The town name, Anoka, comes from a combination of terms taken from the native Dakota and Ojibwa. It sits right on the Rum River and the mighty Mississippi, and we're about 40 minutes from the Twin Cities. Anoka is also known as the "Halloween capital of the world" and is said to have sent the first volunteers to the Union Army for the Civil War.
Kim and the kids, with cousin Nathan, on the Coon Rapids Dam, which spans the Mississippi.
It's been a while since I've had the chance to cut grass with a mower (not much of a yard in Indonesia). Aidan's doing the Father/Son tradition thing - didn't have a toy mower, so he improvised with one of Ethan's toys.
