Friday, July 24, 2009

down on the farm (and other bjerkaas family reunion adventures...)

eric and i have spent the last week at our lakeside leisure. it's the annual bjerkaas family reunion! look how excited we are!!!


we went out to the old bjerkaas farm and all the brothers wheeled out their tractors. apparently, they're quite the rage with that bjerkaas generation. i never saw that coming.


eric getting a tutorial from his pa.

i know eric first as a math teacher and a soccer coach. a guy who plays guitar and works out. air force brat, army vet. a bostonite, a california artist man. but never, ever did i expect to see him on a tractor. or that at his family reunion, his dad and uncles would wheel out a parade of farmalls and john deeres. so fun. :)


even i got to drive one. :)uncle forrest, explaining his giant farmall beast...

apparently, my john deere hats would have been appreciated here.
eric took me out on the loooooooove boat
i know, i look super cool in this picture.
i like this man a lot.

Monday, July 20, 2009

our new place

we've spent a good deal of the summer at the house my parents used to rent to my little brother, helping them fix it up. now we're finally moved in and getting settled, just in time for us to leave for a family reunion in minnesota and then our honeymoon in mexico! i'll tell all about it later, but, for now--here's the pictures!

the master bedroom...




the guest room. eric let me put up some of my pictures from sudan. :)


the bathroom...


the living room....

(notice the green chair. a bit out of place...)

view from the dining room, peeking into the living room and kitchen...
the rest of the kitchen...


the dining room, complete with matching family photos. (eric's idea.)