Angel's Getting MARRIED!

We have had fun spoiling Angel before her wedding on Sept. 5th...

Bachelorette at Studio Soiree:

Jesse, Jane, Karen, Angel, Melina, Kristen, Meki, Kacie and Me

Enough Seen....

and The Wedding Shower:

Daxton, Clara, Bridger and Olivia the Giant. The babies are all within 5 days of eachother!
Me and all of my work peeps pitched in to get Angel this sweet BBQ!

We are SO excited for Angel and AJ...Only ONE more week!

Hobble Creek Half

I ran my 3rd Half Marathon of the summer Last weekend and it was a BLAST!

Angel, Me, Jackie and Meki

We all managed to run under our goal times! My time was 1:58:06 and my goal was to finish under 2 hours! Hooray. I really enjoy running....what a fun summer it has been :)

Short 8 Mile Hike

Kacie and I went on a sweet hike up to Red Pine Lake while our amazing husbands stayed home with the kids! It was SUCH a nice day and a great feeling to be out in the mountains and so we hiked to the top of one... literally! It was soo much fun we want to do one of these every week! Here are the pics

Red Pine Lake

Kacie and me

Minneapolis Extravamaganza!

I had the opportunity to fly out to Minneapolis, Minnesota to visit my BFF/Cousin Debra and her husband Ryan for a few days this month! I had such a blast with them and loved, loved, loved Minneapolis! Thanks Deb-again, for entertaining me for the weekend and letting me stay! Over the weekend we had so much fun! It started with us running the Gopher to Badger Half Marathon together. Besides the two mile asthma attack and the downpour at the start...it was amazing! We got to run along side the St. Croix river and the last two or so miles we ran over the river and ended in Hudson, WI. MAN, was it BEAUTIFUL. I decided while there that I am completely GREEN DEPRIVED!!! I am IN LOVE with all of the rivers, bridges, planter boxes, green, green, green! What a cool City~

Deb's Man Ryan ran the race "with" us...but finished 20 minutes before us! Deb stayed with me through the race, it was fun to have a running budy to race with!

Calhoun Lake

Kayaking on the lake was HEAVEN. I'd be out there every single day if I lived there.

deb n me

So Beautiful!

awe.

This is no joke, folks! Fried Cheese...

:)

The "beach" at Calhoun Lake

Cool Sculpture Downtown

serious art.

I loved these walls...

An old Mill that burned down...they preserved the building and it's now a museum!

This is in the middle of the city!

Stone Arch Bridge

Sitting in ...

Downtown Minneapolis

I should've started digging!

On Stone Arch Bridge

Love it

I stopped by Greg Nelson's Gym and got Johnny a T!

The TWINS new stadium!

The IDS Tower Sweet staircase. The locals were looking up in the sky like "what in the world is she taking a picture of?" haha
On top of the Foshay Tower

Minneapolis

I couldn't help it!

The Foshay- a W Hotel

The Only Pic from the Mall of America! HAha

Not only did we do all this awesome stuff that you see but I also got to sleep in until 1130 one day, see two movies, and eat out at several great restaurants with no kids!!! What a relaxing and fun weekend!

Home:

Olivia's Souvineirs...she thought it was her birthday, she kept saying "my birthday, my birthday!"

Glad to be home but miss Deb like CRAZY!!! I also miss the vacation! :)