Monday, November 29, 2010

Creative Night

We both had a creative night...

Kate in the kitchen...squash soup made from squash and onions from Brian's dad's garden, baked potatoes (also from the Knutson garden), left over pesto tortellini, and bread.

Brian in the bedroom...building a plant stand for the south-facing window.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Thanksgiving on Saturday







We had the Knutson Thanksgiving on Saturday this year do to our crazy schedules. It was great as usual and I'm sure we ate too much. Kate and I had to get back Saturday night, but that was okay. We took back a tree that dad helped us pick out. When we got home we cranked up the Christmas music and lit some candles and started decorating the tree. We don't have a fireplace, but we do have a TV on which we played a video of a crackling fire in a fire place. Nice!

Sunday, November 21, 2010

November update

Sorry for the long stretch between posts! It's been a busy November and, somehow, updating the blog is always the last thing on the list. So here a a few highlights from the past few weeks...

The neighbors across the lake tried to set their yard on fire. Luckily, the Kasota fire department moves quickly and they had this one under control in no time!
The days are much shorter now, but we've still got some beautiful sunsets out there...you just have to be there at 4:30!

Brian and I both had a weekend off (well, my work was portable), so we packed up and headed over to Rochester last weekend. We got to spend some quality time with family and friends. Here are a few fun shots from the weekend...
While we were in Rochester, we missed a huge storm in St. Peter that dumped about 8 inches of snow. We got home on Sunday and headed out to the cabin to dig out. Thank goodness for the snow blower!

Brian is busy getting the day after Thanksgiving sale stuff ready to go at Menards. I've been busy with lots of grading and planning for our trip to Hawaii in January. My tenure stuff is also moving along and I learned I should find out the answer on December 10. I'll keep you posted.