Twins Game

When Scott and I were in Roseau, Ana Pratt called and invited Scott and I to a Twins game. My Scott wasn't able to come due to homework load so I was the lone Van Havermaet to join Ana. I met Ana in North East Minneapolis to eat and car pool down to the Metro dome. Ana's friend Scott Esenrich joined us at dinner. We parked our cars at home depot and took a vote on who would drive downtown. Both Ana and I voted to take Scott's Sebring convertible and drive there with the top down. The only downside to driving to the metrodome in a convertible was that we had to drive on 35W through a construction zone. Once we got to the game we bought cheap seat tickets ($7) and headed to our seats. We tried to get down to the lower level, but our tickets were checked and we were sent to the upper level.

When the game started, we decided to play a game of our own. After every inning we would get up and move to another section to get better seats. I have a slide show below of the different views of the game. We started in right field, upper level and worked our way around the Metrodome. By the sixth inning we were sitting in $44 seats on the right side of home plate. The Twins won 6-2 over Oakland and we had a blast! I've posted a couple links of the game we went to. Go Twins!

Star Tribune Article

Fish Cycle

On Sunday July 8, Dad took Scott and I out to Lake of the woods to go fishing. The trip was off to a rocky start. i forgot to bring my camera so scott and I had to turn around to get it. When we met Dad at the bait shop, he prompted told me to go back home and pick up his tackle. When I got back to the bait shop, Scott told me to drive to the marina to meet Dad. We arrived at the Warroad Marina to find it silent with no Dad in sight. We looked around and decided to go to the public launch in Warroad. There we found Dad already in the boat in the water. He had launched the boat all by himself! Dad has assumed that we would go to the public launch in Warroad and didn't bother to tell Scott where he was going. Scott had never been to the public launch and knew only of the marina. If only our cell phones worked!

We finally got out onto Lake of the Woods and it was a little rough. Scott wasn't holding on to his hat and it flew into the lake. We went back to look for it but it was a victim of the water. We were only able to fish for a couple hours. The only saving grace is that we caught 6 fish, kept 5 and exhausted our worm supply. Scott had a great time on the water and I got a refreshing shower from the ride back to our cars. I've included a slide show of what we did with our catch.

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Keri and Scott

Home Improvements

While Scott and I were up in Roseau, we helped my parents fix up the house. However, most of the work was already done when we got there (by my sisters and brother, hehe). Scott really wanted to help my Dad and use his carpentry skills. Scott finished painting the house and painted the shed. He help Dad remove a rafter that has been bugging him for years in the garage and from that wood, he made a banister for the garage step. I've posted a little slide show of what Scott, Austen and Dad accomplished when we were home.

You may asked what I did, I helped Kathy prep for her wedding. My fingers were sore from wiring and taping plastic flowers.

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Sister's Shower

On Friday July 6, Kylee and I threw Kathy a Pampered Chef shower in Roseau. A bunch of ladies from First Baptist came and celebrated with us and Kathy. Even Austen's mom Lorrie came up from Pelican Rapids to join us. Here are some pictures from the party. Kathy and Austen have the same pictures on their webpage, so I borrowed it from them. Enjoy the show!

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Keri

Un-Planned weekend with Family

If you would have told me on Friday that I would be moving my sister's stuff to her new place in La Crescent on Sunday, I would not have believed you. It happened no less and here's the story of our weekend.

Saturday, Scott and I decided to go see Ratatouille, the new Pixar Movie about a rat who is a gourmet chef. It's an excellent movie and we recommend seeing it. After the movie, we had planned on going to a BBQ in Minneapolis. Then I called Kathy, and our plans changed in an instant.

Actually, I left Kathy a voice mail about some funny pictures I found on the web. Unfortunately I cannot share them now. She called me back and we chatted and I wondered where she was calling from. Apparently she had moved out of her duplex in Moorhead and was on her way to La Crescent to drop off some stuff. She was driving through St. Cloud when she called me back. She told me that their crew composed of Dad, Grampa Fish (Paul) and her. I didn't want to put Grampa through more moving so I volunteered Scott and I to help. I figured it was worth spending time with Grampa, Dad and Kathy and with the five of us, unloading would be a heck of a lot quicker.

So Dad and Kathy pulled over in Clearwater to figure out hotel options. They were to arrive in La Crosse at around 9:30pm and were scheduled to unload Sunday morning. After about an hour of going back and forth from hotel to hotel, they decided that they could fit us all into one big suite. In the meantime Scott and I packed up a weekend bag, found a list of churches, and cancelled our plans for the BBQ.

We met the crew at the Kwik Trip in Plymouth and headed out. Kathy wanted me to ride with her in her van, Dad and Grampa were in the other van and Scott drove our car. When we reached LaCrosse we settled into our hotel room, relaxed a bit went to sleep. When I say settled I mean totally re-arrange the suite furniture to fit our sleeping bags and Kathy's hide-a-bed. When I say relaxed a bit I mean find Grampa a sandwich or something to eat at 10pm. We did actually go to sleep that night.

The next morning, Scott and I got up to go to church at St James the Less in La Crosse. As we were leaving, Dad and Kathy were trying out the hot tub in our suite. When we got back, everyone was ready to check out and go out for breakfast. The day before, Grampa and Dad got stung by Perkins ($20 bill for 2 people) and didn't want to spend that much at a restaurant. Kathy asked around and the hotel clerk told her about a diner down the street. That bill was $25 for five meals (Not bad!).

After breakfast we headed over to La Crescent to move Kathy's stuff. The actual unloading didn't take us too long, but getting there did. Kathy and I missed the exit to La Crescent and had to turn around at the next exit. Then we missed a turn and almost left town. When we finally got there, Scott and Dad moved most of the big heavy stuff, Grampa sat and chatted. Kathy and I moved our share though not as much as Scott and Dad. Kathy's landlord told us about a very pretty way back to I90 called the Apple Blossom Byway. The drive was filled with views of the Mississippi River, winding roads, bluffs and Apple Orchards. We didn't stop and enjoy these views because the crew needed to drive 9 hours to get home.

After the 3 hour drive from La Crescent we had to switch cars and part ways. Scott and I really enjoyed the time we spent of the road with family. We are looking forward to this weekend at home in Roseau.

Keri and Scott Van Havermaet

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