MN State Fair

On Friday, Ben came home early and we hit up the State Fair. I HATE crowds but I LOVE any kind of junk food so the State Fair is heaven to me! Just the 3 of us went and had so much fun! We didn't have an agenda except to EAT! And that we did... 2 orders of cheese curds, Sweet Martha's chocolate chip cookies, mini donuts, pronto pup and a strawberry malt from the Dairy Barn! it was all so good that I would really like to go back and eat again! :) Too bad you can't have that food delivered! :) We also saw Mike Pomeranz from KARE 11 introducing the news. he is actually cuter in person!


We had one scary little incident... Ben went into one of the building to find a bathroom and Matthew and I decided to wait outside and people watch. As we were doing just that a man walking behind Matthew had massive seizure. It was super scary. It all happened in slow motion! It seemed to take forever for anyone to do anything... it was so disturbing to me that people just stood there and stared at this poor man. I ran over there but there was nothing I could do and in a matter of 20 seconds, a woman ran up and said she was an EMT and then a few cops showed up and the ambulance was there really fast and I got Matthew out of there... luckily he was sitting with his back to it and didn't see any of it. The man did a face plant into the sidewalk and there was blood everywhere. So I got Matthew out of there and we waited for Ben. It was such a freaky experience. We said a little prayer for the guy and hope he is OK. He was all by himself, I felt so horrible for him! UGH!! I just wish I knew if he was OK.


So after that, it put a little damper on the night but we still had fun. here are some pics!


Ahh cheese curds!!! These were Matthew's favorite!!

Can't get enough of that face!! :)

Pitching for the Twins :)

matthew wants to trade in the minivan for a Jeep! Smart kid!!

Mommy Getaways!!

I feel so lucky to have gotten 2 girlie getaways in the last 2 weeks! SO Spoiled! Spent some time with my BFFs at the cabin! Fraz flew in from Denver, Stacy came up from Chicago and Mer and I all got to spend some quality time with NO kiddos! It was so great! I love my girlfriends and would be sooo lost with them all! it still amazes me that we have kept up our friendships even with all the miles between us! We met 13 years ago! So amazing! We try to get together at least once a year, usually one of us will have a kids with us, but this was the first time in a long time that we had no kiddos! it was great!!!

Then this past week, I went to my sister's friend, Heidi's cabin! I love Heidi like a sister too! She is so much fun! It was Heidi, Kristin, Mary and myself and then Mary Burns came up later and a friend of Heidi's came up for our last day! We were like Crazy Women... out of control! We had such a good time and laughed more than I have in such a long time. While, I love my family... but it is soooo good for me to get away! I think I need a getaway at least once a month! HA!!

Here are some pics!

Mer, Stacy, Fraz and I on a boat ride!

And at the Farmer's Market in Red Wing... it was COLD!

Stacy had to leave us, but we went out anyway! Gotta love the night-life in Lake City!

And my 2nd girls getaway! me and my sistas! Kristin, me and Mary!

Heidi, Me and Krissy

Awww... love my big sis!

At the Cabin Bar... pretty sure they will remember us forever! :)

One of the many reasons why...

PeePee on the Pot-tay!

That is our new song! Matthew is finally potty trained! On Friday I decided that we were going to take the plunge and wear undies all day! No pull-up and no diapers and it worked! Matthew is officially potty trained all on his own! We are so excited! Once he pooped on the toilet, he got a skateboard! he loves it! And he has the CUTEST boxer briefs! They are hilarious! I will upload some pics of it all soon! Had to share the good news!! YAY!