A Busy Week!

Dan's Week of Projects

This week has gone by so fast and we have experienced many of God's blessings on us. Dan scheduled this past week as vacation in order to work on some projects around home and to do a few personal projects as well. Last spring he wanted to do some hiking but was unable to so he attempted to fit it in this week. On Monday Kathryn dropped him off in Pine Island and he walked the Douglas Trail all the way back to Rochester. It is not quite like hiking the Appalachian Trail but it is a whole lot further than he would have ever thought he could do a year ago. He also has wanted to try out some biking so spent a day at Lanesboro trying out a couple different kinds of bikes and enjoying the trails. There were also several projects that he wanted to do at home and was able to get some of that accomplished as well. I think he is probably more exhausted now that at the beginning of his "vacation".

Thankful for Good Friends

The highlight of the week was Thursday evening when we were able to get together with Bob and Marilyn. I have missed them so much since they moved to MO. a year ago. Thankfully their son is still in the area so they came back to visit him and we got to see them too. Jane graciously invited us all to their home for dinner. We had a great meal and a great time of laughing and having a good time. Friday night was a beautiful night and we went to the football game. The band was great and the touchdown treats were awesome. Is it too bad that we had to celebrate the opponents touchdowns in order to have a treat. Our own team didn't give nearly enough opportunities. Going to football games with the Kalwat's has been a long standing tradition. At first we went to watch Brian (Arms) play on the team and then in later years watch Ashleigh and Brian (Kalwat) march in the band. It was fun to pretend for just a moment that this was just another one of those games.

Too Cute!

Denise and Ellie came to visit me at work on Friday afternoon. My decoration basket of apples turns into a great toy for Elise. It is always fun to have a "little library patron" come to check out our library or at least to see the librarian.