Got to go ice fishing in December on Crooked Lake where we caught about 25 sunfish. Then in mid January (16th) we went to the Coon Rapids Regional Dam Park for the trout opener on lake Cenaiko. Dad caught a nice size trout 30 minutes after we got setup and fishing.

We went to the GLOW lights KTIS night at the state fair with my parents. We also got in some ice fishing with the Hanson family up at their lake.

We took our Christmas card pictures up north this year.

We met up with are annual crew of friends (Minus Abbie) at the Pine Tree Apple Orchard. It was so busy that we just walked around a bit and didn’t even end up going inside because the line was like 100 yards long. After that we went to downtown White Bear Lake for a meal at Key Cafe as well as to do a little holiday gift shopping. Later we went to Elm Creek Park in Maple Grove for a 4 miles walk through the trees on some new trails we haven’t been on before.

We hung out with some of friends all day Saturday by first getting gluten free donuts at the Grey Duck food truck. Next we went to Como Park and walked around the lake. It was super nice out, but no photos from the lake. Next we decided to go to Stillwater to walk around and get food at LoLo’s, which has the best wings I’ve ever eaten. Lastly, we came back to our house for a bonfire.

Lindsey and I both wanted dairy free ice cream so we decided to go on a date by first going to Maple Grove for salads at Crisp and Green. We walked around one of the Arbor Lakes behind the shopping centers (No pictures from here). We then headed down Wayzata on lake Minnetonka. We walked to Ben & Jerry’s and got our favorite dairy free ice cream, which is really the only place in the twin cities, that we know, of who has it.

Thanks to some restaurant tips from a friend, we ate some amazing food up in Duluth, MN as well as visited Tettegouche State park for a waterfall hike. We stopped at the Palisade Cliffs along the way and got some good pics of Lake Superior! Definitely ate way too much BBQ food and ice cream at Love Creamery. Super nice getaway trip for a long weekend.

We had some good weather for engagement photos at Silverwood Park. We really liked how they turned out.

I did my best to surprise Lindsey by bringing her to Bethel (it was cold) and we walked up to the top of Seminary Hill where I proposed. We took some photos and then later went to The Sound of Music at the Ordway. The best part is that she said “Definitely, Yes!”