Good Friends, Beautiful Family

Fledgling Drop Off

John and I and Elise and Heather left Cambridge this morning at 6 a.m. arriving at Concordia by 9:30! We parked along side her new home and were instantly assisted in unloading and carrying her belongings to the fifth floor! WOW! The Cobber football guys were AWESOME! Welcoming and helpful and made the move happen in lightening speed!

First one in the room is like the early bird gets the worm!
Heather's cousin, Sam, kept the OO RAH RAH going! I think it was a good thing for Heather! Smiley Elise was there for her best friend!

We waited for Grant as he asked us to bring the essentials, HUNTING GEAR! I think he might hang his deer stand in his dorm room!

" How many girls fit in a dorm room closet?"

I was trying to get the girls to line up around Grant and Heather said NO WAY and Sam was grossed out and Elise is like OHHHH - oh k.
(Elise wanted the VW car we stood by!)

SWEET GIRLS...

The kids will have a great time!! Time to make something of their lives, have fun and get good grades!! :)

Barn Dance

Lena and Jim and Jackie and John and John ! We are gearing up for some Cajun Hot Soles! Uff da it's going to be a great night!

Carla pushing Lena around on the dance floor. Like I know my stuff! I have lots of shuffle to strut. Just ask the hubby who has to dance with me!

Dalbo has a great dance place. It's a home and retreat place. The owner, Amy Sabrina puts forth some great venues! You see alot of the same faces and the time together is memorable! Very family orientated and the musicians fill our feet full of our hearts!

I really think there is a treasure out my back door.

My Weekend

Heather came over to have supper with me and see the garage sale set up. I'm trying to hook her up with some great deals. We visited a little.
John and I will take her up to Concordia this weekend. Her Daddy is having a tough go of it and is in the hospital a few weeks. It's still an up hill climb for him and I know that I can count on you all to uplift Ev in your prayers.

Heidi and I filled up the garage and had a garage sale. We tried, but the shoppers were somewhere else. Slow, slow. However, the right people came along for a few of the things. We gave stuff away and we still managed to make some tuition/book money.

Auntie Karyn came for coffee and cake and see what kind of wares we had to sell! Auntie Karyn is special, fun and keeps the family ties strong. I love you!

I have to share this. During the sale this weekend, Heidi and I were asked two or three times if we were sisters!! I love it!!

Don and Michelle

Cycling Cuties

Cambridge-Isanti has a new bike trail that just opened about a month ago! The Pharmacy girls met this evening to bike the trail. It's a wonderful trail and felt a little disappointed the ride was so short. Diane, on the far left, biked from home. I'm daring myself to try that out myself!

New adventures have opened up for myself since dusting off the bike. I started out last week trucking around the block [so to speak] logging in 6.2 miles. My first time around I thought I might be setting too big of a goal. I had no idea how far [ 2 miles as far as I knew] this little trip would go and how long. It took me 51 minutes and my bisquits weren't worth their fluff factor.
I took the challenge 3 times last week and pedalled 4 more this week. I have widdled off 16 minutes and have the gumption to set higher goals for next week. I have a couple of good months left before it snows right?

Karen, Shelvia, Nancy, Brenda, Beth, JoJo and Carla.

Thank you Kristina Fosse for coming out to photograph our group!

Between my place and Dad's

I have a very short walk to Dad's. When the bugs are few my walk is longer. There's a shaded path that has the most interesting mushrooms that pop up. A chocolaty looking one that grows in the oaks. White bowl shaped mushrooms and stink horns, they make me wonder what on earth ... Why God?

Dad has a little garden on the deck. We planted petunias and impatients in the pickled herring buckets he saved! I added in a couple of my baskets from last years flowers! The mound of flowers are beautiful! He also has green beans and tomatoes and peas!

My walk back home. It's a pretty stroll. I remembered the visitors that crossed this path. The boys who peddled their bikes to Grandma and Grandpa's place. I also reached back into my own memory and my Grandma's path to our home. She came through a winding path much deeper then ours. When she rounded the corner she would lift her hand and with a pointing finger shake her little hello! Into her sweater pocket she would reach and out came a pink or white peppermint candy! It's a pretty stroll.