2021 :: 40/52

 wednesday after school, grandpa peter came to watch the kids so i could workout. then we had supper, ran to get some cheap pumpkins and gourds and when we got home Al was home. trevor and i went to the volleyball game at the university at 7 and had fun watching them. they've got a good team this year! 

thursday tova and i stayed home and got some things done round the house. after school, trevor had soccer practice and tova got to play on the playground during that. 

friday we didn't send trevor to school so that we could drive up to uncle jimmy's cabin to help take the pontoon in and the dock in. we had a good drive up there even though tova got the "wiggles" just before we arrived. :) nana was there when we got there. it was a nice day up there! 70 degrees in october in park rapids, so we had to put our toes in the water. we also went for a walk, had supper and got a ride on the pontoon! both kids really wanted to swim but the water was cold! maren, nick, kai, tula, etta, and leni arrived late that night.  

saturday morning we got to work after breakfast since it rained in the afternoon. Al had the kids fishing off the dock while we took the pontoon out and got it in the garage. then mom took the kids inside while we got the dock out just before it rained. lunch and quiet time, then we got a break in the rain so we did our annual black and red flannel kids pictures/walk. then uncle jimmy took us out for pizza and nachos at zorbaz. uncle kai took the kids to the arcade where tova got a sucker and trevor got a super hero card. 

sunday was rainy so we packed up and headed home after breakfast. it only took us 5 hours to get home!! usually it takes us 7 hours or so. we got home just in time to see the overtime of the packers game. then it was unpacking and relaxing. 

monday was back to work for Al, school for trev and jodi's for tova and me. it was still nice out and we got the kids outside to play for a long time before lunch. 

tuesday was the same except when tova and i left jodi's we had to run and get gatorade and snacks for after trevor's soccer game, it was our turn to bring. trevor's soccer game was at 530 and it was really nice out!! 

my walking buddy

had to put our toes in the water

last boat ride of the season

tula saved a turtle

Tova and Etta playing dolls :)

2021 :: 39/52

 tuesday morning after we walked trevor to school, jodi came over with carsyn and vada, and picked up tova and me in the van. we went to an apple orchard in chippewa and picked raspberries. it was gorgeous out there and the raspberries were huge and delicious and there were tons of them! the girls did great and were so cute! then we went to irvine park where they played on both playgrounds, we walked through the animals, hiked a little by the river, and had a picnic lunch. it was was a fun, beautiful morning! after school pickup, the kids had snack then we went outside to play until supper, then back outside after supper again. it's so nice out!! 

wednesday tova and i worked at jodi's again (instead of tuesday this week) but we only had 4 little girls due to people getting colds and such. it was a fun morning. Al was off so i was able to workout at the gym after school. 

thursday Al, tova and i went garage saling after i dropped trev at school. and auntie molly came into town! we stopped to see her and i left tova and Al with her and gpa peter at gpa's house. i drove up to the cities for softball a bit early so i could shop for some new workout shoes (i haven't bought new workout/walking shoes in over 10 years!) i stopped at mom's first, grabbed a late lunch and then went to a running shoe store and got "fitted" for shoes. then i had my last game of softball at 615 and then we had a fire at mona's house afterwards. i drove home after the fire. 

Al worked all weekend. friday after i dropped trev at school, mom came down. mom, tova and i stopped at a few garage sales before lunch and nap. mom did lunch with tova and put her down for nap so i could workout. then after we picked trevor up from school, we drove over and picked up auntie molly and went raspberry picking again. there were still so many and so big and they were delicious! we had fun even though it was so humid out! then we came home, gpa peter, auntie molly and auntie althea came over for a family dinner. we had fish fry and auntie althea brought her puppy griffin with who the kids loved! it was fun to hang out with all them and we sat around chatting after the kids went to bed until about 10 (which was super late for Al since he had to work the next morning.) 

saturday morning i worked out again, showered, then unc-o came down and we all went to trevor's soccer game at 1130. we grabbed lunch on the way home, put tova down for nap, played fast track with mom, unc-o, trevor and me. then unc-o and me ran to the grocery store quick since he wanted squeaky cheese curds, and then unc-o left. trev read for a while and mom and i got our walks in before he got up and tova got up. then mom headed home for bowling and the kids and i went to watch camdyn's baseball game. home for supper, a movie and bed. 

sunday late morning the kids and i met up with matt and jodi and kids and went hiking at lake wissota park. it was fun to get out hiking again! then home for supper, nap/quiet time, and more raking and playing outside. 

monday was back to school for trev, work at jodi's for me and tova, and Al ran errands in the morning. 

tuesday was the same and then after school pickup, grandma DD and grandpa Rick stopped by for supper before they headed out for Arizona for the winter.