Squeezing out the Summer!

I love summer. But i don't hate the fact its basically over. I had a great day at work today. Its nice to have Jodie back! Her little girl, McKenzie looks like she is all grown up over the summer. She is just a little under a year younger than Hayden. She is beautiful! We still have one more quick trip to Cragun's and next weekend Hayden and I are going to Osceola with my parents and Renaissance festival. It will be a good way to wrap up the first work week!

We had lots of fun at the State Fair and Craguns! I can't remember if i blogged the fair?? Oops! But anyway! We met up with Lisa and Nick, Jessica too! They led us to the Dairy bar, yum yum! Real ice cream, malts, can't ask for better. And they introduced us to the "French Fry!" Really good ones! Hayden and Jessica of course got matching chicken tattoos! What trip to the fair would be without! We looked at some fish and walked around before parting with them. We hung out with my family and did all the stuff we HAVE to do at the fair! Milk, check..Cookies, check...rides, check....games..check(Kasie won a Curious George for Hadyen!)...family Christmas ornament, check .......Turkey leg, check. WE did lots! I think we were there from like 9 until almost 6! A long day. Hayden even took a nap for us. We were going to go to Ikea, but took a wrong turn and looped around the cities, stupid 94! But oh well! We could of turned about but decided home sounded pretty good!

We of course had lots of fun down in the cities. Our hotel had a waterpark, nice size for Hayden, swimming was done! Lots of yummy food. Holy Cow, i just thought of something, we never went to Porky's!! What is the Moe family coming to? Should i be ashamed? or confused? We went to my FAVORITE place, the Farmer's Market in Mpls. If you've never been, its wonderful. Tons of people, tons of food, good coffee, and lots of variety!

We went to a play on Sunday night at the Old Log Theater in Excelsior. Hayden wasn't able to go with us, so my mom's good friend Tania watched him for us. Her son Trace came with us to the show. My god did i feel old! Trace is 13! I think he is still like 9 and his brother to me should be like 4, he's 9! But after a minute of screaming and caring on hayden quickly had a blast! Those boys have some cool toys! Her house is AMAZING! I want her to come and decorate my house. She does the most bold, incredible things, i would never think of anything like this. Her walls are the perfect colors of yellows, and reds. Bright and bold! I was in awe. She has a smaller bathroom(like us!) and she needed cabinet space and found this awesome cabinet at Ikea and i asked her about it, because it was perfect, and she said it was a cd rack! She was giving me crafting tips that included, window glue! Yeah right! All i thought about was "They make window glue?!?!?" Thanks again, Tania! Hayden had lots of fun and talked about you guys! He made sure i remembered John too! Every time i'd ask him he say John too!

Oh yeah the play was funny too! It was about family vacations. I was laughing because i think the playwright was in the car with us when writing this! Its canny, how similar to our trips it was!

Cragun's was the same, just the way we like it! Swimming, campfires, horse pulled trolleys, and grilling. Can't ask for better than that!

We hit up Paul Bunyan land too! Lots of fun, Hayden LOVES the rides! No fear!

We made it to Little Falls! Cutest little town in the world. It was Gilmore Girlish. A great bakery we hit up, twice.

A side trip to Charles Lindbergh's boyhood home. Hayden has no idea he was there, he slept the WHOLE time!

Got to love the Brainerd Lakes Area! Ahhh Summer!