MN Trip ~Days 1&2

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Day 1

We drove all night and got there around 1 or 2 in the morning on Saturday.

My boys always bounce right up in the morning, ready to play.

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My little nephew holding a frog.

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I could follow these two around all day.

They are just so cute!

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Day 2

Maplewood State Park

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We try to hike at Maplewood every time we are up.

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I would hand off the camera to Nick and then proceed to take pictures with my phone.

I am a little bit addicted…

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These guys liked to yell at us.

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I walked ahead of everyone.

There is something about walking alone in the woods that just makes me breath deep and relax.

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I spent a lot of time walking in the woods behind my parents house growing up.

It was one of my favorite places to be.

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Grandpa making calls at Nick.

Nick was stalking us from above.

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He is a great teacher.

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We made sure we were going to MN when the leaves were changing.

So pretty.

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Another chipmunk to yell at us.

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The Trumpeter Swans were migrating when we visited!

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This girl has me wrapped around her finger.

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She wanted to take turns taking pictures of things with my camera and phone.

My turn consisted of pictures of her.

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Nick and I headed back to Maplewood to catch some pics in the evening light.

It was cloudy…

I decided to roll with it.

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Tripod and interval timer to the rescue.

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Maplewood is a beautiful park!

Make sure you go if you live in the area!

Do you have beautiful fall colors where you live?

 

Stephanie~ 6 months pregnant

I worked like crazy to get this post ready before we left for vacation.

Then I forgot to upload the pictures for the post…

Fail.

I did not realize it until we were already headed north and I tried to finish and publish it.

So here it is a week later then intended!

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I am so excited that my friend is having a baby!

We have been trying to document the journey but so far this is only the second set I have taken.

Life kind of gets in the way of photo shoots sometimes.

Which is totally fine.

I am just excited to give her something I missed out on(I have very few images of me while pregnant).

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Since she is due in January we did a maternity type shoot now while the grass is how we wanted it.

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Of course she is amazing and came to my house really early in the morning so the light would be pretty.

Then it ended up being cloudy for 99% of the time…

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I still love them though!

She is such a beautiful person and mother.

Motherhood looks good on you friend.

stephanie