Feed My Starving Children volunteer opportunity

On Wednesday we volunteered with our church small group at Feed My Starving Children. Its a Christian organization that sends meals to children in need all over the world with the help of many volunteers. The system is very cool actually. It is a non-profit organization that relies soley on its volunteers to pack individual meals and also donate monies to help minimize hunger in poor countries. It only take 17 cents to make one bag (which is 6 servings!) These meals are fortified with special nutrients to help children who are malnurished. Just to give you an idea of how much an hour of volunteering does; we had a group of 84 people from all over the city and we packed 11,000 bags of food! We were told that it provided meals for 31 children for a whole year! If you are ever interested in volunteering, this is a wonderful organization and it was so easy and lots of fun. www.feedmystarvingchildren.com

Como Zoo!

Thursday I had the day off so we went to Como Zoo with my friend Candice and her two little girls. It was such a beautiful day for it! Jack enjoyed loungin in the stroller and we saw lots of cool animals. The gorilla was my personal favorite. At the end of the day we took the kids to the Carousel and Jack loved it!

A little trip to Stillwater!

On Friday, we went to dinner at Doolittles Woodfire Grill with our friends, Tom & Gena. The hostess sat us on the patio outside right next to Governor, Tim Pawlenty and his family! After a nice dinner, we went over Tom & Gena's house to hang out and watch, "Burn After Reading" An tnteresting yet quirky flick! It was a nice night spent with old friends and a even a little brush with a celebrity! Saturday, we spent time at home and worked on our house. Sunday, we went to church and then decided to go to Stillwater for the day! We invited my brother and had a great time exploring. We ate at the Freight House (not the best food by the way) but very nice view of the river. We went the famous old Tremblay's Sweet Shop to eat some yummy treats and enjoyed the beautiful weather by the St. Croix River.

Outside Freight House

Trembley's

Jack!

Oh he's on the move!

My Brother and I by the St. Croix River.

What a great Memorial weekend!

This weekend we went to visit my grandparents cabin in Pequot Lakes, MN. They live on Upper Hay lake and it's such an amazing place. We drove up Friday afternoon and the traffic was horrible since everyone and their brother decided to go out of town this weekend. The drive usually takes 2 hrs. 45 min. and it took 4 hrs. and 30 mins. to finally get up there!! My Aunt, Uncle and their kids were also up for the weekend, so we had a packed house. We enjoyed the nice weather, went to a flea market, tooks rides on the pontoon, took nature walks, played games, fished & ate yummy home-cooked meals (Grandma you makes the best waffles). Jack and I also went tubing on "Big Bertha". This was a first for him and he seemed to enjoy it :) It was such a nice and relaxing weekend away!

Cabin view

Jack in his new life jacket.

"I love pontoon rides!"

About to take a ride on Big Bertha!

So tired after a long beautiful day.

I'm addicted to Garage Sales!

Since the weather has finally decided to perk up, I have been to many garage sales around our neighborhood and I am completely hooked. In the past, I always looked down to second hand things. But as I get older & wiser, I am learning that old things can be very valuable and cheap at the same time! I am finding myself looking for signs on every corner and searching in the paper to find sales. I picked up some very nice toys/clothes for Jack this past week and they were in excellent shape and most under $1.00. I have also been searching craigslist and I am learning that this too can be a good source for picking up used goodies. Craiglist items, most often are usually alot more expensive though, but you can find some good deals here and there. I have found that garage sale are the cheapest out of the two. I will post some pictures of my recent purchases soon. Remember: One person's junk, is another person's treasure!