North Shore 2011 Part 2

 This was a new friend that I made in Canada...I was about 5 feet away from him!!...He was super friendly!!

 Kakabeka Falls, Ontario Canada...Largest waterfall I've ever seen!!!

 Sunset over the Grand Marais lighthouses...a perfect ending to a perfect north shore day!

 We woke up early...so glad we did...would hate to miss a beautiful sunrise like this!!!!

 We visited Maple Hill...just up the Gunflint Trail...looking down the road at how the maples form a perfect circle over the road!

 Mom and Dad at Paradise Beach

Entering Canada...

North Shore Fall Trip!!! Part 1

So this is a picture that my mom took along the north shore on Tuesday...

Apparently rock balancing is HUGE here!  My mom thought these three statues represented our family....

I will be posting more pictures as I get them loaded onto disks...

First day of Dance

Monday, September 12th was Rosie's first day of dance...she could hardly wait for class to begin...she wanted to know how many times she had to count to 60 before class started...this is a picture of her waiting for class to start.

 Watching the older girls in ballet class...

 Finally...class was ready to start...first was ballet with her new teacher
Nikki.

 Look at that perfect form!!!

 She loved her teacher Nikki...she also liked her socks!!! :)

 Waiting to do piorette turns...

 She did sooo good...she's a natural!!

 Concentrating hard...

 Paying close attention....

It makes me happy to see her enjoying something so much.  When I go to pick her up she is ready to go and can't wait to get to class...I will be posting pictures randomly of her dancing success!! :)

ROSIE STARTS DANCE TOMORROW!!!!

Tomorrow is the day...Rosie will start her fall dance class...I will post pictures soon!!!  :)

Tony and Samantha's Wedding...

I had the honor this weekend of photographing my friends brothers wedding reception...

These are a few pictures of the happy couple...

Congratulations Tony and Samantha!!  9-10-11

Minnesota State Fair!!!

We went to the state fair on Thursday September 1st...

It was by far the HOTTEST day of the fair!!

100 degree heat index...but we had a ton of fun!!!!

 Rosie and I went into the Butterfly House...

She loved holding the butterflies!

 This was her favorite one...you can't tell in the picture

but it's wings were brown on one side and bright blue on the other...

 She spent about a half-hour just holding the butterflies...

 This is her next favorite...a monarch

 We couldn't resist a picture with the goldn plump chicken!

 Having fun on rides in the midway...

We're with the pickle!!!!

Rosie's first dance recital...

On August 10th, Rosie had her 1st dance recital...

Dance classes were her birthday present, and she had a blast and

will be continuing into the fall!

 This is the trophy case...everytime we walked into the studio

Rosie said that those trophies all had her name on them because

she won them all! :)

 Her first dance...Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus

 Rosie's teacher Cara is on her right...

We were all so proud of her...she is turning out to be

quite the little dancer!!!!!!

Rose and Travis at the Science Museum

I took Rose and Travis to the Science Museum in July to

see the King Tut exhibit...this was a quick picture I took of them in

the tugboat attatched to the museum.

Twins Games!!!

Here is a picture of my mom, dad, and I posing at the

Golden Glove at Target Field in June.

This was Father's Day...my gift to my dad was tickets to the Twins game

Here we are with the cowboy hats that were being given away at the game.

It was a fun day and the Twins won!!

More St. Patrick's Day fun...

Lunch with Miss Shamrock 2011 at Pool and Yacht Club...

 Rosie with Jeff...and Gumby!

 Rosie and I at the St. Patrick's Day Parade....

 Rosie and Miss Shamrock

 Me and the princesses!

 Carrying the parade banner...waving at my mom!!

Rosie riding in the parade with Miss Shamrock!

Rosie's Special Day...

This was Rosie's first visit to Scoops...

They made her into a princess...

 Getting her nails filed...

 Having a fun time...

 Getting her rose tattoo...

Finished at last...