Tuesday, August 26, 2008

BSU Fans!

What a busy couple of days we have had. Saturday and Sunday cooled down to 70 and 75 during the day. On Sunday we packed up the truck with our bikes and drove to Itasca State Park. We rode are bike about 5 miles that day and we able to see the museum, Indian burial grounds and we stopped at the Headwaters (the start of the Mississippi River). Anyways we had a blast! Even Ava had fun riding, you could tell by the way she fell asleep on the bike ride back to the truck.
Resting after a long day.
Braden crossing the Mississippi River.
Jason and Ava Braden again crossing the MR.
This is a photo of Ava and I with some of the BSU Beaver Hockey players. They even had a net where you could hit some pucks into with some of the players. Coach Gillies was there and we met some of the new players. He even asked them to help Braden shoot some pucks. Braden was to shy to play with the BIG guys. Braden was still to shy to get his photo taken, but mom was very excited. We enjoy going to the games as much as we can. Thank you to the bank for the free tickets! They have great seat also. It is fun to even have a in with the coach, Bert Gillies. Bert's daughter goes to daycare with the kids so we usually know what is going on with the team. We cant wait for the 08-09 season to start!
Go Beavers!

Monday, August 18, 2008

Grandpa Fox

Hello Everyone!
We had another fun weekend. On Friday we drove to Papa Doug's cabin and on Saturday Braden and I drove to Fargo to do some school shopping. We met up with an old co-worker for lunch and had a nice visit with Ben. Then we headed over to the mall to do some school shopping. We found some good deals and Braden was a very good shopper. We even stopped at the play area for a break.
Later that afternoon we met up with Jason, Ava and Doug. All of us headed over to Bob and Nora's house for their 50th Anniversary Party. We were able to meet up with some cousins that we have not seen in awhile. Grandma Hattie was even there!

On Sunday we stopped at Grandpa Fox's house for a small visit. It was short but nice to see him again. He has been busy in his garden. Ava and Grandpa Fox.
Braden and Grandpa Fox, it took me a long time to get a nice photo of the two of them. They were busy boxing.
Ava with her wagon and baby doll.
He is Braden pointed at the biggest fish at the cabin!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Swimming with Max!

Yesterday we went to the beach with Max and his mom Cori. We had a fun time swimming, looking for sea shells and having lunch. Here is Max, look at him smile!
Here is Ava and Braden looking for sea shells.
Max enjoying the nice warm water!
Here we are enjoying the water!
Look at the the shells we found in the water!

Dragon Boat Races! August 2nd.

On August 2nd the Dragon Boat Races came to Bemidji! First National Bank had a team call First Nautical Bank. This is the 3rd year the races have been in Bemidji and FNB has rowed in each year. Last year our team took 1st in the Bankers Cup. This year was my first year rowing and we did not win the Bankers Cup but we were close. We had lots of fun rowing and getting a little wet. We were on of the lucky teams that did not sink. Here are some of the teams rowing a cross the finish line.
Here is Lori and I after the first race.
Here is Ava and I.
This is a photo of some of the teams getting in there boats.
The is a photo of our camp site at the race.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Beltrami County Fair!

On Thursday we went to the Beltrami County Fair and had a BLAST! Braden loved the rides and Ava loved the kiddie barn. Here is Braden on the train ride.
Here is Braden on another ride.
This is a sheet that was in the kiddie barn. The kids loved to pet the animals.
Here is Braden way up on the top.
This is a colt that was born this spring, she was in the big barn with all of the other horses.
This is Boris III, his mother was the largest pig at the fair for many years and she passed away sadly after her last batch of piglets.
Braden went on this pony ride with his own money. When ever the kids have been getting money for their Birthday or whatever we have been putting it away in their savings accounts. But this summer we have been letting them spend it on thing that we would not purchase for them. Like this pony ride. Braden was very excited to use his own money.
Braden on a motorcycle ride!
Braden and Ava driving a boat! This was the only ride Ava would ride on and she liked it!
We all had a great time at the fair. We went many of the 4-H building and saw many cool things.