Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007

On Sunday, we met Todd's mom & step-dad in North Branch for lunch to celebrate her birthday (9/17) and their anniversary (9/18). We had a good lunch at Perkins and did a little shopping at the Tanger Outlet Mall before we headed back home and they went back to Duluth. :)

Quadruple Birthday Party!!

We had a birthday party on Saturday for one niece and three nephews. Nicholas (6 on Sept. 18th), Brenden (5 on Aug. 19th), Tiffany (17 on Sept. 20th) and Tyler (1 on Sept. 3rd).

Tyler having fun with the balloons.

The sports themed pinata.....

......was a big hit! :)

There was LOTS of candy for everyone! Justin, JD, Brenden, Evan & Nicholas.

Brenden picked out the "Golf" birthday cake. Everybody had their own number candles on the cake.

Tyler found the cake very interesting.
(Evan, Sonja, Tyler, Brenden & Nicholas)

Mmmmmmmm...........the green frosting is good! :)

Tyler enjoying his cake. :)

The Depot Train Museum -- Duluth, MN

We had Evan this weekend when we went up to Duluth to see Todd's Grandma Vi, so we decided to take him to The Depot to look at all of the trains.

The trains were VERY BIG. :)

Uncle Todd & Evan in a caboose.

(Aunt) Nana & Evan in an engine.

Evan loved watching the big model trains they had set up in The Depot. He would wait for a train to come by and then run over to the set of stairs on the other end to see it again. Then he would see one coming the other way and run back to these stairs to watch it coming again. He must have had a good time, 'cause he slept all the way home from Duluth. We wore him out real good. :)

Our 1st Anniversary~~May 6, 2007

This one got out of order because I was having a lot of trouble editing & posting it and had to delete it and start over. :)


We went back to the Grand Superior Lodge just north of Two Harbors, MN for our 1st Anniversary. We stayed just a couple of nights in the same Honeymoon Suite that we were in for our honeymoon. We brought our cake top that was frozen in our freezer for a year. I think I unwrapped it from it's plastic wrap & tin foil for about 10 minutes. It was still very tasty & moist. Karen Halberg sure makes a good cake! We also brought some sparkling apple cider and our wedding glasses.

And of course, we brought presents. :)

It was a beautiful day when when we arrived. We were able to eat our cake & drink our sparkling cider on the balcony and enjoy the view of the lake. :)

Todd had been talking about wanting to go to Tom's Logging Camp because he remembered having a lot of fun there as a kid. It was a cool cloudy day and while we were there it started raining, too. But it wasn't very busy so that was nice.

Does Todd make a good lumberjack?

THERE'S A LEGEND WE'VE BEEN TOLD

OF INDIAN MAIDS & BUCKS QUITE BOLD

TO HOLD AN ANTLER O'ER HER HEAD

AND STEAL A KISS, IT HAS BEEN SAID

WILL MAKE ONE'S ARDOR TRULY WARM

A LOVE TO WEATHER ANY STORM.

SO HONEYMOONERS DO NOT DALLY

BE SURE TO KISS IN ANTLER ALLEY!

Todd wanted to make sure he got his picture with the two white horses out front. :)

Sonja with the horse & wagon in front of the store.

Of course the next day (the day we left) dawned bright and beautiful once again. We think we have started a tradition. ;) We did have a wonderful time on our 1st anniversary get-a-way.