Tara Larson, California girl hits the small town!

Tara lands in MN - ready to rock!

Last weekend my girlfriend Tara Larson from Thousand Oaks, California hit the Minnesota soil to visit and see where I grew up!

She showed me she was ready to go when she came off the plane wearing this raccoon hat! Surprised? Not one bit!

It was a blast for me to watch her experience Minnesota - everything was so new to her!

She shot her first gun (a bb fun), she watched my nephew Drew get a morning dove, learned about Chief Wanonga in Battle Lake, wild rides (sitting on the hood of the car while my dad drives fast), Bargain Bazaar, accents, lakes everywhere, the most interesting little "fights" with my dad.

I'll never forget as we drove through Melby and Tara looked at me with the most serious face and said, "How are you so well rounded?"
I couldn't stop laughing!

Here's just a quick snapshot of a few pictures of her visit...






 





Tara & My Mommy,
City Restaurant, Ashby, MN

Singing Karoake at the Olson Fall Festival

 

Here we are having our first drink

 at the Melby Outpost!

 

She even got some art lessons from my Daddio!

www.johnhouseart.com

 

A ton more pictures off my camera to come!

 

 



The greatest among you shall be your SERVANT

I received this cute little set of cards from my mom for my 25th birthday. The set includes 52 cards (one for each week) with a card holder that says "Walk with the Word" at the base.

You put it somewhere you can see it daily and dwell the passage.

As you can see by the top of this card, here's the card from Week 1.

 

Its been a great gift and I actually passed it on when I moved back to Minnesota. I hope Jacquelyn, my friend's mom enjoys it as much as I did! Jacquelyn is a wonderful Christian woman whose been a very positive influence and like a second mom to me during my time in Westlake.

 

 

"The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted." - Mathew 23:11-12