to leave and so we headed home.

1st time down

2nd time down

of course her Daddy bought her this....

Saturday morning Duane and Liv went for a bike ride and I stayed back to finish up laundry. We didn't do much throughout the day but went to Stillwater after Liv woke up from her afternoon nap. There is a popular park called "The Teddy Bear Park" so we had to check it out. Liv loved it! After the park, we headed to dinner. We sat outside on the restaurant’s patio and it was great! Of course we walked to our favorite malt shop and again, Liv sucked down her malt! 

Sunday we did our grocery shopping and before we knew it, Liv was down for her nap. I ran some more errands and then we headed to Jaron & Crystal’s house for dinner. We had a nice night with them and Liv especially did! She just loves Jaron and Crystal can always make her laugh.

On Monday morning we went for another bike ride before the temperature rose too much. Believe it or not, Liv actually fell asleep on the way back home! She took a nice nap and Duane and I worked on things around the house.