Well, well...what a month it's been! Our computer is on the fritz again, and therefore I have not been able to get any of my pictures since September 7th off of my camera...until tonight! The stars must be aligned, because it finally worked!



It has been a rough month for us at the Nelson household - Evan has been sick twice (most likely attributed to his cutting molars left and right) and we have had two sick kitties. Baxter has a UTI and our poor special kitty, Rico, most likely has a tumor. He goes in for kitty surgery on the 27th.



Today we visited the RW Fire Dept. open house. Evan met Sparky the Dalmatian, sat in a fire truck, and went down a huge inflatable slide. Despite the fact that it was FREEZING out we had a good time.

Yesterday we took a family hike up on Memorial Bluff. We woke up to snow on the ground, so the sun finally coming out was a welcome sight.Last weekend we painted pumpkins at Sargent's Nursery. Evan bustled through the kiddie corn maze and had fun getting messy. He has just started drawing people - a.k.a. circles with "eyes" - the teal blue circles you see on the left of the "E" were the "eyes" he gave this pumpkin. How cute!Beth, DJ, Evan and I caught the fun in Lake City last weekend at Applefest (I think that's what is was called. There are too many "fests" around here to keep track.) Evan and DJ played for hours in an inflatable obstacle course together.

To celebrate for Grandma Barb's birthday we paid a visit to Pepin Heights Apple Orchard and went out to eat in Lake City. It was great to see all the wonderful ladies from the Walter's clan, and we also made a pit stop at the cemetery to collect the summer urns. Evan had lots of fun horsing around with Grandma at the cemetery - if any of you know the Walter gals you know they manage to have fun ANYWHERE they go! Evan getting the boat ready for a spin...probably the last one for the year! This was three weeks ago already.Can you hear Jonas smiling? He used to be afraid of riding in boats, but over the summer he learned to love it!CAUTION: Men at Work. In true Dahl fashion, Noah reinforced his sand castle with sticks so it wouldn't cave to the waves. Jonas taking a breather from a busy day at the beach.Some fun shots that I took. Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm a photographer. Probably the last summer shot of the year... C'est la vi.

I promise I am not being neglectful of this blog - it's just that our computer is crashing (slowly...) and I can't get any of the photos off of my camera and onto our computer. So, I have nothing to post to the blog. Sorry everyone!

Renaissance Festival

I ended up with some free tickets to the MN Renaissance Festival this year, so we thought we would make the day extra fun and ask the Dahls to join us for a day of medieval mayhem. Evan was really grouchy for some reason today and was a bit hard to please. Climbing up on "Uncle" Justin was all we could do to pacify him at this point.Noah made an awesome wax-hand. Evan and I rode on an elephant! (Not pictured: elephant. It was moving too fast for Jeremy to catch. No, really, we only went around once so he only had one chance at a shot.) Noah rode a llama (watch out, they spit.)

Evan LOVED the pony ride! He loved it so much that I think we may have to get him a pony! (Um, just kidding. The last thing we need at our house is another animal.)And what would a good day be without getting good and dirty? The fair was blanketed in a cloud of really fine dust - dirty dust. Just like the dirt that Evan is puring on top of his choo-choos as we try to sit and catch a magic show. What happens to little boys who play in the dirt...?
They get good and dirty. "Time well spent," says Evan. The kid loves dirt, what can I say?

Fishing, Birthdays and more Fishing.

(Mom) "Evan...what have you been up to? You have that look on your face like you have been up to something...."

Yikes. Red Crayola Crayon. (sigh.)



On Thursday we headed to the park to celebrate Grandpa Rex's, Cousin Katarina's and Cousin Victoria's Birthdays. It was the perfect opportunity for Evan to practice with his new Mikey Mouse fishing pole. (Don't worry, it has a rubber fish at the end instead of a hook. You catch one every time!)

Evan catching some air time on the slide at the party.

"I caught a fish, Mom!"

Yesterday it was so beautiful out that after work we decided to walk the tracks to the famous Novek Fishing Spot.
"Peek-a-boo, Daddy!"

Evan trying out his pole.

"OOPS!" Fell in the mud!We didn't catch any fish, but I did find some interesting things in the creek...

Today we headed out on the river for a day of fun with some friends. The weather was beautiful and we couldn't have asked for a better day!

Jeremy, Jonas and Noah.The beach we went to was perfect - it was waaaay shallow for a really long way out. The boys had a great time running around in the shallow water. Peyton trying out Evan's fishing pole.First catch of the day!Second catch of the day - Noah caught a soft-shell turtle! Don't worry - he was A-OK and we threw him back in (the turtle, not Noah.)After a long day out on the river Jonas was pretty worn out.

...and so was Evan! He fell asleep sitting up a few minutes after we walked in the door!

But the day wasn't over...yet! We still had one more birthday party to attend.

Happy FIRST Birthday, Jonny!

Annie and her beautiful birthday boy!

Emma and Evan, happy together as always (or most of the time, anyway.)And, of course, more cake. Gotta love that birthday cake. We ate a lot of it this week! Evan asked for it this morning for breakfast, actually. "Birthday cake Momma? Baby num-nums."