This weekend was very relaxing. On Saturday we went to Canterbury Race Track to bet on some "ponies" as Nik would say : ) Out of 12 bets, we won once.. well actually I won! I won $16. BIG MONEY! haha. After the races we went to Captain Jacks which is a restaurant on Prior Lake. Very cool bar/restaurant but it was a little windy.

Sunday we cleaned our house and relaxed. My family is coming on Thursday for my cousins wedding. Very excited! First time they will see our house.

Have a great week everyone!

Chicago Weekend

We made the long trip back to Chicago this past weekend. Not for good circumstances though. One of Nik's best friends mom lost her battle with cancer. We knew we had to be there for Danny so made the trip on Friday and came back after the service on Monday. The good part of the trip was that we got see to a lot of great friends.

On Saturday we had a little reunion with Nik's high school gang. We had lunch with Matt, Beth, Ella and Kiley Saip and then went back to to their house to hang out. Later that day, Fletch and Ashley and Danny and Sara came over. We all went to Rib Fest. It was great to see the 4 boys back together and I think they enjoyed themselves! We had a great time! The pictures above show all the girls and all the guys back together again!

On Sunday, we went to breakfast with Fletch and Ashley and went to the Danny's moms wake. After that we met up with Shannon and Rick for dinner. We haven't scene them since Thanksgiving, so it was great to catch up. They are pregnant so we had a lot to hear about from them! They are due in January and sooo excited for them. We plan to get together with them over Labor Day in Wisconsin Dells.

Nik's parents were able to find a early flight home from Florida so they came back on Sunday night for Danny's moms service. Monday we all went to the service and out to lunch and off we were back to Minnesota. The picture of Brady is from our long car ride. I get a little bored in the car :)

It was an exhausting and emotional weekend, but it was great to see old friends!

Welcome to Minnesota!

It was Nik's idea to start a blog :) I will not take credit for this. Since we moved away from Wisconsin we wanted to keep in touch with everyone and keep you updated on our life.

We have been living in our new house for 1 month! It is starting to pull together. Some pictures of the house are posted above. The house is really big for us.. 4 bedrooms which means we have room to grow.. but not yet :) Brady has his own fenced in backyard where we can let him run around. Unfortunately, about 2 weeks ago, we came home from Chicago and he is limping on 3 legs. Nik brought him to the vet and they thought he partially tore his ACL. They told us we needed to keep him calm for 30 days. Not sure how you are supposed to keep our 3 year old chocolate lab calm. It has been a challenge. We weren't able to go to a wedding in Madison or to my families cabin for the 4th because we didn't want him to keep hurt more. I guess this is what kids will be like?!?! If he tore it more he would need surgery and that would cost $3,000. So we needed to keep it safe. Nik called today and now they said if he is walking fine, he probably just sprained it and we can ease him into his normal routines. Thank goodness!

Other than that, Nik and I have been exploring the Twin Cities. We celebrated our 1st anniversary with a day around the city. Nik planned the whole day!! It was great :) We have been to a couple of Twins games, Festivals, and have been just checking the bars and restaurants out. We really like our neighbor. Its nice that we have a park and path right behind our house. Easy access to walks and runs. We meet some neighbors, but not all. I want to meet friends to hang out with but its kinda hard. We have had a great time with my cousin Steve and his girlfriend Emily. Thank goodness we have them to hang out with! Its been fun!

Well that is all for our first post! Hope you enjoy are updates!