Froemmings

I have a lot of catching up to do on here..... Labor Day weekend, we spent some time at Dead Lake. Clara and I rode my jet ski together....I think possibly for the only time this year. 😜 It was pretty windy, but we still had a good time. Dana got both of ours ready for winter storage. On Sunday we got together at my parents' lake to celebrate my mom's birthday. Little piggy here was ready to party! I was happily on fish fry duty with Elise. I get to snitch that way.  Happy birthday, Mom! 💜 Oh goodness, did that go quickly! Thirteen years ago I posted on Facebook a pic of Brynn in Grandpa's new Chevelle, captioning it 'only 13 more years, Brynn, and you can drive it.' She had a blast taking it for a spin. Dana had the ATVs with him, so Brynn and I tooled around Lake Park in the side-by-side. We ended up at Hotel Shoreham for dinner. I had been wanting to check it out for a while, but we just hadn't made our way there yet. It was a fun place and they had great f

Brynn had very minimal school supplies that she needed, of course, so she took care of hers on her own and just Clara and I tackled the fourth grade list. How Brynn and Hubert were preparing for school starting. Haha. They made the yearbook! Clara was excited that she will have her first grade teacher again for fourth grade. Back-to-school night was on Monday. She got to see who else was going to be in her class and put away her supplies, etc. Today was the official first day! Brynn came home over her lunch break and things seemed to be going pretty well at that point, and then she only had one more class before she was done for the day. She has last period off again this year, so she was glad for that. She plans to continue working at her part-time job throughout the school year. Clara reported a great first day! Her teacher shared some photos. We did have time during and after dinner to chat about the day more and Brynn said her goal for this school year - aside from the obvious of d