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September is one of the most beautiful months in Minnesota! We enjoyed a BBQ at Kristen’s house. High school homecoming parade with friends. Yummy meals Making a for the football game At the game! The boys learned a lot about football that you can’t really notice on TV. Jeremy was called to be the 2nd… Continue reading Homecoming and other September highlights

We met up with the Gabrielsons on a September Sunday afternoon to pick apples and enjoy the gorgeous countryside!!  We wanted to continue our family tradition of picking apples, but didn’t want to drive far to do it. Luckily, we found Cedar Grove orchard within 20 minutes of our home. I’m not sure how we… Continue reading Apples to Apples

The BIG DAY finally arrived on Sept 5, 2017!  I took pictures of their shoes, just to be a little different from the traditional first-day-of-school pics. The more I look at these shots, the more I realize how the boys’ shoes really tell a lot about them and how they felt on their first day… Continue reading Back to School

Here is a typical conversation we have with friends when they find out that we host our basement bedroom and bathroom to guests on Air B&B: Curious Person: Wow, so you let strangers come into your home? What’s that like? Aren’t you worried for your safety? SarahLynn: Actually, we aren’t worried that much. We get… Continue reading Air B&B Hosts, Q&A

Here’s a journal of pictures from Aug 15 – Aug 31. Jeremy was on a family history binge for a couple weeks. He found some really neat information with the help of a friend.  We went camping by the Mississippi River with Riley and Kristen. We had a ton of fun.  The boys ran around… Continue reading August Photo Journal

We went to Colorado from Aug 4-12. It was a really great trip! We took the 13 hour drive by starting on a Friday late afternoon. We stopped in Nebraska for the night and then continued driving Saturday and got there in time for dinner. On the way home, we left on a Saturday morning… Continue reading A Week in Colorado

We had a great time enjoying the summer in July. Here’s a barrage of photos to prove it! Playing with Tanner’s circuit experiments. Morning cuddles. Dallin always comes into our room in the morning to cuddle. Tanner comes in, too, about half the time. I love it! If they get wiggly and talkative, we send… Continue reading July Photo Journal

I created a list of items for the boys to scavenge around for and told them to take pictures of each thing with their camera. It kept them busy for about an hour! As an added challenge, I wrote words on the long list WITHOUT drawings so that they had to read everything! Items included… Continue reading Scavenger hunt and Camping trip

We had a really fun 4th of July, staying home and keeping things simple this year! I love this holiday. After Tanner’s birthday and after the grandparents left, Tanner started exploring some of his gifts. This is a cool circuit board builder set. I got a good shot of Jeremy’s beard while he helped Tanner… Continue reading Stars & Stripes and All Things Nice