Confirmation

The past two years of preparation towards Ashley's Confirmation has come to a close. It is so hard to believe she is this grown up... (tear). The ceremony was held at St. Paul Cathedral; which I had only been inside once to look around. It is so beautiful, I could have spent hours looking at all the details. Our church is gigantic, having 150 of the 200 Confirmation candidates for the service. I was truly impressed at how well they "ran the show" with so many candidates and observers (the place was packed). The service lasted about 1 1/2 hours, and then they had time afterwards for group pictures with the Bishop. Pretty cool. Pictures outside were difficult due to it being extremely windy and cold, but Ashley was a trouper. I love this photo; thanks to my dad-he had the capitol as the backdrop.
Inside the Cathedral - Sheila (sponsor) and Ashley


One-third of the St. Ambrose of Woodbury group-(Ashley 4th from L)

After the service we had a small lunch reception back at our house, there were about 12 of us. We had ham, turkey, cheese, harvest potatoes, fresh fruit, and mini cheesecakes for dessert. It was a long day but a beautiful service which we were able to share with family and friends on such a special occasion.

"The Nook"

It's kind of funny that our friends who live in Duluth actually highly recommended a fabulous burger place in the cities... It's called Casper's and Runyon's Nook. Located in St.Paul, off Hamline and Randolph Ave's. Then David asked one of his "local" co-workers about it, and her response was "yeah, really good burgers!!! To my surprise, David asked to take today off work so I decided we would go on an adventure and find it. We get there at about 5 minutes before opening and there's already a line forming outside the door... The burgers were spectacular....I had something called the Triple-B; cinnamon-brown sugar bacon and cheddar cheese. The fries were also very good; not overly greasy, skin-on fries and really crispy. Not the biggest place in town by any means, but darn good place if you're in the mood for a realy good burger. David had the Paul Molitor; a pepper-jack cheese stuffed burger. Speaking of stuffed, I am very stuffed! A fun way to splurge at a local favorite!