Cath In Color

Yesterday, the girls had their open house at school.  This is the day when they can bring in all of their school supplies and meet their teacher.  They were both so excited to go and of course, Megan is at the age where she wants to look good, so she spent the morning picking out [...]

The Minnesota State Fair is back in town and as always, we Solberg’s were in attendance.  It was a hot, steamy summer day today but that didn’t stop the girls from trying their best at all of the games out in the Midway.  While we were handing the “Carnies” tickets to play, they were kind [...]

Kelly & I spent five hours today cleaning her room.   I couldn’t believe how much stuff we found laying around and smashed into every nook and cranny.  By the time we finished, we had filled an entire trash bag of “garbage” and five grocery bags of donations.  The rest of her “treasures” got to stay.   [...]

Today we spent the afternoon at Burnsville’s Art & Jazzfest listening to cool bands play jazz music, swing and even some blues.  The girls wore their swimsuits and kept cool by playing in the many fountains surrounding the outdoor park.   Greg  & Kimberly drove out and joined us on this sunny day as well.  After a [...]

Today was such a nice relaxing Friday.  I took the girls over to a nearby park, known to us as the “Castle Park” because of it’s design.  We met our friends, Dawn & Michael there.  Dawn & I have been taking the kids here since they were about four years old.  They’re finally old enough [...]

I took the girls to our local pool yesterday because it was SUPPOSE to be sunny and 81 degrees!  We were there for about an hour when I hear Megan yell, “Mom, look!”  I turned around to see the biggest, darkest, nasty clouds just about over us.  I had no idea this was even coming.  So [...]

Yesterday, we spent a beautiful day at the Chanhassen Arboretum.  The flowers out there were a spectacular sight and very fragrant.  The girls had their noses into nearly every rose they could reach, telling us, “Oh, smell this one!”  As always, I had my camera along and couldn’t help snapping photo’s of these colorful gardens.  [...]

Today I went out to get our mail and when I returned to open my door, I noticed a creature hanging around the bottom of our door.  What a summer we’re having.  I’m not sure what it is about our front entryway that is so attractive to non-human species. 

I was working in the yard today, okay I was watering my plants, but anyway….I had to pull one of our bins out from under the stairs and I found a big surprise waiting for me.  There was a big bee-hive under this bin and they built the hive under-ground!  I have never seen this before [...]

Today we headed out to the Apple Valley Aquatic Center (aka: water- park).  The day started out very grey and cloudy but we decided to go ahead and take our chances on any bad weather and if it rains…well, we’re in our swimsuits, so who cares!  Then about two hours later, the sun came out and so did the [...]