Krupps come to visit

Over the weekend the Krupp family came to visit and cook out with us. Dillon and Cassidy got to play togeather, not that at age one the two of them knew what to do. But they enjoyed pushing each other up and down the drive way in the dump truck that I had bought that morning for $1.00 at a rummage.

Baker Family Vacation

Our first annual Baker Family summer vacation was very nice. We had great weather and lots of fun. We saw lots of deer and even a bear or two.

The first weekend Jake, Melissa and Dustin came to spend the Fourth of July with us. They went tubing with Chris while Dillon and I stayed safe on the beach! We did not get to see any fireworks this year, maybe next year. Jake and Melissa stayed until Sunday and then they had to head back home. Dustin on the other hand was having to much fun swimming and four wheeling that he decided to stay. A decision that he would later regret toward the end of the week.

On Monday we decided to see a water fall. We went to Amnicon State Park to see the water falls there. It was so nice, we were able to swim and walk in the water. Kurt and Dustin went into the water falls and Dustin lost his glasses. Don’t ask! Dillon loved to be able to walk and splash in the water. The water was super warm. We were only able to spend a few hours there, since Dillon was getting tired and needed a nap.

On Tuesday Kurt went Muskie fishing with Chris and Dillon, Dustin and I went to Duluth. We went to the fish aquarium which turned out to be not worth the money we spent to go. The man at the counter told us it would take an hour to an hour and a half to get through; I think it took us about 20 minutes. So then we decided to find the zoo. Which was better and cheaper than the aquarium. We spent the rest of the day walking through the zoo looking at the animals.

The rest of the week Dustin and Kurt went fishing while Dillon and I hung out. We went swimming and Dillon loved it at the beach and playing in the water. But like I said before by Thursday Dustin was ready to go. He was pretty bored of me and Kurt and with no other kids besides Dillon to hang with, who could blame him. We tried to make the best of it for him. We had fires at night and cooked fish they had caught during the day. In the mornings he would take the four wheeler to the Delta Diner and get an iced coffee, that he liked.

We headed home on Saturday what a long ride. We made a stop in a Joan’s for lunch and Mmmm, Mmmm that was good. Sat there for a about two hours and we were back on the road to head home.

Dustin has told us that he would like to come again next year, but he will have his license by then and he will drive himself. That way when he is ready to go home he will be able to go. We were happy to have him this year, I hope I he was happy to be with us.

Calhoun Road Construction

Well like I said before the road construction in front of the house has started and here are some of the pictures from the last few weeks. Here are pictures from the 10th of this month they had just started with some of the utility work this week:

This picture is looking at the front of our house:



This picture is taken from our side lot of the trees that are were taken:


These are trees that Joe our neighbor planted in his front yard:


These pictures are from the week of the 17th. They have started to take down some of the trees.

This the front of the house four trees gone:



Joe's trees are gone.

These pictures are from the 27th. They have started grating the road, WHAT A MESS! They started this on Friday the 27th at like 3:00 pm. It made it impossible to get in our drive way and then it started to rain. Like I said WHAT A MESS.

Here is the big ole hole that was left behind and not filled in where our tree and tulips used to be.

This piece of machinery had been sitting in the same place for DAYS and no one has closed the door on it since is has been parked here. I do not think the driver is going to be happy when he comes back and it all wet in side!