Mom , Dad and Wyatt came for a little visit this last weekend. It was so fun, we went to the Mall of America, Stillwater (antique shopping), the Zoo, toured a steel mill ,to Lake Calhoun, Lake Silvia,to church, farm land watching , played cards and out to eat a lot! I gained 4lbs because we had such yummy food. Dad complemented the owner of a Italian place we went to and they gave us free appetizers, ice cream, and wine! We gave the wine to Dads Steel friend. At Stillwater Mom Spent 2 hours in one antique store. Wow that's a long time, I thinks she would have stayed longer but we talked her out of it. I think Dads favorite part was driving out in the country checking out the farm land. Wyatt loved the Mall because he went to the theme park while we went shopping.

Yesterday we went to a butterfly conservatory! It was so fun because I have never been so close to so many butterflies. They were so cool and they let you get so close, they didn't even fly away. I wish I could have stayed there all day. This isn't even 1/2 of the kinds they had.

I started my new job yesterday. Craziness.... I like it so far, the only thing that sucks is they want you to do a lot of tests and reading. I feel like I am going back to school. But I did get to go out on the floor to day and that was so fun. The floor is were they have all the people donating plasma. I am learning so much about it and it's so interesting. I learned how to set up the plasma IV set today and I feel like I caught on pretty quickly. I wish I would have got this job a month and 1/2 ago. But that's how things go. ;)

We went to the Zoo on Saturday and it was really fun. My favorite part was the atrium. It was so amazing, it had flowers, trees, and every kind of plant you could think of. We also saw a bunch of animals and it was free.

We had a great Saturday in the sun! We rode our bikes to the Zoo and all around town. all in all about 20 miles. My legs and butt are killing me!!! We also went to Lake Calhoun and found the coolest contraption! I want one of these swingy things at my house. I felt like I was going to fly off into the middle of the lake.

So I got a new bike! Pretty sweet huh. I almost feel bad about old hermy. But it was time to move on I guess. I love the hot pink on the rims and the seat feels like a pillow! Adam and I went for a ride already and we switched for a min and I rode his new bike and he didn't want to give mine back, what a little stinker. Any one want to go on a bike ride? :)

For the 4th we went with some friends to Still Water. It was such a cute town. The river divides the state line of Wisconsin and Minnesota. It was kind of a shock because I didn't realize how close we were to Wisconsin. We had a little picnic and ate the most delicious somores. Seriously I cant resist those little things. We also went into Minneapolis to watch the fireworks form this really cool bridge. I wish you guys could see it better the bridge has these really cool arches that light up the Mississippi. All in all we had a great weekend! I have to admit I did get a little home sick.... its just not the same with out family. But I'm glad we stayed busy because then I didn't think about missing every one as much. :)

On Thursday and Friday Adam and I went to Duluth! It was so sweet. I booked a little tour /lunch cruise on a boat. It was so weird because in the morning it was about 70 but in the time we went on our 1 1/2 hr boat ride it got so so so cold, like 55! So we had to got back to the truck and put more clothes on. We went to a few light houses the one you see on the big rock is called Split Rock. Lake Superior was and amazing!