Beautiful Brienna

Papa has always called her his "baby doll". Wow! She certainly is!

Flyfishing the Mississippi

Stephen, our nephew Erick Grochow and I went flyfishing on the Mississippi. This was the 25th of September and the afternoon weather was great! The flow was strong after all of the rain. By the sound of the news we maybe wouldn't be fishing the same place today.

Nice picture of Erick - Hey Erick - What's on the end of your line!?

Doug ready to go! AND, the life jacket went along with the jacket and the sweatshirt. The weather really got warm and beautiful in the afternoon.

Stephen wih a nice smallmouth!

Soccer Weekend

That's Conner peaking through

Our soccer star

A cool and rainy morning on the soccer field

Brienna in action!

Twins

Marion, Sandy and Martha
Doug, Marion, Sandy and Denis Anderson

Our first trip to the new stadium. And, the Twins won! It was a beautiful day!

Gophers

Denis and Sandy Anderson received a great invite to share the Uof M Board of Regents suite and they took Marion and I with.

The view of the field was exceptional!

A Day of Golf

The weather is changing and Fall is upon us. Time to make sure we get in a day of golf with Ayden and Aubrey. So Papa and Mitch took the two of them for a day of golf. Aubrey thought the ride in the cart was a hoot. She thought the cart should go faster. She giggled everytime we took off with the cart. Ayden? He had some really good shots. It is a ritual that Ayden has Mountain Dew when golfing so Papa brought along a small can of Dew for both Ayden and Aubrey.

Cousins Fun

The last two years Papa and Nana have taken the grandchildren for a 3 day adventure. This was the first year for Aubrey and Conner. Abram stayed home with Emily (the two of them did make a trip to Como Park and the Zoo while we were gone). This years itinerary was much a repeat of last year. We stayed at the lake place on Mille Lacs and then went to Paul Bunyan Land (or as it is now called The Farm). Then to Pirates Cove to play mini golf and drive go carts. The last wonderful outing was a day at the beach. We loaded everyone in the boat and off we went.

Here they are! What a fun group.

Sitting on Paul Bunyan's Shoes!

It was so much fun to see the faces of Conner and Aubrey as they were greeted by Paul Bunyan. How did he know my name Papa? After a couple of hours on the rides the two youngest wanted to go back and talk to Paul Bunyan. So, we went back. And, he welcomed them back! Conner waved as hard as he could and said hi!!!!

Conner, Nana and Ayden on the Ferris Wheel

Conner and Papa laughing it up while bumping and getting bumped in --- well, what else? ---- The Bumper Cars!

Conner and Aubrey in Lightning McQueen

Ka-chow!

I'm going for the Piston Cup! Ayden racing his cousins

Jenna and Ayden

Now that is one HUGE pizza!

Water fun

It's been a fun and busy day. Now, it is time for bed

The Super 6