Oklahoma

My youngest sister, Beth's only child was married this past weekend in Concord, Oklahoma.   Another sister, Carolyn flew from Portland to Omaha so I picked her up on my way.    We 3 sisters stayed in a little cabin about 15 minutes from the wedding location.   It was fun to have that time together.   However, there was a little panic going on at the wedding site so we headed over there mid afternoon of the wedding.   When we got there we found pails of flowers sitting waiting to for this project to get finished.   Finally, Carolyn (standing on the ladder) asked the young man to please paint where the flowers were going so she could get started.    It was hot and very sunny but we managed to get the flowers up and even find a way to get some water on them.   

The grooms's father, Calder the groom and sister Beth.

Visitors and New Experience

We enjoyed a visit from this family from the Detroit Lakes church.    The older boys are twins and the youngest is a little boy with LOTS of personality,  We sure enjoyed their visit and loved the produce they brought from their garden.

Last Sunday when we stopped in at the Detroit Lakes church they gave us this beautiful quilt.   It is perfect for the lake.   The label was so neat and will help us never forget our time with the dear folks at that church.

Today brought a new experience for us.  Vic was asked to preach at the Chinese Church in Moorhead.   I think the sermon delivery went very well with the help of the interpreter.   He is scheduled to preach there 3 more times.

Late Summer

Lou, Vic and Norm were all August Babies.    Their mother told me she was always right in the middle of canning beans when "it was time".    Over the years we have enjoyed celebrating together but hadn't done it in several years.   This year we decided to make a trip to Iowa so were able to go to Lou's favorite places in Ames - Hickory Park.   We celebrated with coconut cake and it was good!!!

On the way to Iowa we stayed overnight in Minneapolis.  One morning (rather early) we took a walk around a little lake near where we stayed.   It was a beautiful morning with the sun just trying to come up.

While in Iowa we went to the Iowa State Fair.    At lunch we picked Iowa Pork.   It was nice to find a shady place to sit and enjoy our food.

It was Navy Week in Iowa so Norm, being a good Navy man wanted to listen to some music.  It was put on by the Great Lakes Sousapalooza Brass Band.   

While in Iowa we learned that our dear friend Joan Montgomery passed away from a battle she was fighting with ALS.   This is Mike and Joan's daughter and a good friend of Carrie's during the years they lived in Grand Forks.   It was taken at her mother's memorial service.
http://www.hansonrunsvold.com/obituaries/Joan-Montgomery-3/#!/Obituary

After 2 weeks at the lake we returned to see how beautiful our apple tree was.  It is LOADED this year.  We had some heavy rains and some wind while we were gone so had to pick up quite of few of them on the ground.   We hope they can stay on the tree 3-4 more weeks - at least until we get a light frost.