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July 19, 2014

Cousins Visit

Last weekend Lea Ann Post along with Nina and Sara came to visit. Here are some pics.

It was warmer than it looks.

Kai coming out of the water

Kai attempts to walk on water

Kai serves up beer to the thirsty campfire goers.

Nora collects twigs for the fire.

Crystal and Lea Ann

One morning we had 1 bear and three cubs out fron. This is taken from the bedroom - the mother had already gone down to the lake but two cubs were still digging through the fireplace.

Swimming on Bass Lake

Nora has had enough.

July 13, 2014

Yesterday was the Spooner Rodeo Parade! We love going to it every year – in our opinion it is the perfect small town parade – we always leave it feeling red, white and blue. Good clean fun and dirty tootsie rolls picked up off the street!

Gearing up for the parade

Ellen and Art at the parade - not just grandparents - Super-Grandparents! (and great parents 🙂

Charlotte with a front row seat

Getting ready for the parade to start.

Since it was a Rodeo parade Nora wanted to look the part.

Julie at the parade

Evelyn peeks around a chair

The chocolate milk truck was a hit

Nora trailed along for a while hoping for milk but came away empty handed. Almost ruined her day.

Kai tried to give her his chocolate milk but rule number 1 is never take charity from your brother.

Charity from a cousin is OK though and Nina gave Nora a milk and all was right in the world. Bear in mind that nobody drank thier milk.

Kai did a great job of helping the littler folks collect sufficient tootsie rolls.

Kai and Nora

Julie and Charlotte

Another shot of Julie and Charlotte. Yee Haw!

July 13, 2014

Trip to Arlington

We recently took a trip to Arlington to visit family. Some pictures have been added to the website. Enjoy!

Kai at Bubba Gumps in MOA

Nora at Bubba Gumps

Kai and Nora trim the hedges at Grandma Wiemann's

Kai doing yard work

Nora takes a break to sprawl

Kai, Nora, Nina and Sara

Nora visits the spa

A morning at Grandma's isn't complete without a visit to the bakery.

The corn field out back of Grandma Wiemann's

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 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

August 1, 2013

Forts Folle Avoine Rendezvous

Last weekend was the annual Rendezvous at the Forts Folle Avoine just up the road from our house. As is now traditional the Post family joined us for what turned out to be a few days of fun (and record breaking cold temperatures).

Jacobs and Posts

Entering the now traditional Forts Folle Avoine Rendezvous weekend

Nora poses with a beaver pelt

Nora and Mom eating fried prarie dogs

(fry bread hot dogs)

Nora with her new hat

Finding beads in the sand pile and then trading with a local

Nora and Nina sifting for beads

Crystal and Lea Ann

Posts and Jacobs at the Pancake breakfast at Forts Folle Avoine

Granpa Art and Grandma Ellen outside the fort.

Grandparents and grandkids.

December 23, 2012

Christmas at the Posts

On a visit to Arlington we celebrated an early Christmas at Lea Ann and Steven Post’s. Also there was Annette Wiemann and Paul and Bev. Kai and Nora had a sleepover with Nina and Sara which they had been eagerly anticipating for a week. Enjoy the pictures.

Deer by the Lake

This chunky deer shows up periodically in front of our house.

Nora and her new sweater.

Nora wearing the sweater that Ellen knit for Ben when he was young. What you can't tell from the picture was that it was about 5 degrees with a brisk wind. I was freezing but Nora didn't seem bothered.

Nora and her band

Nora conducts her band through a few Christmas carols.

Christmas at the Posts

Kai, Nora, Nina and Sara enjoy their dinner.

Crystal and Annette

Getting ready for dinner.

Steven, Lea Ann, Bev and Paul

Opening presents

Nora and Grandma Annette

The kids by the tree

Kai, Nina, Nora and Sara in front of the tree.

An then the goofy picture

Flying, sreaming, super monkey

The big hit came from Bev's gift of flying slingshot monkeys. The house sounded like a jungle for the better part of an hour.

December 10, 2012

2012 Christmas at the Fort

Forts Folle Avoine, a local fur trade re-enactment attration, hosts a “Christmas at the Fort” event each year. This year we were luck to catch it while Lea Ann, Nina and Sara Post were visiting. Grandma and Grandpa Jacobs also came over for a visit. The weather was beautiful except for the no snow part. That came a day later.