Fall Color

It’s a beautiful time of year in the Midwest.  The leaves are changing color.  The evenings are crisp and cool.  We need to enjoy it while it lasts because winter is just around the corner. Here’s a slice of Northern Minnesota from the past week.

Bright Orange
Birch Bark And Maple Leaves
Yellow Maple
Ornamental Grass
More Grass
Acorn
Painted Turtle
BFF’s
Silly BFF’s
And They All Fall Down
Daphne
Brown-Eyed Girl
Harvest Time
Grapes Are Ready For Picking
Big Waves On Lake Superior
Rough Seas
Making A Splash
Evening Sky
Sliver Moon

Thirteen

Happy Birthday Sebastian!  Here are thirteen words to describe you as you enter your teenage years.

  1. Smart
  2. Funny
  3. Athletic
  4. Musical
  5. Mathematical
  6. Practical
  7. Genuine
  8. Kind
  9. Thoughtful
  10. Caring
  11. Understanding
  12. Observant
  13. Wonderful

We hope you enjoyed your birthday spent with family and also had a good time with your friends during your party.

THE BIRTHDAY

Annual Birthday Banner Photo
Breakfast Bacon
Birthday Board
Opening Presents

THE PARTY

Party Agenda
Friends
Birthday Cookie
Time To Blow Out The Candle

Although most of your actual birthday was spent at school, we hope your evening was worth the wait.  Your grandparents surprised you by driving up to celebrate.  We ate one of your favorite dinners – tacos.  We had birthday cake – yellow cake with dark chocolate frosting. We opened presents and enjoyed time as a family.

After school the next day you had a party with friends.  Some laser tag, mini golf and other games at Adventure Zone, pizza, Iron Man 3 movie and a sleepover.  Pancakes and bacon for breakfast.  What could be better?

Happy 13th Birthday!

~Mom, Dad & Sophia

xoxoxo

Port City

I brought my camera with me to work on Friday in the hopes of stopping by Bayfront Park at some point to see the hot air balloons at the Balloon Festival.  Due to weather conditions and a crazy work day, I never had the chance to see the balloons or even make it away from my desk.  I did stop by Canal Park on my way into work to take pictures of a ship sitting out in Lake Superior.  There was wonderful morning sunlight on the ship as I was making my way to Canal Park, but by the time I got there, the gray skies took over.

Gray Morning
Over The Edge
Ship View
Bird’s Eye View
Light The Way
Lighthouse

As I was leaving my office much later that day, the dark clouds of the morning were overtaken by bright sunlight.  This ship was just going out of the harbor as I was headed home for the day.

Break In The Clouds
Under The Bridge

The beautiful sunshine stayed for most of the weekend as we ushered in fall.  I can’t wait to get out and capture some of the autumn colors in the coming weeks.