Weekend Fun

Sorry that it's been so long since we have blogged! This week is a busy one for me, but short with the MEA holiday. For those of you who might not know, in MN we get Thursday and Friday off this week every year. Kind of handy because I always get a few days off around my birthday. I view it as a kind of personal holiday, not many people get those for their birthdays! :)

In Willmar, we pair up the joy of vacation days with parent/teacher conferences. So Monday and Tuesday we are at school until 8 pm, and then Wednesday we conference during the day and the kids stay home. It works, and it's great to touch base with parents, but it makes for long days.

Now to the fun we had last weekend. Friday night we went with my friend Erin and her fiance Dan to see a Rascal Flatts concert. It was great fun, but unfortunately the picture of the two of them was blurry, so you will have to settle for Erin and I.
The next two pictures are different views of the awesome stage show. you can't see a lot of detail, but we were at the Excel Center in St. Paul, and the place was rockin'!

Chad and I stayed overnight and spent some time Saturday just walking around downtown St. Paul. This is at the Upper Landing park along the Mississippi River. You can see the science museum in the background.
Then a couple pictures of the pretty fall colors from our hotel window.Saturday night we went to the big Wild home opener hockey game. It was a great game, a little scary in the first period, but it turned out well. They raised the Division Championship banner from last season, and we all got little mini banners to celebrate at home. I can just imagine some super fans having their own little banner raising ceremonies at home!
Well, it's time I get a move on and get ready for work this morning. :) I got to have an extra half hour before I have to be there, and I didn't spend it sleeping, I spent it blogging!