Life at Pickerel

Well it's been over a month since our last post and we really have no excuse... we have all the time in the world.... or at least we should... we don't work that much yet our calendar is full!

So what is new.... as of may 31st, Life was good... up until June 17th.... that was the day Gus was hit by a car - exactly a year and a half after our dog Kayla had been hit by a car while we were visiting my parents for Christmas. It doesn't make sense...

A couple weeks later (Monday) we were down in Watertown and decided to stop by the SPCA.... Chloe had just been crying ALL the time and we thought maybe she was lonely... so we decided to THINK about getting another cat.... we just went to LOOK... Well we looked and then we went back outside to our car which just happened to be where the Dogs were.... we in less than two minutes we feel in love with a mangy mut (cross between a German wire hair and a Cocker Spaniel). We thought about it for a day and decided we just couldn't leave her there.



So Wednesday we went back to get her. We renamed her Charlie and she's six months old and SO GOOD!!! She's in heat now which is a pain, we are getting her fixed once she is out of it. Charlie was not Chloe's idea of a new friend, but they are getting much better. Chloe is usually cranky and hissing, Charlie just wants to play... but we are making progress!

Other adventures...


we went to Mount Rushmore,


and climbed Nicollet tower (it's a tower that was made for this guy who made maps - you can see three states from up top-SD, MN, ND)

We went to Minneapolis and saw Singing in the Rain at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre (SO COOL!), went to the Mall of America (SO HUGE!), saw Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest (lame... it's just a set up for the next movie), then went to the Basillica Block Party and saw Guster (Great Show!)

We also went to Sturgis to visit some of Lando's family - it's so cool in the Black Hills! I think we are going to go back for a couple days in august while my uncles are up the week before the Motorcycle Rally. It was in Sturgis where Lando found his new calling - he has decided to join the South Dakota circus with their new pole throwing act.


That's all for now i think.... Lando and I are flying out to Southern California next week to check out a camp job, so we are excited about that... and soon after that we will be heading to New York for my brothers wedding which i'm super excited about - i haven't gotten to spend much time with my family in the past year. Unfortunatly we won't be making it to camp :-( but i hope to see you all soon!