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Noss Family Reunion / Horse Races

 A couple of Saturdays ago we ventured to Glenwood, MN for a family reunion on my mom's side. I've been to Glenwood a few times before and it is such a nice little town and quite picturesque with Lake Minnewaska right in the city.

We gathered down by the lake which was a great spot: the girls swam a bit in the lake and we had some tasty food on the grill.




We were excited to see cousin Jen again and glad she made the trip all the way from AZ.


The reunion was during Waterama so there were a lot of other activities going on in relation to that as well. After we had visited at the reunion gathering for a while, we made our way over to the park where they had inflatables, face painting and balloon animals.







The girls were getting pretty tired after the park, so we decided to get on the road to head home.

There was still enough time to get dirty outside before bedtime once we got back. :-)




On Sunday my parents and I had planned on going to the last day of the horse races in Fargo. I found myself in a group chat with my parents and Tessa to which I interjected that we wish she was able to join us at the races too and we would miss having her there with us. Turned out she was indeed on her way to Fargo to visit her friends, so it worked out that she was able to come for a few of the races with us. I didn't win big, unfortunately, but it was still fun.




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