Hammock Time with Gramma

Annual Fall Uppgaard Trail Photo Shoot

It has turned into an annual family tradition each Fall to hike the Uppgaard Trail by the cottage and try to get family pictures, or at least pictures of the boys, for our holiday card. It usually means lots of bribing for good smiles. In the past I had pocketfuls of m&m's to dole out with each smile. This year we promised Chocolate Ox Ice Cream (though it ended up being closed for the season!). About 1/8 of the pictures usually turn out. This year I didn't even realize until we were out in the woods that Soren had the biggest dripped yogurt mess on the front of his shirt. Even if we don't get a picture, we now enjoy the hike and tradition that has been created and the picture outakes are just as fun now that the boys interact more and their personalities shine through.

     

Twins Champions Club

 This Fall we were spoiled by receiving tickets from Randy's boss to the Champions Club for two different Twins games at Target Field. Randy took Soren to the Cleveland Indians Game for his first baseball experience. The Champions Club is a fancy club that provides leather comfy seats behind home plate. An incredible dinner buffet, beer and wine, popcorn and nachos, ice cream bar, and containers of candy are all free with unlimited refills. It was an amazing experience to introduce Soren to the Twins with, but boy is he going to be disappointed when he goes to his next Twins game were we will be sitting in the nosebleed section! After hearing about how awesome the Champions Club was, I made sure that I got to go the next time. 

Soren at the Cleveland Indians Game

Soren catching a ball from the ball boy at the end of the game.

Andrea and Randy by the Twins dugout at the Oakland Athletics game.