Farmer's Market

Every Saturday over the summer was spent at the Neenah Farmer's Market. It took a ton of work and the second half of the season was not really worth it but we were able to promote Oliver's photo business a bit more and sold a decent amount of alphabet letters that we worked really hard on finding.

Oliver's sister, Amanda, shares the booth with us. She sold jewelry that she makes (and is upper gorgeous and has really good prices).

This was our booth and examples of the photo letters. Some of Oliver's photos were also available for purchase (we only sold two the whole season but got a lot of compliments). Also note that we had a banner made and polo shirts embroidered with his logo. We're pretty legit. He did get some photo jobs scheduled throughout the season but a lot of them cancelled for various reasons.

That's a better picture of the letters and one way I came up with to actually use them (besides framing your last name, which is how the whole alphabet thing got started because I wanted our last name done).

Over all it was a pretty good experience. We had some really yummy egg rolls from another vendor and made friends with our neighbor who crotchets hats. If we ever do it again we have already decided to only do the half season because 18 Saturdays is way too many.

Finally!

I have not posted any blogs since July because I got an ipad for my birthday and have not been able to figure out a way to upload photos to my blog with my ipad. Well I have finally figured it out and will now post a bunch to catch up!

Fourth of July

The past two years for the Fourth of July (one of my favorite holidays) we were in Rexburg. The first year I had to work and then Adrienne and Will stopped over and we lit some kind of fireworks in the parking lot. Last year, we walked all the way down to the fireworks in Rexburg and waited for about an hour and then left. We found out the next day that they had started 2-ish hours later, since the rodeo hadn't finished on time. This year the Fourth of July ended up being the only day that all of the Clares (Steve, Monica, Oliver, Heather, Emmett, Elliott, Amanda, Bob, Alex, and Elias) could make it to Noah's Ark together before Emmett leaves on his mission next week. So, we went to Noah's Ark! (Since it's a waterpark I don't have any pictures). It was a fantastic day and we got lots of sun but stayed cooler than our friends and family stuck here. We did a lot of slides and some time in the wave pool. I learned that I very much do not like waiting in line for water slides compared to roller coasters. The wave pool was by far my favorite part. I think it was a fantastic day, and we stopped at Pedro's afterwards for a snickers chimichunga (little piece of heaven). We also made it home part way through the Neenah fireworks so we walked to the park to watch some of them. It was a great day.

Three Years Later...

Yesterday was our three year anniversary. We got chinese takeout from Oliver's favorite: Hunan One and had a carpet picnic in the living room. We then took a nap and watched The Dark Knight (we're more excited for the new one now that we watched that again). And just when we thought our night was complete....we walked to Dairy Queen for ice cream! Best night ever!

Here's some snap shots from three years ago and what we were doing on that day.

June 20, 2009

(This was our roller coaster prep, for Six Flags)

A lot has happened in three years and there's a lot more yet to come!

I {heart} mod podge

My Date Night Jar. Oliver may not like it but I do! Now to put it into effect. And to get Oliver to add some of his own date night ideas. He's not such a willing participant so far.

Dells Run 2012

This past weekend was the Dells Run. My Dad won best of show, stock for his red Fiero (obviously all stock). Mom, Dad, Brittany, Alex, Laurie, Bob, Kyle, Kaylee, Devon, Destiny, Leah, Tracy, Lisa, Oliver and I were all there for the weekend. We had tons of fun swimming in the waterpark (outside was too cold), eating good food, and enjoying all the Fieros. My dad sure is popular with the Fiero crowd too. He has a lot of friends and a lot of people that want to talk to him!

My Snickers Chimichunga...aka little piece of heaven! (It looks fancier when it's not to go)

 

(Most of the pictures are on Oliver's camera, but it was one heck of a weekend!)

Memorial Day

I think this Memorial Day was pretty awesome. I have one hefty t-shirt tan to prove it too :) I rode a bike to the Neenah-Menasha Parade to meet up with my dad and brother. I rode as far as I could and was at the corner they were supposed to be at but it took a good 15ish minutes before I realized they were right across the street from me. I did a quick run across at a slow point in the parade and was able to watch the end of it. Then my dad said he and Alex were going to check out a car show in Omro and asked if I wanted to go. It was a nice little show.

It was a very hot day and Alex's ice cream melted much faster than he could eat it. We then spent the evening eating good food out on the front porch with my parents and Oliver's parents. Alex is pretty hilarious when he is over here. Usually when he comes over he likes to search for my cats, go to the park, and then read books out on the front porch. So when he came to eat dinner he really acts like he owns the place! He likes to run inside to look through the windows at everyone on the porch and then do it all over again. And he sure knew how to get some delicious fruit punch soda from Oliver, every time he went inside. It was an awesome day.