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September so far...

About a week and a half ago, Brynn got her Invisalign sets. She will have these in lieu of braces. They were fairly painful at first, but it didn't take long before she became accustomed to them. She just removes them to eat and then has to either brush or rinse her mouth and the trays before putting them back in. She switches to a new set each Sunday.





I feel like this time of year, and all summer long really, all I hear are crickets chirping. So, I didn't think too much of it when I heard loud chirping in Clara's preschool room. But, lo and behold, the school-agers had rounded up some crickets and they were being housed in the preschool room for a bit. So, Clara had to show them to me.




Last Saturday I flew out to Vegas for an International Baking Industry Expo that we were exhibiting at. Holy bakery samples! It was so delish, every day. I had three cookies for lunch one day. Oops! There were at least two different gelato companies there; some booths were giving out pie slices, donuts, pasta, bread, etc. We served s'mores from our booth! They seemed to be a pretty big hit. We had a camp theme going which was pretty fun.


There were also cake decorating contests going on during the show, so we would stop and admire them on our way out each evening. Yes, that one on the very left was indeed starting to tip. We noticed they removed that top section and just set it down by the cake when we arrived the next morning. Duff Goldman and Buddy (Cake Boss) from The Food Network were there as well, though I didn't actually get to see them.

I think this one was for the United Soybean Board.

I sent the girls a few pics of these other fun cakes.


And I got to meet the Pillsbury Dough Boy!

Dana and I had stayed at the Flamingo when we were there in July and I wound up there again this time as well.

On my last night, a couple of my co-workers and I headed down to Fremont Street. Dana and I hadn't even really known about it when we were there and it wasn't until we came back that we realized from everyone we talked to that we missed out on that part of town. It was pretty fun since I love old school stuff. It was neat to see what it looked like back in the day. And I had to meet Elvis, of course. :-)






I came back home late Wednesday night.

There was a bit of a rain storm on my flight from Vegas to Minneapolis. It was pretty neat to watch the lightning in the clouds.

Friday night Dana suggested we go to the Angry Birds 2 movie. Clara had her wolf costume on and decided to attend the movie in costume with her Angry Birds backpack and stuffed Red.



We went to the older theater (the Safari) in Moorhead and it was just us and another dad and his daughter seeing that movie. We sat and ate snacks and sat some more and 20 minutes had gone by and the movie still hadn't started yet. Dana went to see what was going on and here they thought it was already playing! Gah! So, another 15 minutes goes by and the movie finally starts. It was super funny, though, so it was worth the wait!

Last year Amanda and I traveled down to the cities to see Bob Seger in concert. We found out he was coming to Fargo and got tickets to see him again this past Saturday. He was still great!



Comments

theweckerlys said…
Ahh, great post! Love all the Vegas pics. Those cakes are amazing. Hope Brynn is getting along well with her Invisalign!
Amanda Lamm said…
Bobby was amazing! Thank you for posting. Get after those Invisalign's girl! Also, sweet hfi family pic, are you wearing airwalks?! Your shoes immediately reminded me of your 'walks of FHS times . . . memories ; )

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