Her Easter dress and Grandma M's blanket, her 2 favorite things.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Boundary Waters '08
Jim and I just got back from a trip with some friends to the boundary waters (between Minnesota and Canada). Lots of canoeing, camping, and mosquitoes. The weather was very schitzophrenic, with 10 mintues of rain, then sunshine, then cloudy and cold, then rain again. But the weather never really ruined any of the fun, thankfully. And the thunderstorms at night were fun to listen to from the safety of the tents!
These turtles are about the extent of the wildlife that we saw. There was also a friendly beaver that lived near our campsite who we saw several times. And we heard some loons and eagles. No bears or moose, though, for better or worse.
Michelle and John getting ready to portage their canoe. None of the portages were too long, thankfully. Some were slippery and tricky, though. Jim and John did great carrying the canoes and Michelle carried all the heavy packs. They were all very protective of me in my "condition", haha, and I got away with mostly just carrying day packs and paddles.
Jim's steering away!
Self-portrait
John and Michelle navigating some rapids.
Bye-bye canoes! Not really, we had them anchored to our bodies while we stopped on a rock in the middle of the lake for lunch.
This is the only thing we caught all weekend. It didn't make for very good eatin'.
Here's my failed attempt at making english muffins. The dough didn't work out quite right.
But the dough did make tasty pancakes!
And last, my sad little feet after we got home, all calomined up. I have mosquito bites in places I never realized possible. But it was well worth it.
Disaster Area
At one point last week, I was cooking for a potluck, making Jim's birthday dinner and dessert, and prepping all the food for a boundary waters trip for 4 people. Here's the resulting mess in my kitchen.
Happy Birthday Jim!
Jim's birthday was a few weeks ago. Instead of a cake, he asked for chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches. Yum!
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