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!