Today is Aubrey's first birthday and pappa and nana are not there. This is the first grandchild that we were not able to celebrate their first birthday with. Emily just sent us pictures and that makes me feel better. I still wish we had been there.
I had planned on going to the Mopars in the Park car show today in Shakopee but the weather kept me home. I wasn't going to take a chance of rain or worse hail with the car out in the open and no place to put in under shelter.
So, we had a day of work around the house and a visit from Klair, Brienna and Conner. We played scoop ball in the back yard and then had lunch together before they returned home. Brienna and I had a lot of fun playing scoop ball. She always enjoys that game. Conner enjoyed playing on the swing. Lots of giggles and smiles. I took Conner for a ride on the John Deere and he steered with a little help from Pappa. After we put the tractor back in the barn we were playing and Conner would walk to the door of the barn and look in at the tractor. He even said tractor! Grandchildren are such day brighteners.
Marion has two more days of work and then the summer break starts. The children are done with school but the staff has two more days. This coming week is our vacation bible school and Marion works with that. She has done it for a few years now. They hold the Bible school at 3 of our city parks as an outreach. Then next Sunday we will have an outdoor service with a picnic and huge blow up play things for the kids to play on. It is a wonderful time!
Then after the service is over we will have the motor home ready to go with the boat hooked up behind it and we are going to camp on Mille Lacs lake from the 11th to the 20th. I am really looking forward to some down time. I hope the weather cooperates so we can enjoy boating and fishing. Mille Lacs is 12 miles across from the west to east and I think it is about 18 miles north and south so we have a lot of water to cover. We should catch some walleye so we can have fresh fish. If I'm lucky maybe I can even fight with a muskie ------- or 2?!
