Our big news!

Last weekend Pat, Olivia, and I flew into Minneapolis for Pat's job interviews....yes-we are finally moving home!! There were a couple places in Mpls that had offered Pat a job, but he also interviewed in New Ulm, MN. We fell in love with New Ulm and felt it was just the perfect fit for us. As much as we love Mpls and have lots of friends & family there, we just felt that N.U. was our fit. The population is just over 13,000 and has a nice state park there (Flandreau State Park ). It's about 90 miles southwest of Mpls, 2 hours from Algona, 2.5 hours from Sioux Falls, and 5.5 hours from Gettysburg. That last one is a bummer, but it sure beats 20 hours and know we'll be out to see Grandma and Grandpa quite often! We're definitely going to miss our friends, and the weather, and the mountains here, but when it comes to family, we really want to be back home and have Olivia growing up with her Grandparents, Aunts & Uncles, and all the cousins. And maybe someday Pat and I can take a real vacation-we've loved visiting SD and IA, but we can't wait to have the time to go somewhere else! So-the following pictures are at Pat's sister-Molly's house. We got to spend time with so much family and my friend Holli & her fam-it was great to see everybody & can't wait until it's permanent!