Presley's First Concert - Taylor Swift

We were very excited to find out that Mom and Presley were going to the Taylor Swift concert. Mom bought tickets from a friend to take Presley on Sunday night (yes - a school night). Mom's favorite quote of the night was driving to the concert when Presley said, "Mom I am so excited and nervous, I have butterflies in my stomach". It was a very special night. Taylor Swift rocked it along with Ed Sheeran and Casey James. Our tickets were on the first level near the back stage (fun to see Taylor at the back stage for 4-5 songs). Presley also got her first concert T-shirt and her first glow stick to match the crowd. Super fun night. Presley screamed for excitement but then pooped out at the end. Like mother, like daughter! Special night, special memories!

First Day of School - 6th and 4th Grade

It's back to school time. This is a very big year. This will be the last year that Canyon and Presley will be in the same school until they are in high school. Canyon's teacher is Sra. Chepokas and Presley's teacher is Sra. Holland. Wow does time fly.

The Minnesota Great Get Together

Every year, one of our highlights is visiting the MN State Fair. We love the food, the rides, the people watching, the special attraction, and the animals. Every year we try to check out some of the old and some of the new. This year we definitely got lots of new. For food, we enjoyed our old standbys like the cheese curds, french fries, nitro ice cream, corn on the cob, and all you can drink milk. One of our new favorites was the Turkey sandwich. We will take a pass in the future on the flavored corn dogs and the nitro popcorn.

Some of our new activities included the butterfly house, the very first state fair ride (Ye Old Mill), trailer horse races, the Newspaper museum, the ShenaniGuns Comedy Wild West Show, and the Luminarium Exxpolis! We also visited our old standbys like music at the Heritage Square and Leine's Stages as well as all the fun carnival rides!



Catching butterflies at the Butterfly House


Mom doing the chicken dance at the Wild West show


Checking out the cool new luminaries




The ride selection at the state fair are getting scarier and scarier


After the state fair, we were also fortunate to check out Canyon's saxophone teacher with this band, Prior Avenue, at a cool Blues House in St. Paul. A cool show and great inspiration for a young musician!