More Garden Progress

We continue to marvel at the garden and visit almost every day to take note of the beginnings of our vegetables and fruits. It is so excitin...

Last Day of Taylors Falls Vacation 2014

The girls were fairly disappointed in the fact that they could not swim in the River at Interstate Park, including the campground. However, ...

Notes from Tent Camping

Tent camping as a family was basically pretty good. There was always the issue of whether it would rain, and each day people were trying to...

Interstate Park

Even though today was the day we were going home, we still had lots of activities planned. We started with a hike at Interstate Park. It got...

Wild Mountain–Taylors Falls Vacation 2014

We went to Wild Mountain three days in a row while on this vacation. We had multiple opportunities to swim, ride water slides & the alpi...

St. Croix River Paddle

One of the most anticipated events of this vacation was the canoe/kayak trip down the river. It was part of our adventure package and really...

Wild River State Park

We drove up to Wild River State Park to go hiking and to be able to check out the campground and the river. There was a path out to the Neve...

Taylors Falls Camping Trip Day 1

After a successful family camping trip last year with church, I thought this year would be a perfect time to strike out on our own for a fam...

Growing Painted Ladies

Jamie was particularly interested in all the butterflies and moths we found in the yard and elsewhere this Spring, so I ordered her a butter...