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August 24, 2013

Arlington and the Sibley County Fair

Now that we’ve been back from vacation for a while the process of sorting though vacation pictures begins. There is less of a backlog this year than in the past but still – these pictures from the Sibley County Fair in Arlington Minnesota are from August 1.

Kai and Nora both insisted on wearing their Packer Jerseys into Viking country. It is strange because they also have Viking jerseys. I guess they just like to stir the pot.

At the Sibley County Fair

Kai and Nora with a big, big tractor.

Cousins Nina and Sara

Having their rabbits judged.

Watching the rabbit show

Except Crystal and Kai. They were playing Angry Birds.

Family meal at the Arlington Haus.

Nora and Uncle Paul

Kai, Nora, Nina and Sara

posing with Charlie Brown

Crystal and Annette

Now they both have iPads.

With rabbits at the fair

Kai and Nora in the horse barn

Kai and Nora with Nina and Sara

With a baby Llama at the kid's barn.

August 9, 2013

Keeping Grandma Out of Jail

Earlier this summer Grandma Annette received a notice from the Arlington Police Department regarding her rampant shrubbery that was overhanging the curb and causing a general hazard to public order. The penalty for not controlling one’s shrubbery by August 1? Up to 90 days in jail! Here are some images from her children coming to the rescue the evening of July 31.

Trimming the Juniper

You can clearly see the illegal overhang here

Paul and Lea Ann worked hard

Other simply sat and wondered what sort of scofflaw won't keep their shrubbery in check.

August 7, 2013

AGI Reunion

Last weekend was the Arlington-Green Isle reunion with some of Crystal’s childhood friends. Here are a few pictures from the event.

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Kai playing football.

It was late so he was already in his pajamas.

The AGI reunion crew

Nora tries her hand at football

August 3, 2013

Home Addition

The home addition is coming along nicely. For those that are interested here are some pictures of progress made so far (and a few other bonus pics).

Kai reads

to a young visitor we had. Both Kai and Nora did a great job digging out their safest toys for a toddler to play with.

Panorama of the new addition

From the back end of the house almost standing in the wetlands.

Panorama of the new addition

a better view of what has been added.

Panorama of the new addition

From the south east corner

Panorama of the new addition

fromt he front with my back to the lake.

Panorama of the new bedroom

Now with all 3 skylights in and the fireplace framed.

Nora with her new hat

She spent her allowance on a faux-squirrel hat complete with tail and has pretty much worn it everywhere since.

Kai rockin in the back seat.

An artsy shot through the skylight.

August 1, 2013August 1, 2013

Post-Wiemann-Jacobs Visit

Here are a few more pictures from the Post-Wiemann-Jacobs visit last weekend. We had a full house with Lea Ann, Nina, Sara, Paul, Bev as well as Grandma Annette and Grandma Ellen and Grandpa Art. The cold weather didn’t keep the kids from having a squirt gun fight outside.

Uncle Paul and Kai during a game of blongo ball.

Nora, Nina and Uncle Paul horsing around.

Grandpa Art and the kids cook hot dogs in the rain.

Grandma Wiemann, Kai and Nora

Grandma Wiemann, Nina, Sara, Kai and Nora

Grandma Wiemann, Nina and Sara

Paul, Bev and the Whole crew

Paul, Bev, Nina and Sara

July 26, 2013

Double Rainbow!

Lea Ann, Nina and Sara Post came to visit. The weather was on the cool side but was perfect for a campfire and, after a gentle sprinkle of rain, there was a double rainbow behind the house.

Crystal and Lea Ann

talking down by the campfire

Nora roasts a hot dog

Nora, Sara, Kai and Nina cooking dinner

Campfires are hot

Nora enjoying cooking on the campfire

Sara enjoys her hotdog

Kai with his hot dog

On to marshmallows

Many were lost in the fire

Like this one

Later a brief rainstorm came through and then RAINBOWS!

