Froemmings

Clara has been busy making keychains and beaded snakes.  Last weekend was the fall festival at Clara's school. We worked concessions and Clara and Grandma played bingo. Grandma Holly came to stay for the weekend while Dad and Grandpa were on their annual trip up north for grouse hunting. Amanda, Adria, Clara and I hit up the pumpkin patch on Saturday. We got rained and hailed on and a wind squall came over us just as we were leaving. But we did see a beautiful rainbow on our way back home. Amanda and I befriended this llama? Alpaca?  The cook at the cowboy station was making chicken wild rice soup and squash over the fire. For the first time we did the horse-drawn wagon ride. I was laughing at how every single year Clara struggles with her pumpkin. Poor thing. Grandma came back from shopping and then we all made homemade pizza. Dana's pictures from their hunting trip. On to my fav - Halloween! Well, close enough. Clara did preview pics with me this week. She is going as Clara ...

 A couple of weeks ago Dana and I did a ghost tour in downtown Fargo. It was super fun and interesting as it incorporated a lot of Fargo history. It was still really warm out at that point, so it was the perfect time to do it.   I didn't eat dinner before the tour, so we stopped at Rhombus for some pizza and Dana did one karaoke song - his specialty by Tenacious D. Chatting away. We got Clara's Scouts uniform for her first pack meeting (which she loved!), so she and Dad had to sew her pack numbers onto her sleeve. So official! Ordering Brynn's cap and gown for graduation!  Friday Dana, Brynn and I had our tour scheduled at UND in Grand Forks. It went really well and Brynn was feeling very positive about the campus itself, dorms, student life/culture and the info we received about the psychology program. It was a beautiful fall day on campus. After our meeting, admissions presentation and tour, Brynn and I hit up the bookstore and got our first piece of UND gear. ...which ...