We Are Moving......

Thats right we are moving! After much thought and looking we have decided to downsize. We have a purchase agreement on a house that is on Loon Lake and it is half the size of the one we have now. We are excited to be one step closer to real retirement.

So now we need to sell our house! If you know of anyone looking for a house in Waseca please send them our way. We live in the very quiet northeast section of town and are the last house on a dead end street. The house is a split level with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a family room in the basement with a walkout porch. The upstairs has a sunroom/four season porch. A two stall garage that is insulated and heated. We have put a lot of work into remodeling the house over the last eight years to take it from the1976 house it was when we bought it to what it is today. It is ready for  a new family to move in and enjoy. Here is a link to the Listing

Here are some photos of the house....you know you want to buy it....

  

The living room with a new gas fireplace

The barn wood wall in the entryway

The new kitchen cabnets

The spice cabinet

Pantery 

Up stairs full bathroom 

Upper level bedrooms 

Sunroom/four season porch

Basement family room. Right now Rick uses it as his archery shop.

Lower level bedrooms

Storage area

Lower level 3/4 bathroom with a tin ceiling

Walkout porch 

New retaining wall, landscaping we put in last summer 

Heated garage

Do you see it...just imagine yourself sitting around the fire in the back yard enjoying the peace and serenity

You will have to wait for pictures of the new almost tiny house until we move in...

One step closer

Sharon 

"To be creative is to let little pieces of your heart go and place them into each project you make."

A while back Cassie asked me if I could make Larina a stuffed toy out of her old Strawberry Shortcake sheets. So of course I said sure! Of course that was way back when I was working so the sheets got put in the pile of other fabric and forgotten.

I finally got them back out and made her this giant hippo. It took 2 bags of stuffing to fill it up. I think she will love it.

Retirement is good...
Sharon

"If only we all truly knew just how amazing we are, exactly as we are. And how much magic we hold. How much potential we have. How much of a difference we can make. How much we mean to others and the world. Do you know? You are everything. Already. And every single day you only get better. You only get more you. And that's exactly what the world needs right now. 🎶 🎶 We've all got love to share, and ourselves --our gifts-- to share. So let's reach our full potential, together. We are the ones we've been waiting for. 🎶 And that is one hell of a privilege" -Kevin Paris

I was super excited when I found out that Kevin Paris was coming to our local yoga studio Awaken Vibrance for a night of music and yoga. I love his message and his music. I have follow him on Instagram and love reading his post. He is the positive we need in a world of negative. It was super fun to do yoga to his music.

After we were done he took pictures with us and asked if I want to do a fun picture. Of course I was game.

So I put my trust in him as he lifted me up like I was a feather and talked me through the pose. 

 What a fun night it was! I am so happy that I went out of my comfort zone and started doing yoga. It is amazing what you can do if you just try.....

Sharon

Cascade River State Park.....

 This year for our annual family trip we decided to go to the North Shore. The state parks fill up fast so by the time we got our dates picked the parks in the area were pretty much full. So we ended up at Cascade River State Park We were in sites all over the campgrounds since we took what we could. The campgrounds was pretty small so it worked out just fine. The campsites are all pretty small but nice. The bathrooms were super nice! They even had private showers. Everyone was happy about that. The trails in the park that we went on were all very well marked and nice trails. If you know Rick and I at all you know that we need the trails to be marked good even if we have a map....

Rick and I went up on Tuesday and brought Eli with us. We had a great time having some time with just him. He was super excited to be the first grandchild to be able to sleep in Nana and Grandpas camper.

Checking out Lake Superior 

Grandpa and Eli headed down the trail .

 They both had to have walking sticks to help them walk down the trail. 

Eli checking out the view 

Eli decided he could move no further down the trail without a break so we sat down in the middle of the trail and had a snack. 

Everyone else came on Thursday. We did a lot of hiking and agate hunting. 

Making popcorn over the fire was a big hit! 

Liam skipping rocks 

We found a ton of wild strawberries on the trail. The kids were super excited and spent a lot of time hunting the tiny berries down and eating them. 

A honeysuckle growing out of the rocks over the waterfalls 

Larina loved the water. It was so cold but she did not care and went wading in. 

Agate Hunting 

On Saturday we made our way to Grand Marais. It was only 9 miles from the campgrounds. We of course had to stop at the Worlds Best Donuts shop and all have a donut or two. 

Larina was so excited to have a donut with sprinkles. 

It was a major decision for her on how to eat it. 

We got everyone together to take a family picture. The picture turned out great except for the fact that the lens on my camera had fingerprints all over it and it made the picture blurry. I was so sad when we got back to the campgrounds and I looked a it. But on the good side we were all together and having a lot of fun! 

After we got back we all went down to the lake again and tried to take another picture. It did not turn out nearly as good but we tried. 

Rick was setting the camera up and snapped the above picture. I love it! You can see that we are all having fun! 

Eli turned 7 years old on Sunday! 

Eli and Oliver playing with Eli's birthday gifts.

We are very happy that Cassie and Nick are adding to the family with a baby boy due on November 14. 

Lady Slipper

We had such a good time. We love the North Shore and are all talking about going up again. It is fun to spend time with all the kids and grandkids, playing games, hiking, eating, exploring and just being together. 

Sharon