Some Pics of Family

Colorado Road Trip

I have the day off and I was thinking I haven't put any pictures up of my roadtrip to Colorado. I went back in May...so it's a little bit late to post, but that's alright. If I remember, I'll have to bring my pictures this weekend to the anniversary party. It was a very quick vacation, but a lot of fun no less. We left Winona on a Monday morning and got to Laura's house by about 7:30 that night in Longmont Colorado. I drove the whole way out there. It took us about 13 hours. I didn't think that was bad going 950+ miles. Supper was waiting for us when we got to Laura's house. The next day we ventured to Denver. We went to the zoo and to the science museum to see the body works display. I hear that display is at the Science Museum in the cities too. It was pretty cool. The next day we went back to Denver and went to the Botanical Gardens and the Hard Rock Cafe and then shopping downtown Denver for a little while. That was a lot of fun too. Then, the next day we drove up into the mountains to Rocky Mountain National Park. It was absolutely gorgeous! Laura lives about half an hour from the Park, so we didn't have to drive far at all. We watched a couple movies and played a couple games of Monopoly. Laura has a 6 and a 4 year old brother, so we had fun entertaining them. On our trip back, we stopped in Lincoln, Nebraska at an International Licorice Store. It wasn't what I expected at all. They said they are more of an online store, so it wasn't all that interesting. It was about 99 degrees when we were there, so it was hot! It sure was nice to stop and get out of the car for a little bit though. We got back to Winona about 11:30 that night. I drove the whole way back home too. So...my vacation in a nutshell!

Bryce and Hildur's 60th Update

The weekend of Mom and Dad's 60th celebration is here. We think we have everything in place...The food is planned, the house and yard are all spiffed up... We have a rain plan (we can use the old church next to our house). Remember this is a casual picnic...Nothing to fancy.
We have confirmed RSVP for 86 people and I know we will have a few more who didn't RSVP but that's okay. Everyone is welcome!
Please bring your camera's so we can all share photos of this great event...Just think 60 years of putting up with each other...Through good times and bad...Is a long time. I have asked Scott Lunt to be the official photographer...He does a nice job and if anyone wants to have group pictures of you individual family, he is willing do that. Maybe we can talk him into making a movie we can as well.
Dale Goodyear will be taking some shots with the video camera and we are hoping to be able to share these as well as the digital pictures.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday.

New Fair Food?

I realize that the State Fair doesn't start for another two months, but is it ever too early to ponder what the new "food on a stick" for this year will be? I didn't think so either. I think last year it was the deep fried Snickers bar, and recently we had pork chops on a stick. What new gastrointestinal delight could await?

This morning while I was waiting for a file to load at work I read a blog to keep myself entertained. And this blog may have accidentally revealed what this year's new Fair food is. It's new to me, anyway. It's The Cream Pickle Pup. The what, you say? I'll say it again. The Cream Pickle Pup. Here's the theory. Take a giant dill pickle (available on a stick at the Fair for years) and somehow hollow it out. Then fill it with cream cheese. Dip it in batter and deep fry (obviously) that sucker.

When I first read about this, I thought ewwwww. But then the next line got me. She writes: "It improbably manages to combine the best elements of a jalapeno popper and a cake donut. Tart, salty, mellow, sweet, pillowy, cheesy, crunchy." Mmmmm. I might need to go to the Fair this year.

My Trike

My new trike generated a fair amount of interest on the camping trip. I had been trying to figure out a way to bring it along because it would have been a ton of fun for everybody to try out. But since I couldn't fit the trike, kids, dog and all our camping gear, you'll have to settle for some pictures after the fact.