8/1/03  Grandma and Grandpa Ludwig here for a visit.  A raspberry pie made with our fresh raspberries in foreground!

8/3  Riding Lady of the Lake on Lake Minnetonka.

The Lady of the Lake (in background)

Annabelle on Lake Minnetonka

Annabelle with Grandma and Grandpa Ludwig

8/8  Annabelle's playdough person.

8/9  The Carver County Fair!  My very favorite day of the summer!  Annabelle riding a horse outside the horse barn.

Annabelle at the "milking parlor".  Annabelle really wanted to see a cow get milked!

Annabelle & Nathaniel looking at baby chicks.

A picnic lunch at the fairgrounds.  Dessert?  A Funnel Cake of course!

Piggy races!

Our neighborhood block party was that same day.  Annabelle at the bike parade.

8/12  Our apple tree was overloaded with apples this year.  The deer came in droves to eat them.  We took bucket loads to the horses on the way to the park.

Nathaniel with the apples

8/14  At the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.  The "Big Bugs Exhibit was here from Epcot!

Annabelle posing with an Annabelle Hydrangea

8/21...The last garden class

Annabelle posing with Tanya, the gardening class teacher.

8/28  Annabelle with her kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Kocher.  

Annabelle in our new garden we made in the front yard this summer.

9/3...Oh My Goodness...the first day of kindergarten!