Busy, Busy

The last couple weeks have been so busy. I am going to break this down into 3 topics: Amish, 50th & Zoo.

Amish (Sept. 14&15): Last weekend my friend DeAnn and I went down to Harmony, MN to tour the Amish country down there. It was AWESOME. We had so much fun. We got there Sunday night, checked into our hotel and then drove around to find something to eat. Harmony has NO fast-food! So, we decided to try Lanesboro. I took a wrong turn and we ended up driving by amish farm after amish farm. We even saw a couple amish out in their horse and buggies. The first buggy we saw, DeAnn freaked out and I thought I was going to hit something. Then she pointed out the buggy and then I freaked out. "Do we wave to them?"Well, we waved to them and they waved back and then we were really freaking out. We FINALLY found Lanesboro and found a cute little place to eat. On Monday morning we were up and ready for our day of touring. We started our 1st tour at 9 am. You purchase this CD and it gives you directions and tells you different amish homes to stop at. So, we did this and I was so nervous to drive up to their house and interact with them. But it was all good. They are so nice and after the 1st couple stops I was having so much fun.  We were out early enough to see all the children walking to school. They walk to school year-round. Yes, I said WALKING. And it wasn't just down the street it was further then I would want to walk in the middle of winter. Anyways, the kids were so cute and they all waved to us. By the end of our 1st tour we had the back of my van filled with stuff that we had bought. Everything from pumpkins, to homemade bread, rug, veggies and much more. We had another tour we signed up to do at 1:30 pm so we headed back to harmony with our van full and set out for another tour. It was good but we stopped at some of the same places and I am so obsessed with the amish that I pretty much knew everything our tour guide told us about the amish. I had so much fun and I can't wait to go back. I am looking into more amish tours in WI and maybe someday I will make it out to Ohio or Lancaster County to tour the amish country.

50th (Sept. 20): This last weekend we celebrated my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. We started the day out by going on a 90 min. train ride in Osceola, WI. Pretty much the whole family was there and it was a lot of fun. My mom has 3 bro's and 3 sis's so it is always fun when we get together. I always have fun with my cousin's. After the train ride we went back to my aunt's house in Hudson and we had extended family come over. We had food, hung out and got to play sand volleyball. It was a great day celebrating my grandparents and their 50 years of marriage. 

Zoo (Sept. 21): Lana and I went to the zoo yesterday for a class called Dolphin Magic. We got to learn about dolphins and we even got a behind the scene look at the dolphin area. We got to see the kitchen where their food is prepared. We got to go pool side and get pretty much face to face with a dolphin. However, we couldn't pet them which was a bummer. But we both had so much fun. We have another class we signed up for on Saturday. This one is titled Horse Sense. 

I will post pictures later today.