RochesterFest

  The week we got here happened to be: RochesterFest!  It was a fun way to get to know the town.

Day1:

 

 The fire department had this cute setup & let the kids spray the hose at the little house. Too cute!

 

Sadie was THRILLED she got the pink car.

 

 

A balloon as big as Sadie. She REALLY didn't want it to pop, so when we got home she set it on her rocking chair and would stare at it, but NEVER play with it!

RochesterFest Day 2:

 

PARADE TIME!  

...Okay, I'll be honost, this was no Utah-parade.  The parade had a TON of participants (like close to 100) but almost NO floats!  There were bands, but no floats!  A lot of local companies had trucks  tossing candy. But again, no floats. Odd.

 

Abby & Sadie

Abby came here from Utah too. Her dad was in Cory's med school class, so we've actually known them for a few years. SUPER nice having a familiar face around here!

 

When it rains, it pours! Quite literally. It goes from dry to drenched in seconds. Look at that guy with the chair on his head!   This is us at the parade. Oh, and notice that AWESOME float in the background?  Yeah, that's a bus. See what I mean? No floats. ;)

 We were pretty soaked, so we attempted to make a fort using our strollers and a blanket.  It worked alright. Really the rain made it pretty fun.

 (me, Sadie, Abby, Suzanne-Abby's mom/Utah friend)

 RochesterFest Day3:

 

Bubba was seriously loving the "dars"  (aka cars)

 

The had  a little craft to make a wooden car. 

Bub made one too, just didn't get a clear picture of it.

 

Wonder Woman!

It's a perfect fit, Sadles!

Goodbye & Hello!

Well, we are now residents of Rochester, MN!  Leaving Utah and arriving here was, of course, an adventure.  First there were a lot of goodbye's:

We said goodbye to our friends:

We said goodbye to our kids' friends:

 

 (little Audrey is in the left corner. Visible only by her cute dress and fingers)

We said goodbye to family.

 

(My not-so-little brother 

leaving to Ghana for his mission)

Next we loaded up the truck & sent Cory on his way:

  

(strike a pose)

 A couple days later, we woke up pretty early

And I boarded a plane, 

just me and my kidlets 

(heaven help us! 

 ...and the people sitting around us!)

 

Parts of the plane ride looked like this:

 

(admittedly a very old picture,

but you get the idea!)

And the hour and a half ride home 

from the airport looked like this:

 

A worthy note, saying goodbye is no fun.  No fun at all.   I preferred to not to give much thought to my goodbyes.  I pretend it's the same as saying goodbye like I have my whole life. No more weight given to these.  Let it be known, that I truly wish the most heartfelt goodbyes to my loved ones!  Which is just about everyone!  

There, with that out of the way, it's time to say:

HELLO!