Mills Church Camping 2015

Another great weekend of fun! This year, we did not sleep out at camp - we set up our gazebo and picnic stuff/kitchen but went home to sleep...

Talking Chicken

Frankie has started making more interesting chicken sounds - nothing like the peeping they started with, much more like chickens (or geese) ...

Summer Bike Ride

It was a really nice day, so Natalie, Jamie and I went on a bike ride to McDonald's in Excelsior and back home along the regional trail....

Costco Snack

We have a habit or sort of a tradition to grab a snack at Costco when we are out and about and the timing is right. It's always worth a ...

First Day of School Part One

I enrolled Natalie and Jamie in a charter school that had them starting in August. It was supposed to be like homeschooling, but it didn'...

Meadow Park

We took the neighbor girls, Nora & Grace, friends of Natalie and Jamie, with us to Meadow Park where they played tag, hide & seek, e...

Shady Oak Beach

We went to Shady Oak Beach twice this summer - later in the day so we could get the discount. Natalie, Jamie and Gloria were the only ones w...

Lake Life Sendoff

Lauren and Katie got to go to the Lake Life Retreat for a second year in a row with the Mills Church Youth Group. These are a few shots from...

Cheesemaking

I bought a cheese-making kit last year but didn't get a chance to use it. It came up in conversation with a friend of mine so I invited ...

Lauren Driver's Permit

Lauren took driver's ed this spring through Safeway at Minnetonka High School. She really disliked her instructor but didn't have an...

The TARDIS

Lauren, Gloria and Natalie got to go to a 3D printing class at the Maple Grove library last month. They got to use Google Sketchup to creat...

Coon Rapids Dam

We were going to go to the Coon Rapids Dam earlier this week but it didn't work out on our schedule, so we rescheduled until today. It w...

Deephaven at Dusk

I'm not really sure why so many people are commenting that it's almost the end of summer when it's only the first week in August...

Bees and Flowers

~A couple favorite photos from a friend's garden: interesting pollinators and beautiful blooms.

Summer Serve at FMSC

We got to participate in another Food Packing Session at Feed My Starving Children. We have been here enough times to be able to get into a ...

Image Transfer Class

Lauren, Gloria, and Natalie got to take another really great class at one of the Hennepin County Libraries today. They learned how to do a ...

Miranda Camp 2015 - Natalie's 11th Birthday

A couple months ago when Natalie was making her birthday plans, she found out that her favorite YouTube star, Miranda Sings, would be in to...

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