here is my other tag from anita - the one where you go to your pictures and open the 4th folder and post the 4th picture and blog it. here's mine:
you may think this is a little strange, but it was a pretty cool day. i had just finished the duluth half marathon and the elite marathoners were coming in (yes, i am that slow...). rita, karyn and i were standing in awe, watching them come in. this is the first place woman - it was pretty incredible to watch them and the moment they cross the finish line is very emotional. the energy at the finish is unreal. so that's my 4th pic in my 4th folder.
i tag tara, jenn s., andi, and janelle.Y
well, we had our first minnesota christmas tree cutting experience...it was quite the adventure. we have a family tradition of cutting our own christmas tree the day after thanksgiving (we usually go in the morning and then spend the rest of the day decorating). we started this tradition in ny when we discovered granger's tree farm in mexico, ny (loved it!!! petting zoo, fireplace, hot cocoa, treats, popcorn, tractor ride, etc.) - last year we went to utah for christmas, so we didn't bother getting a real tree. so this year we found a tree farm about 20 min. away and set off (later than normal) to get our tree. we forgot to get cash out and when we got there found out they don't take visa (very small tree farm...nothing like granger's in ny!!!). we head back to mankato to get some cash out - aaron tries twice at cub, but it keeps swiping his card as a credit card so we have to make a trip to the bank. then we realized that we would get home later than we thought in time for date night, so we had to swing by the house to retrieve a forgotten cell phone to call the couple we swap babysitting with. we finally get back to the tree farm and start hunting for a tree...well, minnesota trees are very different than our beloved ny trees. they all looked very funny to us! we ended up getting a very fat 8 foot tree (that is probably 8 feet wide) with very long needles (the vaccum isn't liking that). they did have some diluted hot apple juice...whether or not that was a good thing - i don't know. we'll see how next year goes...
