Three years!

It's hard to believe that three years ago today... we were getting all dressed up, taking tons of pictures, saying our vows in front of friends and family, eating dinner and heading to Lake Tahoe -as husband and wife! We have already been through so much in three years and I'm thankful for every part of it. Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband!

Travels on the North Shore, part 2...

Our second day on the north shore including a lot of time in the car, but we had many stops along the way. To start, here is the view right outside of our room. I'm sure if the weather was warmer, we'd take a few more strolls down to the lake... but for now, at least we get to enjoy the beautiful lake-view.

Our first stop was about 10 miles north to see Cascade Falls. I've been here a few times before, but it was still nice to stop at. It's also fun to see each of these places in a different season than I'm used to seeing them in (summer).

Our next stop was after about an hour drive south to Gooseberry Falls. Matt didn't think he had been here before, so we stopped and walked around. It was, again, nice to come here in the late fall. It was so quiet... usually there are SO many people around!

Finally, we drove to Duluth. We will be driving back through there again tomorrow, but we thought it would be best to spend time there today since we will not get a chance to stop on our way home. We enjoyed walking around to a few shops, seeing the biggest ship we've ever seen come into the harbor and eating a late lunch at Grandma's...

It was another fun day today! Tomorrow we will be heading back home... and most importantly, to go see Miriam!

Anniversary getaway!

Matt and I are blessed to be celebrating our 3rd anniversary this week. We decided that to celebrate this year, we'd take a short trip up to the north shore. We are staying in Lutsen and went north up to Grand Marais, Grand Portage and the Canadian border today. Here are a few pictures from our day:

A view from just outside of Grand Portage...

Down by the lake next to the main lodge of where we are staying

Inside the lodge where we ate a delicious and massive breakfast

It has been a wonderfully relaxing and enjoyable trip so far. We love not having an agenda and just taking time to drive wherever we want and even just spend time watching movies and reading back at our room. We are planning to drive down to Duluth tomorrow to visit a few places before heading back again on Wednesday. We'll put up more pictures tomorrow (hopefully!).