Sunday, August 30, 2009

State Fair!!!

It's my favorite time of year again - State Fair time! I look forward to the fair all year long and I'm so excited it's finally here. Plus, it means that my favorite season (fall) is right around the corner!

Greg and I took Meredith to meet up with Grandma Schwake, Uncle Chris, Auntie Jennifer, my uncle Robin and aunt Irene, and my cousins Mary Jo and Jeremy at the State Fair on Friday. Greg and I are going again by ourselves on M
onday to enjoy some kid free time so we can do things we want to do.

We parked at the free park and ride and rode the bus. We sang 'Wheels on the Bus...People on the Bus...Wipers on the Bus (it was raining).





This was just as we got into the fair...on our way for a breakfast of mini doughnuts.


Ahhh...nothing like mini doughnuts for breakfast.

It was pretty crowded for 9:30 a.m.
We headed to the Miracle of Birth barn.

As always, she loved looking at the animals.

This proud mama sheep had just given birth three hours ago.
3 hours old! How cute is this little lamb?

Then she made friends with a mama-to-be.


This is a miniature horse baby.
There were some cool, cute graphics outside of the barn.



Then we headed off to the sheep barn...odd how there is a buffalo statue right outside the sheep barn. Hmmmmm.

Meredith really enjoyed going down the giant slide. She kept saying "big slide" all day.



She ate some corn on the cob from the Corn Roast.

She played with her auntie Jennifer.
And finished off the day with some Dippin' Dots.


Wednesday, August 12, 2009

bryant lake

We spent Sunday hanging out with friends at Bryant Lake Regional Park in Eden Prairie. This is a very nice park with a manicured beach, umbreallas, picnic tables, boat rentals, concessions, and a wonderful play structure (with the mother of all curvy slides) that caters to both toddlers and older kids. Best of all, it's FREE and was relatively uncrowded. I think we will definitely be going back.

We started the day by playing in the sand.





Then we played with Daddy for a bit.



Then we finished off the day with a ride on a boat!

Saturday, August 1, 2009

heading out of town

I don't have too much to write about this weekend. I'm heading out to Phoenix tomorrow. Fortunately this will be a short trip and I'll be back on Thursday! I can't believe my three months with no travel has come and gone. I've got trips scheduled for September, November, and December and of course a leisure trip down to FL in December too. I have a sneaking suspicion that I'll have two more in and out trips to add to that itinerary but we'll see.

Please keep the O'Keefe family in your thoughts and prayers. I wrote about them and their 3-year-old daughter Mary, who is battling cancer. Mary lost her battle with cancer on Thursday. It's heartbreaking.