Double Rainbow!

in the wetlands behind the house. It is hard to see but there are two deer by Pam and Lois's pole barn under the middle of the rainbow.

A better view of the double rainbow

What is at the end of the rainbow?

Turns out it is a matador red Bennington 20SL pontoon!

Another shot of the boat with rainbow

Panorama with pontoon and rainbow

Kai practiced his camoflage skills on Nora

Adjusting her camo

Yeah!

July 24, 2013

Random Summer Pics

Here are a few random vacation pictures from the trip so far…

Nora at the eye doctor

Trying to decide if the disposable sunglasses are her look.

Planting Basil

Climbing into the addition.

We now have 1/2 a flight of stairs but before it was all ladder to get up there.

Nora took this picture of the addition.

Nora's new build-a-bear

A pony, actually.

Breakfast at the posts

Having breakfast after a sleep over with cousins.

On the way to spooner

She sat with this expression much of the way there.

It is hard to take a picture of a soaring eagle with an iphone

But I tried.

Sunset over Bass Lake.

In floor heat

The in floor heat was install and the next day they came to pour the floor.

July 23, 2013

Duluth Huskies vs. Thunder Bay Border Cats

Last weekend we took in a Duluth Huskies game at historic Wade Stadium in Duluth. It was a hoot and Kai and Nora’s first introduction to baseball. Kai caught on to the whole strikes and balls thing but for both the highlight was the concession stands.

At the Duluth Huskies game

Nora settled for carmel corn. Both Kai and Nora were stoked for Cracker Jacks and were slightly disappointed they were not available.

Posing with Harvey D. Huskey.

The between innings entertainment

were the Zooper Stars. Here Harry Canary and Bear Bonds engage in hijinks.

The game went on for well over 3 hours

But Kai handled it well and enjoyed it.

Kai with his new shirt.

Snacks!

By far the defining aspect of baseball games for the kids.

Kai peel open a tub of cotton candy

Kai keeps his distance from the roaming Zooper Star.

Nora went up to check him out

She reported back that after an up-close inspection she was almost certain there was a person inside.

T-shirt signing

After the game the team lined up for autographs. Kai had bought a dark shirt so instead he put his favorite Udhailiyah shirt back on to get it signed.

They were beyond excited to get signatures from the whole team.

Posing with their signed shirts.

They are nervous about washing them and plan to write on a sample cloth with sharpie first to make sure the signatures won't come out.

A day on and Kai is still wearing the shirt

He's started wearing it backwards so he can see the signatures.

Nora making her scarry face. It makes me think "OZZY OZZY OZZY"

Note that she too is still wearing her Huskies shirt.

July 18, 2013

Summer Science

It is the summer of science! Nora spent a good chunk of her allowance this year on science kits. So far we’ve done kitchen science, clean water science and we’ve been keeping a weather log since we arrived. Pretty cool stuff!

Water Filter

Kai and Nora pose with their 4-stage water filter kit. On the left is mud, sand and oil (extra-virgin). On the right is the filtered water. Still has some silt but oil was completely removed.

Nora the scientist

Hypothesizing.

Weekend nap

Crystal takes a weekend nap. Weekday naps are impossible on account of the construction.

Kai the scientist

Nora with her equipment

Here she is with her weather station and her solar water heater. We didn't get the heater going until later in the day so we didn't hit the 104F that we need to consider it a success.

With the terrarium

We have some of Grandma Ellen's spider plantlings in a home made terrarium.

Goofy

Kai shows off his hard pretzel discus form.

July 15, 2013

The Spooner Rodeo Parade – 2013

Last Saturday we saw the Spooner Rodeo Parade with Grandma Ellen and Grandpa Art. As always it was a hoot and we even saw Uncle Jerry Miller driving a truck in the parade though we weren’t able to get his attention. There were multiple marching bands, fire trucks, and even a vintage Sherman tank and, as always, plenty of candy thrown from the floats for the kids to scramble for. Kai and Nora came away with quite a haul.