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Saturday, October 11, 2014

Fall 2014 -- 2nd grade and fun

The fall of 2014 started with 2nd grade at Gleason Lake Elementary school in Wayzata with a new teacher Ms. Rehnke.

September was full of new friends and "The Kangaroos" -- the 7-8 years old girls soccer team....with RT as the coach.

First day of 2nd grade...

with cousins Nate and Casey

The Kangaroos soccer team September 2014

Gale wood farm near Mounds, Minnesota in October 2014

Wayzata beach one last warm fall day before winter sets in...

Friday, May 2, 2014

Maggie's 7th Birthday and Summer 2014

April 2014 -- Maggie is 7 years old....time flies so fast.....

(yes she just opened a "FROZEN - princess doll")

finally spring 2014

May 2014

June 2014 -- end of the first grade with Mrs. Moon's class. A good first year at Gleason Lake Elementary school --

Frog and Toad play by 1st graders at Gleason Lake Elementary

(Maggie's part was one of the "squirrel friends")

Bye Gleason Lake - last day of school....Happy summer holidays

Summer holidays 2014

Track program...:+)

Wayzata beach...

July 4th Wayzata parade with friends -- Anna and Ryan

Summer holidays to Apostle Islands Wisconsin -- sea kayaking trip

August 2014 visiting the Puttkammers-Saxen on Mackinac Island, Michigan

Ferry ride from St.Ignace to Mackinac Island on the Star Line.

Picking currants in the garden

Picnic at Fort Mackinac

Bicycling around Mackinac Island

Swimming at the Grand Hotel pool

British landing on Mac.Island

Golfing on Wawashkamo golf course

Ferry ride home....

Monday, December 2, 2013

Merry Christmas 2013 and New Year 2014

A very Merry Christmas holidays 2013....

(by photographer Lisa Pearson at Wayzata Beach on frozen Lake Minnetonka)

Annual Christmas show at Bachman's Nursery in Minneapolis...

January 2014 -- snow angels on a frozen Minnesotan lake....one of the

coldest winters we have experienced with some days going down to -22 F.

Ice skating at Wayzata's public outdoor ice rink (February 2014).

Our ski vacations to Silverstar ski resort in British Columbia, Canada in February 14 2014.

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Another milestone: 1st grade at Gleason Lake Elementary School in Wayzata

1st day of school for our little one. She will will be in the graduating class of 2025!! First grade at Gleason Lake Elementary school in Wayzata. The 1st grade teacher is Mrs. Tiffany Moon with 20 other little 6 and 7 years olds. Her good friend and next door neighbor Beck is also in 1st grade and shares the bus ride every morning....

First grade teacher Mrs. Moon ....

1st day of school : waiting for the school bus...

class list of First grade....

then to relax .....practicing climbing a rock wall at REI....

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Summer holidays 2013

Summer 2013 holidays in Wayzata Minnesota
-- art classes, gymnastics lessons and lots of fun activities ....

Sailing camp at the Wayzata Yacht Club in June with the best sailing instructor Elise Gehling who is a sophomore at Northeastern University in Boston.

our fabulous teacher Elise...

The sailing fleet.

the 'crew mates'

The last day was a calm sailing day at Lake Minnentonka, Minnesota...

swimming in the middle of the lake when there wasn't any wind to sail...

back to shore and preparing to put the sail away...

and then rolling up the main sail to store it away ....

and at the end the "happy camper" award!

Annual July 4th Wayzata Independence day parade....

hot summer day sprinkler fun to stay cool...

Wayzata beach...

In August we spent another wonderful week on Mackinac Island at Meta Mura with the

Saxen-Puttkammers and Cordie and Charlie Puttkammer. The weather was beautiful and it was a joy to see Maggie keeping up with the older boys on her bicycle with gusto and determination and sometimes at full speed in partial control going down main street...and always smiling...Rosey and Ringo our neighborhood horses can almost smell Maggie approaching daily with delicious apples in hand...

The ferry ride with Lulu...

The Ferry ride after a day-long drive from Minneapolis -- our trip started at 5 am with Maggie still in her pajamas and her first words were "Are we there yet" -- and we were still in St.Paul !? We made the 5:30 pm Ferry at St.Ignace that afternoon....