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We Go to Fargo!

August has been such a busy month...it's not surprising that the time has flown by so quickly, but at the same time, I can't believe it's almost September!  I'm catching up a bit on pics from this past month... The first trip Ava and I took was a journey up to Fargo.  We rode up with my friend Emilie, and visited her roommate from college, Sheri.  Sheri also had her 5-year old niece, Piper, for a portion of the weekend, so we were hoping the two little girls would have lots to talk about.  But, not so much...for as outgoing and chatty as Ava is, Piper was the exact opposite.  Ava worked pretty hard each day at getting Piper to talk to her.  By both evenings, she was successful, and then the two little girls giggled and whispered non-stop. It was pretty cute to watch, once they got going! Hitting the road!   Ava's second mom on the trip :)   Ava and Piper, slowly getting to know each other   Davies Pool is AWESOME, and the perfect place to s

House Update!

There's been quite a bit of activity at our lot in Rosemount...they've been busy!  (So have we, but that's another post, for another day...) Ava and I drove down a week ago (after our trip to Fargo) to see what they had accomplished...I didn't go inside the house at this point (since we have a "no site visit" rule), so this is the only meaningful pic that I captured from this visit.  I was excited to see that we have a second floor!  And insulation!   But THIS weekend, Scott, Ava and I drove down (after our trip to Duluth - see, busy!) to check on things.  And wow, it's moving right along!  I wasn't going to go inside the house (because I'm a rule follower, but...I couldn't stay out.)  And then, once I was inside, I wasn't going to go up the second floor, but...Scott told me he had gone up earlier in the week, so off I went!  We hadn't seen this particular model built before (the model had a similar main level floor plan, but t