A Night at the Ball Park

We have been to the ball park twice this summer. First, we had a picnic supper with Pete, Anne, Genevieve, JP & Mark in St. Cloud before Pete's double hitter on June 12th. Then, last night, Marlys babysat in Maple Grove with Paul's family. She took the kids to Osseo for Skyler's Wednesday night game. Here are pictures of Skyler as a catcher (like Pete) with Rajah and Spencer playing in the adjoining park.

Looking Ahead to the Mayo Camp Out

Mayo Campout Reunion
Aug 18 & 19
at Shawn & Marry Sundquist’s home
(Manny’s river lot location)

Pot Luck Saturday at 2:00
Family Fear Factor on Sunday at 2:00

swim, rope swing, boat, canoe, fish, horse shoes, campfire, sandbox, eat, sleep, meet cousins, and visit, visit, visit…

lots of room for motor homes and tents
motel rooms for rent at Country Inn & Suites

The Buffalo Days Parade

Earlier this week I hosted an Usborne Book party. The presenter was Anne Wilson. Thanks to all who came and ordered books! It was also Larry's birthday so most of our family was there too. At the end of the book party we all had ice cream and cake and the grandkids sang "Happy Birthday."


We went to the Buffalo Days Parade yesterday. Pete, Anne and Genevieve came for dinner and also set up chairs along the trade route. We had a great spot near the end of the parade. Gen was very good for the two hours we sat there.

Vacation Bible School June 11-15

We asked our oldest grandsons to stay with us for the week so they could help out at Bible School. JP helped Marlys in the Bible memory room. We had fun learning the verse of the day. Marlys also did the mission time each day with the large group. Almost $700 will be sent toward the Covenant Mission Project, Sandals for Sudan!

Mark was a helper in the Mini VBS for the 3 year olds. He was excited to be a leader. He loves to work with small children.

Thursday night we went to their home church to see brothers, Matthew and Luke, in their Bible school program. Then our church finished up with a program at noon on Friday.

The boys did many projects with Larry while they were here. They slept in the camper and were up at 7 each day and ready to head to church at 8 a.m. The pictures show them fixing marshmalows over the fire. Mark also did a wood project and burned out a tree stump. JP made a gate for his tree house at home. We spent their last night playing Phase 10 and Rummy Cube.

Minnesota Square Dance Convention 2007

Dance on Down to Kato Town -

We drove our camper to Mankato stopping in St. Peter to visit cousins Donny and Mike. We camped at the County Fair Grounds in Garden City. We took the shuttle bus to Mankato each day. Dancing started at the Trail's In dance on Thursday evening and continued thru Sunday. The weather was windy as we drove the 125 miles south over back roads since we were only cruising at about 45 or 50 mph. The wind was over by Friday and the rest of the weekend was ideal - warm but nice for sleeping at night. Aches and pains took their toll. Larry got a stiff neck and Marlys was recovering from faling down our basement stairs. We paced ourself by sitting out a few of the tips but were still dancing at 10 p.m. on Saturday night! We headed to church Sunday morning. Surprisingly, our aches and pains were greatly reduced. I guess dancing is good for us!

Two Grandsons Visit

We had a great time with two of our grandsons. Luke learned to oil his trike and Matthew had his first experience with an electic drill. They stayed with us the whole weekend. They enjoyed roasting marshmallows over the fire. Saturday they went garage saling with Grandpa. Grandma played card games, checkers and chess with them. That was the first weekend in June.