Back to School

We had a great summer....but the time has come to go back to school. Just what did we do this summer? This year it was a little of this, a little of that:

• Dance Recital for the two girls


• Kelsey had her piano judging


• Our annual trip to Lake Okoboji and Arnold's Park


• A new tradition was started. Seeing the Indy Corn 250 and camping nearby. The kids met the big names in racing.


• Saw Drake Bell in Concert at the Indy Corn 250. Who is Drake Bell? A singer in the tradition of Buddy Holly. Matthew loved it!!


• Kelsey went to music camp.


• Kelsey and Matthew got new bedrooms. Erin got a room of her own.


• Camping at Brushy Creek


• We drove to Maine with our camper. Got to do our favorite things in Maine.


• Went camping at Clear Lake. Kelsey and I went to see Point of Grace who performed at the Surf Ballroom. We got to meet them and were in the front row for the concert.


• The kids played, and played and played in the neighborhood. They would play from sun up to sun down...or even after sun down.

But all fun must come to an end. Back to school. Back to music and dance lessons.

Borrowing a page

I am taking this blog from my sister's. She posted this about a week ago.

So it finally has come to pass! Niece Kelsey (Glorianne's oldest) came to work with me on Sunday at the Shop. She was a great help busing tables and it made the day go quickly. Someone even gave her a tip! We are posing with our favorite cinnamon buns and our look-alike red glasses.

Note: Kelsey purchased her denim dress "uniform" and brought it to Maine just in case she got called up to service. How is that for dedication?

Back from Maine

We made it back from Maine. We pulled our pop-up camper this year. It worked out well. We even traveled through the mountains of NY, VT, and NH.

Our Maine relatives seemed to think we brought Iowa weather with us since there were torrential rains and tornado warnings when we got there....for three days. But then the sun came out and we went to our annual visit to Storyland. We stayed at a campground right on Sebago lake so we were able to swim every day it didn't rain.

The main purpose of our visit was for the 60th anniversary party for my parents and the 50th anniversary party for Tim's parents. They were both great parties and allowed us to see all of our relatives on these two days.

We returned to Iowa to find 100+ heat indexes.

School starts in just over 2 weeks. We are never ready for school to start. But, we still have several camping trips planned.