November Happenings

Brian's Birthday

We started off November celebrating Brian's birthday.  No milestone but a nice evening out as a family to honor this awesome Dad and Husband.  He chose Patricks here in St. Peter for his restaurant and we closed the night with his favorite pie, Blueberry.  Well he had that kind and the girls and I had Reese Peanut Butter Cup pie.  :)

John Ireland Prayer

Rachel and Natalie both hosted prayer at JI in the month of November.  It is quite the job for the teachers to come up with new and thoughtful prayer skits, but they've never disappointed.  Both girls love to lead prayer with their classes and both see to enjoy JI in general.  

Tennis 2015

Caitlin and Emily celebrated a pretty successful tennis season with the end of the year banquet.  Even though the tennis program isn't the most prestigious sport to play in St. Peter I think they have the best girls to play with and be lead by.  We know quite a few of the varsity players outside of tennis and they are a stand up group of girls.  So glad Emily and Caitlin have such good role models.

4-Eyes

Then this happened!  This girl got glasses!  It seems as though she may be following in mine and Caitlin's footsteps.  We both got glasses in 4th grade too!  She is a cute kid, but look at her now!  Even cuter!

Thanksgiving in Fargo

We traveled to Fargo the week before Thanksgiving to my sister's house for a fun over nighter to celebrate Jackson's birthday and Moore Thanksgiving.  We were able to capture a few pictures of the cousins together despite forcing them to cooperate in single digit temperatures outside.  After the "photo session" we took the kids over to SkyZone to wear them out a bit and burn a few calories before gorging ourselves on a Thanksgiving meal.  The kids had a blast!  It was fun to watch them together-a rarity since our schedules and locations get in the way of spending time with one another.

Our Thanksgiving/Salfer Thanksgiving

Even though I didn't capture any photos, we did have a nice Thanksgiving meal together at our house with Brian's parents on Thanksgiving day and then another meal with the whole Salfer clan, minus Sharon and her family,  the weekend after Thanksgiving.  We are very thankful for the delicious food and desserts but even more thankful for our families and that we can all be together on one of my most favorite holidays.  We are truly blessed.....

October in Review

We like to keep our social calendar full here at the Salfer house.  October did not disappoint!  To start off the month, my friend JoAnna turned 50 years young!  I got a few of our mutual friends together and threw together a little party for her with a few surprises and help from her mom to make her day extra special.  We had a great night celebrating one of the most thoughtful people I know!

A yearly Salfer tradition (we have many) mazing it up at Montgomery Orchard and Corn Maze.  This year's theme was Monarch Butterflies.  It was a beautiful MN fall afternoon to relax, enjoy each others company, eat some yummy caramel apples, do a little trivia and soak up the sun.  

Over MEA break we traveled once again to the Dells with the Grack and Gilbertson families!  After taking last year off, the kids and even us adults were excited to make the trip back.  We had so much fun hanging out, playing games, enjoying the waterparks, ropes course, go-carts, etc and being in each others space.  The kids did so well, making sure they were always together and we could definitely tell they were at the perfect ages to have fun on all the rides.  

John Ireland Marathon

We all participated in JI's annual Marathon the first weekend of October by riding our bikes 4+miles and then finishing up with the service part by serving/helping out at The Kitchen.  Both parts to this event were alot of fun.  We had beautiful cool weather for the ride/walk and serving those less fortunate was a humbling experience.

Quarter Break

the kids had school off the 30th for end of quarter so I took them to one of there favorite hang outs in Mankato-The childrens museum of So. MN.  Before we got there we went to a local bakery for breakfast-Friesens Bakery for some yummy cinnamon/caramel rolls.  The Museum is fun for all ages-so many fun things to do and experience.

Pumpkin Patch/Halloween

Off to Grandmas Little Acres once again for a fun tractor ride to the pumpkin patch to pick out the perfect carving pumpkin.  Even though we end up going towards the end of the season we're still able to find a pumpkin or two that hasn't started rotting.   

I think the girls and Brian did a fabulous job carving.  Caitlin got out a power tool this year to complete hers and I tried a more "pinterest" looking white one.

Trick or Treating this year definitely had a different feel to it.  First, Emily wasn't with us right away because she was having fun at "Phantom of the Opera" with JoAnna and the kids.  Second, Caitlin stayed home to pass out candy to the kids who came to our door.  Third, our neighbors were gone and we always, always go to their house first to get the best handful of candy and always get a photo of the girls walking up to their door.  It was alot quieter and easier only bringing 3 of them out.  Our friends the Frey's walked with us since Katie and Rachel were Mario and Luigi from Mario Bros.  I think one of the funnier things was that I hadn't noticed that Lauren was a rabbit last year until after we were out and I wondered why her rabbit costume was so small on her!  That's how much I prepare for my Least Favorite Holiday. :)  

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