A Whole Bunch of Stuff Crammed Into One Post

Margaret made this hat for Ted. He did not like it one bit.

Playing Risk

Barley in his usual position

Dang cat in the dryer!

At the Sheldon Theater to see "Nutcracker"

Barley John and Millie

At the beach a few days after Lake Pepin froze over.

Agate/fossil hunting

Margaret found another arrowhead!!!!

Mary Emma found some agates and petrified wood.

48 in December!

Yummy, amazing, kasseri cheese....stunk up the house a bit, but loved by all!

A tragedy in my town! A young man shot a peace officer resulting in a all day stand off. This was only blocks from our house. Schools and businesses went into lock down for over 8 hours. Even though we did little school, I was glad to have my kids with me all day.....This photo was taken down the street from my house.

Lots of news crews around.

The main drag in town.

Helicopters around all day.

Home school group at the library. Some kids admiring Margaret's new Nook Tablet.

Home school group at the library....holiday party with games.

At the library, our second home!

Margaret make her own bobeche for the candlelight vigil for the officer injured in the local shooting.

The vigil was attended by at least 1,000! Our town is only 5,000.....

Our week

 

Drawing in church...good thing we are not Puritans.

First day of piano. Year 6 for Mary Emma. Year 5 with Margaret.

Margaret working on math.

Agate/fossil hunting

The finds of the day....agate, petrified wood, brachiopod, gastropod

unidentified fossil...probably coral.

Mary Emma's stem and leaf plot & box and whisker plot.

identifying conifers

We helped set up for the annual library book sale.

relaxing at the library.

Russ made some wing dings

Grilled sammy with tomato, onion, swiss, avocado, and coriander chutney on marbled rye.

beef fajitas.

chicken and dumplings

Lo mein

shopping

Five Guys burgers and fries.

Oh my!!!! First time for us....

Margaret saving a fly.

New campstove....the "kitchen" is from a garage sale for 5 bucks!

Road Trip to Illinois

Roger and Ray at the Elks club

Playing stand up Lightning

Out on the boat

Ray is 89 years old and has spent a lot of his life entertaining. Him, and his late wife have one of the most beautiful love stories I have ever heard. He is very lost without her. Here he played us a concert for about 25 minutes. Very talented and great voice!

Mexican Coke in a glass bottle

Farmers Market...I bought some fantastic cheese and yummo olives.

Fox River

Eastern Painted Turtle

Escorting the turtle home

The girls also found this soft shelled turtle.

They both loved driving the new golf cart...spend a lot of time riding on this!

Lesson in bulk mailing at the post office.

I LOVE the Gail Borden Library!

Their summer reading program is amazing! The whole library, which is gigantic, is decorated with castles and dragons.

They also had a great display of gargoyles by a local sculptor.

Cousin L. came for a visit.

Making Swedish Pancakes. Of course we also had salt pork and lingonberries!

Geese chasing
It is a long ride to Illinois.

Castle Rock is a great stop for a hike.