More happy, sunny days

Sarah and Brian came to visit. We had a great time. The guys went shooting, Sarah and Brian went canoeing, we hiked around on Rib Mountain. It was fun and too short. The next week, Rene was gone all week and I went to Aberdeen with Emily and Lauren. We had a great time although it was windy and cold at Storybook Land. Forrest treated us all to lunch one day, and Lauren loved him.

A Happy, Sunny Day

We enjoyed the Labor Day Weekend in Minneapolis. We went to the temple, watched BYU and celebrated Lauren's birthday, and on Monday, we went to the Minnesota State Fair. Ben and Joanna went twice!

Ben is eating a pickle covered in cream cheese, wrapped in prosciuto or pastrami. (I'm sure Ben knows, but I can't remember.)

It was a long day, but fun. We ate all kinds of yummy fair food.

My overall take on the fair is that it is more commercial than the Ohio State Fair and less agricultural.

Joanna helped me with this lovely cake for Lauren's birthday. You can tell that by the time we were done, we didn't care what the tusks looked like.

Rah, rah, rah, rah, rah....go Cougars!

We enjoyed a guided tour of William Mitchell Law School. It's a very nice campus.

Judge Lauren

It was a great weekend! Every minute of time we spend together is precious to me.

More fun

Our Minneapolis kids came over for Sadie's blessing. While Emily and Janet were out together, Preston and I took Lauren up to Rib Mountain.

Fun

I'm very grateful that I've been feeling generally well this summer. It has allowed us to do some fun things. Here's one of them:

Before Janet went back to school, we took Macey to the Bay Beach amusement park in Green Bay. Macey's reaction was priceless. The look on her face was great. It was almost like "Hey, I'm driving this thing and I'm doing it all by myself."