Busy, Busy!

Obviously I have not been doing a great job keeping my blog up to date. I can't believe it's been two months since I've written! We have been so busy here in Andersonland and to catch you up completely would take more time than I have to type and more time than you have to read. So, here is the condensed version of what's been going on around here.
In August we got to go home to Tennessee for a week. Jon had his first "field trip" back to Knoxville and  at first we talked about sending just Jareth with him but thanks to a man we all know as "papaw" we all got to go for a visit. It was really nice to have help with the kids for a week and of course it was wonderful to spend time with family and friends. The week after we got back we got to experience the Steele County Free Fair. "The Biggest Reunion in the State of the Union!" (Like I need a reminder that I'm in a Union state...) It's kind of a big deal around here. It seemed like everyone we met when we first moved up here mentioned that the fair was coming up. We had a blast and Jareth absolutely love it. He got to ride his first fair rides and pet his first llama while Jon and I were busy consuming way too much fried food! They had fried everything; snickers, cheese curds, pb and js, pickels, etc. And I love, love, love fried pickels! No shame here. The fair was pretty great.
Also, we decided to make a day trip to Duluth. It's about four hours north of Owatonna on Lake Superior. The lake was beautiful and it was freezing! There were people swimming in the water and it was some of the coldest I have ever felt. Jareth got in it a little too but I couldn't stand it. We also visited the Aerial bridgs, Enger Tower, and the Light house. After we had lunch the kids fell asleep in the car so Jon stayed with them while I went walking around. While I was doing a little shopping he texted me that he got us a room for the night. It was super sweet. We ate at a couple of really good places. Grandma's Saloon and Grill had awesome sandwhiches and Vitta's pizza was delicious. Duluth is really nice. I recommend going there for a long weekend.
September has been really fruitfull as well. Jeremy came to vist for a long weekend. We went to the park and showed him around Owatonna a little bit. Then on Saturday we went to Minneapolis. We walked around Lyn-Lake and had lunch at a little Greek place and we watched the UT game at the Marriot where we stayed the night. We had an amazing brunch at Hell's Kitchen. Seriously, it was amazing! Go there! Eat the peanut butter and try the lemon ricotta pancakes. I wish I had brought a jar of pb home with me. It was really nice to have some family up here with us for a weekend. We miss our family and friends back home.
So, the condensed version is getting a little long but I did want to mention that I'm meeting more and more people here. We've made friends with another Fed couple who have two little girls that are Jareth and Laney's ages. They are super sweet and we get along great with them. Also, I joined MOPS and put Jareth in an ECFE class on Wednesday mornings. But I will have to write more on that later....the kids are waking up!