The Great Minnesota Get Together...and....

Ben and I have been married for nearly 9 years - all of which has been spent here in Minnesota.


*crazy!*


The comical part of that story is that when we met and fell in love he said he'd move anywhere with me....except north.


And here we are! [How we ended up here is another story for later]


We've avoided the Minnesota State fair intentionally each of the last 8 years. But with the boys interested in all-things-new, we felt we had to make a trip this year.

And now for the best part of this post. Blog friends, officially meet "Erika"! Erika is our new au pair and joined our family in July. Erika is great. She is from Columbia and the boys officially know more Spanish at the ripe ol' age of 2 1/2 than I do at 31. Erika is super patient with the boys and loves doing art projects with the boys and spending time at the park. And I absolutely love how they say her name (Ereeeeka).