Weekend In Detroit Lakes

We had a great weekend in Detroit Lakes, as always. We left Friday and arrived at 9:00 p.m. We turned in pretty early and on Saturday, Ryan and I left for the dentist's office. A quick update on my braces. My top teeth are in perfect alignment, they weren't bad to start with but they are straight now. The bottom is still where we have the issue and the issue is with one tooth in the middle of my bottom row. It hasn't moved since we put the braces on and that is likely because my bottom teeth are so crowded together that there isn't room for it to be pulled forward. Well, this weekend we got serious. If this idea by the good doctor doesn't work we are going to start pulling molars on the bottom to make space for this center bottom tooth to come forward. Ryan's idea was to "shave" the sides of 2 of my bottom teeth. The idea here is quite simple, we have to create space for that tooth to move forward. After 1.5 hours in the chair the work was done. My teeth are very sore, but I thought it was certainly worth a try before we start yanking perfectly healthy molars. I'm all about minimally invasive. Thanks to the good doctor for making my experience as pain free as possible. I am truly blessed to be in Ryan's good hands. Thanks bro.
All right, now to the fun we had. On Saturday afternoon we headed to Fargo, N.D. This is about 45 minutes west of DL and Nicole had never been to North Dakota before. Fargo is a great town to visit. They have everything you could ever think of just like most major cities. If you think we are in a recession, the people in Fargo don't know it. I have never seen someplace as busy as Fargo. It looked like Christmas with cars everywhere in every parking lot of every store. Crazy!
We shopped a bit in their historic downtown and then had a great dinner at a new place called The Silver Moon Supper Club. Em and I both had the New York Strip, Ryan had the halibut and Nicole went for the surf and turf (short ribs and lobster tail). The food and company was wonderful. So, you think we got a babysitter to go to this 5-star restaurant? Not when you have an angel baby named Hattie. She sat right with us as the piano seranaded her right to sleep. She talked for a while and the waiters and waitresses stopped by to comment on how cute she was, and even the owner "Monte" stopped by to introduce himself. That's how it rolls when you are with the Ritchie's. They are known all over DL and even as far as Fargo.
We returned home Saturday night to watch the Gopher hockey team beat UMD and take 3 out of 4 weekend points. We headed home early today to get back and do some skiing.
Thanks to the Ritchies for a great weekend, we always have fun with you guys!

4 1/2 month old Hattie Georgina with her auntie Coco and uncle Jason at Starbucks


Ryan and Jason babysitting Hattie while Emily and Nicole hit the downtown shops of Fargo. I think they solved the worlds problems over a glass of Cabernet. This was Monte's, a neat wine bar.

On the way home in Akeley we stopped and took a picture of Nicole and Paul Bunyan. The Tauer family lake cabin is nearby and as little kids they used to all 4 of them climb into Paul's hand for a picture.


Miss Hattie...she was a very good baby all weekend. She loves to smile and talk to you. I think she looks so cute when she sits in her little chair...she was watching her first video this morning--she loves the TV.

We hope everyone has a great week!