Erin's Big Day

Here are just a few of my faves from her big day!

Another new adventure

As if I didn't already have enough on my plate..... I'm going to be a student again. Tomorrow will be my first day as a student at Mankato, and I will officially be a Maverick. I will be obtaining my teaching license and a masters degree as well.

Wish me luck! Its been a looooooooong time since I was a student!

Twelve Weeks

12 weeks ago today.... I was blissfully unaware of what my future held for me..

9 weeks ago.... I took a pregnancy test.

6 weeks ago.... Jason and I got to see a picture of our tiny little peanut and see it's heart beat flash on the screen.

2 weeks ago, Jason and I heard the sweet sweet sound of 'whoosh whoosh whoosh' marching to the tune of a 160 beats per minute.

Thats right! Today, I'm 12 weeks pregnant!

Jason and I are expecting our first child, my estimated due date is February 13th, and we couldn't be more excited.

We have decided that we are not going to find out the gender of our baby, and we aren't going to share the names we've picked out, so you will all have to wait for this little one to come out and be just as surprised as us!!!

Ginger's First Camping Trip

This past weekend we took Ginger on her very first camping trip. We ventured to Minneopa State Park, near Mankato. When we first arrived, we were expecting some rain. Luckily, it did not rain at all on Friday night...

Here is Ginger hanging in front of the tent.

On Saturday morning, I woke up around 6 a.m. (yes, I'm getting old) and took Ginger for a 'pee walk'. I also ventured to the restrooms... which were 'vault' style. This basically means that the bathroom is one huge porta potty. There were three stalls but they all pretty much share the same pit. Needless to say, the bathroom did not smell nice at all. The worst part was that the showers were also housed in the same building as the toilets. When you showered, you had to hold your breath. Icky. There were a lot of spiders too. I may have had to kill one in the shower. It was HUGE. 

After the 6 a.m. potty break, Ginger and I crawled back into the tent and not soon after did it start raining. After hanging out for a few more hours, Jason decided to brave the weather.. he put on all his rain gear and made us breakfast on the camp stove under the umbrella. It rained for quite a while, so I did a lot of reading in the tent.

It dried up a bit around lunch time, so we made a super healthy lunch of Cheeseburger Hamburger Helper. Nutritious. Then we head out for a 3 mile hike.

Here are a couple shots of Ginger on the hike.

More hiking

Saturday night was uneventful, we sat by the campfire and made s'mores. Sunday we decided to go check out the waterfall. Minneopa means 'Twin Falls'.

We couldn't let Ginger drink from the river due to high levels of fecal matter. Yummy :)

I think Ginger loved it!

Naughty

Scaling the shower curtain

and sitting on jewelry!

Green Thumb

Let's hope I have one...

Kale
Radish
Onion
Pink Hydrangea!
Dead Nettle? I have no idea what this is but the dude at the nursery told me it would grow in the shade!

I hope to have plenty of peppers, tomatoes, herbs, carrots, beans and lettuce as well!

Cabo San Lucas