Jeff Surfing Lake Superior

Jeff went surfing on Saturday morning. One of his co-workers went along for the ride and generously took some pictures of him. Thought is was snowing and Jeff got pretty cold, he did very well as you can see in the pics.

Halloween

On Halloween, we went to Cameron and Julie's house so Vincent could go Trick-or-Treating with his cousins. He had so much fun riding in the wagon with Payton and getting lots of candy. He even said "Trick-or-Treat" once and "Thank You" a few times. Our pumpkins looked cute outside of Julie's house. Linda's was especially adorable.

Halloween Party

Our 2008 Halloween Party was the biggest Holt bash yet. We didn't even have enough chairs! The food was ridiculously good, including bloody finger punch and gummy wormed caramel apples. And the costumes were incredible. Bob Ross, Elvis (the "fat" version), Barbie, The Blue Man Group, Zorro, Speed Racer, and Ed McMan (sp?) were some of the A-List Celebrities that showed up. We also had a geisha, a sailor, a ceiling fan ("Go, fan, go!"), a classic witch, a plug and outlet, and of course the ten million dollar Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes winner. Really, people went all out! We had fun playing "Signs" and "Two Truths and a Lie." We definitely want to squish a whole bunch of people into our tiny living room again next year!!!

Apple Jack Orchard

Cameron and Julie invited us (along with Birch and Linda) to go to Apple Jack Orchard in Delano to pick apples. Vincent had the time of his life! He got to ride a pony, which he absolutely loved. He loves to say "neigh, neigh" all the time now. He also got to ride in, pull, and push a wagon around, which was way more fun than actually picking the apples apparently. The best part was that there were tractors driving around! Boy did those have him excited! The adults enjoyed actually picking the apples and munching on some insanely good apple donuts. I definitely want to do this again next year!

Duluth

Last weekend, our family drove the two hour commute to Duluth so Jeff could go surfing on Lake Superior. As you can see, Vincent was wearing a sweatshirt. It wasn't exactly warm, but Jeff claims he was perfectly warm in the freezing cold water thanks to his "you might as well BE a skeleton" wetsuit (pictured above). After the surfing session, we ate at Hell's Kitchen. The food was super good. The place was all painted in black and red and the servers would come to the table and say, "My name is so-and-so and I'll be your hellian today." It was totally cool, but we had left the camera in the car a few blocks away so we didn't get any pics. Next time. . .

Driving! Vincent loves cars.

Jeff is trying to sell his Accord. He was cleaning it out the other day and Vincent thought it would be fun to take it for a spin. Vincent was a little startled when he found the button for the horn! Vincent loves cars now. His favorite movie is Cars and his favorite toys are cars. His favorite books are about cars, and he is constantly pointing at them and making a "vroom" noise.

Labor Day Weekend at Minnehaha Falls

We decided to rent a surrey and drive around the park. Unfortunately, we got lost and had to ask a "fruit booter" (as Jeff would say) how to get back to the falls. It was a lot of fun, but Vincent's helmet kept falling off his head because the biggest childrens helmet was still too small.

After the surrey, we walked down the huge flight of stairs to the bottom of the falls and found this cool little lake that Vincent had fun running around in. Annette's favorite part of the day was of course the Sebastien Joe's ice cream!