Posted By On July 22, 2014 4 Comments

North Dakota Date Night: Coteau des Prairie Lodge and The Lost Italian

The Pinke Post_Coteau des Prairie Lodge

After the county fair and then a long weekend to western North Dakota with family and friends, Nathan and I probably should have stayed home Sunday night to catch up on work around our house and yard. We have a full schedule ahead of us this week. But it was 93 F outside.We were home […]

Filed Under: North Dakota, prairie life Tagged With: , 4 Comments
Posted By On July 7, 2014 1 Comment

Glamping With Four Generations of North Dakotans

The Pinke Post

It’s going to take me four days to recover from a three-day celebrating weekend. Anyone else feel this way? But what memories are you taking with you? I thought about it early this morning over a cup of coffee and the memories from this weekend will stick with our kids and family for decades to […]

Filed Under: family, family fun, North Dakota, prairie life Tagged With: , 1 Comment
Posted By On July 1, 2014 3 Comments

Age Five with 20 Princesses At A Party

The Pinke Post Anika_Cake

July kicks off with a bang at our house. We aren’t Canadian but live awfully close. So while we could celebrate Canada Day on July 1, we instead celebrate our youngest, baby girl, Anika. Her birthday morning started with her crawling into bed with us in the middle of the night and with her sister […]

Filed Under: birthday, family, kids 3 Comments
Posted By On June 30, 2014 32 Comments

It Wasn’t Meant To Be In June

pinke2014-24

As June ends, I have a lump in my throat, a tightness in my chest and a little extra moisture in my eyes while I look through photos my sister sent me in an email yesterday. It started out as an after church photo shoot last weekend for Anika’s fifth birthday and evolved into a […]

Filed Under: family, prairie life, working mom Tagged With: , 32 Comments
Posted By On June 20, 2014 Leave a Comment

World’s Largest Turkey BBQ in Aneta, North Dakota

World's Largest Turkey Barbeque, Aneta, ND

Do you have a small town festival you love? It’s the eve of my favorite. This weekend, always the third weekend of June, is one of my favorite weekends of the year in one of my favorite small towns. What happens? The North Dakota small town, Aneta, population 250 approximately if you could the nursing […]

Filed Under: North Dakota, prairie life Tagged With: , , Leave a Comment
Posted By On June 14, 2014 2 Comments

A Father He Didn’t Have To Be

A boy with a father

With the celebration around Father’s Day I know a few people struggling with the lack of father in their life. Each has their own story to the dad they no longer have in their life, the father that was never present, the dad that left never to be seen again, the dad that hurt them […]

Filed Under: family Tagged With: 2 Comments
Posted By On June 12, 2014 Leave a Comment

Lessons in Driving 100 Miles to Gymnastics

IMG_8257

Thursdays this month are for 100 mile one-way drives to gymnastics. Today a friend is driving but for the past two weeks I have driven. This all started with Miss A’s big idea. All she wanted to go was go to gymnastics this summer she said earlier this Spring. Easier said than done.  I know […]

Filed Under: prairie life Leave a Comment
Next Page»

With Google+ plugin by Geoff Janes