Lots of Running!

Fall is the season to run!!!  And we did!  The Surly Trail Loppet is one of my favorite races!  Such a fun event!  Also, the girls ran the Solomon Autumn Trail Series which is a 1 mile run on the trails of Highland Park and they ran the 1 mile Run for Apples as well!  I ran with Ruby and Maggie ran up ahead.  

First Day of School 2015

The was first day of school for BOTH girls!!  Maggie is in 2nd grade and Ruby is now a kindergartener!  The girls were very excited for the school year to start!  Maggie's class looped this year.  She was very happy to have her same teacher and see many of her same friends in her room again this year!  Ruby's kindergarten teacher is the same one that Maggie had.  She was excited to have a chance to have her as a teacher too!   It's nice to have both girls at the same place now, but I can't believe how fast those early years have gone for the girls!!  Amazing to think they are already both in school......where did the time go?

MN State Fair Trip 2015

Yes, we made it to the State Fair.  In a weak moment, Chuck decided to give Maggie an incentive to start behaving better at home and of all things, he decided that we would go to the State Fair if she held up her end of the deal.  And, Maggie did!  We went early on Sunday morning and left a little after noon when it got way too crowded to be enjoyable.  It had been years since Chuck and I were there and this was the girls first trip.  It was actually a fun morning.......not sure that we'll go again next year, but I'm glad we made the trip. 

Good Bye Summer! Sad to see you go!

Another great summer of fun!  We enjoyed many weekends at the cabin, spent some time at Gma and Gpa Demullings in the pool, went to Valley Fair, did our Duluth trip, and had a couple of fun bday parties.
I am so fortunate to be able to be home with the girls all summer!  I cherish the time as I know it goes by so fast!!  Summer time.......can't beat it!

Ruby's 5th Birthday!!

 Ruby had a really fun birthday party out at Grandma and Grandpa Mike and Alice's.  The kids had fun swimming, playing in the hot tub, picking apples off the tree, going for rides in the quad, and just hanging out!  Thank you so much Grandma and Grandpa for providing such a fun place to celebrate Ruby!!

This is such a cute picture of the sweet little neighborhood girls.  Ruby had a little party at the house one afternoon and we had a great time painting our nails in the salon (playhouse) and playing games outside.  It was a beautiful day! 

All of the cousins together!!!

It was great to get all of the Demulling cousins together at Toni's this summer!  Crazy how big they are all getting!! 

Our Summer Duluth Trip 2015

We had a great trip to Duluth this summer!  This year we invited Grandma and Grandpa Bill and Bernie to come along and we stayed at the Water's Edge Hotel.  The girls loved the hotel.  Inside were fun water slides, and outside was a nice pool and hot tub too!  Chuck and I were able to get away a bit and head to the All Pints North- the craft brewers festival going on right down by the lake.  It also happened to be my birthday.......it was a fantastic bday weekend!!  Thanks to Gma and Gpa for coming along and all of your help watching the girls!! More pics of the weekend in the picasa web album.