It's no secret.....

that these two are celebrating their birthdays this week-end. Kaylie was born on December 10 and Jeff on December 11th!
So, Happy Birthday you two! We hope that you are having a great week-end and we look forward to celebrating with you next Sunday!! We love you!!

A FAIRY TALE ENDING!

Once upon a time this student attended high school at the "castle on the hill" in Fergus Falls, MN. She was a student in an Earth science class taught by.......
this teacher, "Mr. Risbrudt."
Now fast forward many years when the student (Jolene Kavlie) married Dan Kowalski and they had three beautiful children. One of their children was this cheerleader who grew up to be a lovely princess!
The teacher also married and he and his wife were blessed with three wonderful children, one of whom is this football player who grew to be a handsome prince!
These two found themselves working together at Inspiration Point Bible Camp where they became very good friends
........................and fell in love.
Soon they will be married and they will live happily ever after! Jeff and Kaylie, we are so excited for you! We are very thankful the Lord brought the two of you together for this fairy tale ending!

Happy Birthday Coach!

Glad to see you are still flying high! Nice jump!

Our September Birthday Kids!

Two of our three children have birthdays in September. It really is a wonderful month for birthday parties. It is usually warm enough to be outside but not too cold or not to hot. However, we had one birthday in September where it snowed a bit and one party occurred in 90 degree temps. We have had parties before and after football games, at football games and during football games. We have had a 50's party, a barney party, a bowling party, swimming parties, and a"spa" party. We went on scavenger hunts , a limo ride, trips to chuckie cheese and space aliens. We had family parties, threshing bee parties, girl parties, boy parties, and boy and girl parties! We did it all over the years!

So, this year we just want to tell our September children on their birthday month that WE LOVE YOU and you are a blessing to us!

The 4th of July with family!

This week-end we gathered at the lake and spent time together with family. These are my sisters lots on Long Lake near Dalton. Our lot is next to theirs but we are still "looking" at it. We are starting an official road fund so we can get to it!

There were wagon rides.
Competitive croquet games
Game playing
Visiting
Pontoon rides!
Swimming...
Fishing!
Some tried to run away!
And some sat still....
There was lots of food...
Some collected firewood....
for wonderful bonfires.....
and of course there were mosquitos! Thanks for a fun week-end!

A classroom in the making!

Lindsay was blessed to get a new teaching job in Mandan this spring. She will teach K-5 music at Roosevelt elementary school. I traveled to Bismarck in July to help her work on her classroom a bit. This is just a little bit of the work we did. I hear the classroom is now done and ready for its class next week.
Fun to see her name on the door! I think the posters came down.

Waiting to make music!


We emptied a store room that had the supplies of a retired teacher of many years in it. So, we emptied it all on the classroom floor and sorted, tossed and organized about 10 closets like this one.

A trip to Jamestown

It was fun to take a trip to Jamestown to see where Nick had settled in for the year. He is in a nice dorm called Seibold this year. The rooms have much more space. The picture above is the outside of the building.

Nick and his roommate from Cando, ND I think they are having a pretty good time. They decided to dress alike for church on Sunday morning!
Laura and the Bobbsey Twins on our way to church!
The 2011 Jimmy Football Team
These three guys played together as Otters too.
We got to sneak a peak at practice.
Laura and I enjoyed sitting in the bleachers watching practice and getting some sun!

91 Years Old!

On July 28th Denise's mom turned 91. It took 3 puffs to get the candle out!

We took mom out to a special dinner. My sister picked her up in the Miata.
So fun to see them round the corner and a little white head in the front seat!
Happy Birthday Mom! We hope year 91 is a a great one!

We're going on a camping trip and we are bringing.....

One can't have summer without a camping outing with good friends. In July this group traveled to Long Lake Campground by Itasca for a fun week-end together.

---------------------The girls!--------------------
---------How many people does it take to put up a screen tent?-----------
There is a long standing history where if Allen is along, there will always be some kind of electrical problem...there was! No power in our box! We survived without it!
__________________Doug and Val________________
------------------------Al and Carol-----------------
------------------------Mark and Marie--------------------
-------------------------Richard and Denise------------------
Our week-end was filled with biking, reading, swimming, napping and of course eating!



Let's not forget the fierce competition on the mini-golf course, playing cards and bean bags!








--------The official week-end hand and foot champions!------- THANKS FOR A GREAT WEEK-END FRIENDS! CAN'T WAIT TO DO IT AGAIN!