Since I have about a month's worth of blog content, I had to just sum up the post title with "fall stuff."
Clara had a walk-a-thon to raise money for her school back in September. I came and walked with her a bit. It was a beautiful day for it.
We celebrated Kevin's birthday a bit early ahead of the guys' grouse hunting trip up north.
Lake Park was having its annual Pumpkin Days which included food, parade, car show, games and more. So, Dana brought his truck and I brought the Camaro for the car show and we took in all the other festivities as well.
I was waiting for the car show prize announcements to start....not so patiently waiting. Haha. I was getting too warm!
After a rest post-parade, we took the t-tops off the Camaro and met Mom and Dad and Clara for Pizza Ranch in Detroit Lakes. It was so fun to have the t-tops off and ride just Dana and me.
Grandma Holly came to stay while the guys were gone hunting. She and Clara made brownies, a denim bag out of an old pair of jeans and went shopping.
I just know Clara thought she looked like Carmen Sandiego in this pic. Haha. She's been into watching the show lately.
Pics Dana took of their trip...
Clara had Friday off of school and I took a day of PTO so it was a Clara/Tara Road Trip down to visit auntie Shelly and uncle Lester in South Dakota.
Of course we had to hit up Wal-Mart: Shelly's all-time favorite shopping spot. We found a deal on some Cheerios. LOL.
We had so much fun visiting, playing cards and with Clara and Shelly's monkeys.
We made a stop at Buzzn. It was as delicious as ever.
We got excited when Clara and I discovered this thawing on the counter on Saturday morning. :-D
We had so much fun visiting, playing cards and with Clara and Shelly's monkeys.
We got excited when Clara and I discovered this thawing on the counter on Saturday morning. :-D
Clara was supposed to be helping with chimis, but was distracted watching Lester's show. Haha.
We got back late Saturday night and on Sunday Clara was off to her friend's house for a sleepover since they had Monday off of school as well. Shelly had given Clara this piggy bag. It reminded me of Grandma Darlene.
Clara's school book fair is held during conferences. We had a good visit with and report from Clara's teacher. I had to include this worksheet Clara filled out; it was so cute.
I got such a kick out of how similar style Tessa's and my dresses were. She looked amazing!
I definitely was not on top of my fry game as I burnt myself a total of three times.
Book fair time!
Clara's school book fair is held during conferences. We had a good visit with and report from Clara's teacher. I had to include this worksheet Clara filled out; it was so cute.
Tessa and Chad invited us to attend the Farm Bureau Gala last Friday night. So, we got all dressed up and took the Camaro out. Brynn did my hair for me.
The Front Fenders played which was fun and we got to dance a little.
Dana played cowbell for one song. Haha. He did great.
Trying to make sure we get a picture with our eyes open and smiling enough. Ha.
I had such a handsome date!
We had been wanting to visit Bear Creek Winery for a long time as it is on one of our side-by-side routes when we go out and it always looks so inviting. However the timing had never worked out for when they were open. So, this time we made a point to get there before they were closing.
We thought about seeing a comedy show afterward, but instead watched the new Beetlejuice movie at home. It was good and I managed to stay awake for the whole thing!
On Saturday, Tia, Tessa and I went on about a two-mile hike in Maplewood State Park. Thankfully we were able to get a lift from a passerby vehicle as we were running out of time with no quick way back to my car.
After I got back, Dana and I got ready for a date night that we had planned. Clara was at Grandpa and Grandma Froemmings' for the weekend, so we thought we'd make the most of it.
We had been wanting to visit Bear Creek Winery for a long time as it is on one of our side-by-side routes when we go out and it always looks so inviting. However the timing had never worked out for when they were open. So, this time we made a point to get there before they were closing.
We took a quick ride over in the side-by-side.
It was so much fun there and so pretty. We didn't have enough time to do so, but you can walk around this pond and even sit down by there, play games, etc. We definitely want to go back again.
They have both indoor and outdoor seating below on the main level and up on the upper level as well. We opted for upstairs outdoor balcony. We each tried a wine flight and ordered a cheese plate. The weather was perfect.
All the wine and food was so good.
After Bear Creek we weren't very hungry for dinner yet so we stopped at 701 Eatery for a drink and ended up sitting by the fire for a long time. Thanks to the Bison/Jacks game, we were the only ones up on the deck/patio area.
When we were finally hungry for dinner we ended up at Rhombus Guys. Always good!
We thought about seeing a comedy show afterward, but instead watched the new Beetlejuice movie at home. It was good and I managed to stay awake for the whole thing!
We're looking forward to Halloween! We still have to make our trip out to the pumpkin patch, carve the pumpkins and take our Halloween preview pics! 😀
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