Halloween

It was another successful Halloween, both Sully and Greta went with friends this year, but started at home with pizza before hitting the streets. Piper went with Dave and the Erie's, a fave tradition. We had a great turn out with over 300 kids coming for candy, I love to stay home to reconnect with neighbors and see various friends and family from the years. 

Sully - skeleton, Piper - minion, and Greta - shark

Bedtime snack.

Social studies test tomorrow!

The last of the trick or treaters before we turned out the lights. 

Piper is 9!

As sweet and as spicy as they come...Piper is 9! I love you, a bushel and a peck. xoxoxoxo

Munstream.advenutures: Lake Herman State Park

Our Airstream adventures were abbreviated this year due to our extended vacation to Europe, but we still got a few good weekends in. We love to finish off the season at Lake Herman State Park, it is a short drive from Sioux Falls (45 minutes) and has everything we need for a few days of fun. We biked, played a bit of tennis, hiked and even had a friend of Sully's up for a couple of nights which was a fun for all of the kids. They slept in the tent and braved the cold nights with hardly a complaint. We love the family time that camping provides us and hope we can ride this wave for a few more years or more! 

Hard to see, but we are drying Sully's shoes, 
we charred them...oops!

Breakfast

The kids' favorite climbing tree next to our campsite. 

Dave loves camping the absolute most. 

The most beautiful morning with steam rising from the pond. 

Always scheming, these sisters. 

Soccer happy hour. 

Mpls Girls Weekend

We could hardly wait for our annual Minneapolis getaway with Maggie and Anna and we had so much fun. We dipped out of school early to get there in time for the kids to do the MOA rides and have an easy dinner in order to have aaaalllllll day on Saturday to shop our hearts out. This year we ventured out to 50th and France and Uptown for a nice change of scenery, plus the weather was incredible, so it was nice to see the sun. The girls loved to collect as many bags as possible and to walk around with their Starbucks, they are all so cool :). One of the highlights is the hotel room spa, the kids make it so fancy for us, its amazingly heartwarming. I love my shopping memories with my mom and sisters and absolutely love creating these memories with my girls.

MOA Friday fun.

Telluride for #14

Dave and I had an awesome week in Telluride, CO for our 14th anniversary celebration. We had originally planned a bigger adventure overseas but felt overwhelmed with the planning after returning from our summer adventure, so picked something stateside where we could hike and unwind. Telluride was slightly challenging to get to, a flight into Durango followed by a 2+ hour drive, but it was so worth it. We spent our mornings hiking (we happened to hit peek autumn colors, mega win), followed by long lunches, and every afternoon by the pool reading, snoozing, talking. Some of our favorite restaurants were The Butcher and the Baker, Siam's Talay Grill for Thai, Wood Ear for whisky and ramen, Brown Dog Pizzeria, and Uno Dos Tres Tacos and Tequila for tacos. We stayed at the Madeline Inn in Mountain Village just over the mountain top from Telluride and loved that the free public transportation option was a gondola. We ventured into Ouray for a day and hiked the city perimeter trail which was strenuous but rewarding. We mostly appreciate the time together to simply get away from the daily grind and the many directions we are pulled. Until next time! 

The beautiful drive from Durango to Telluride.

Bear Creek Falls hike. 

Downtown Telluride.

The daily routine. 

Telluride below.

Ridge Trail to Village Trail Loop
We did it backwards so saved the hardest of the end. 
Exhausting but beautiful.

Ouray Perimeter Trail

Dave fits right in! 

Telluride Farmer's Market

I mean, gorgeous. 

Gondola rides everyday. 

Anniversary flowers.