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End of Summer

 A couple of weekends ago, Dana met up with Roger and Zander and did a bunch of fishing at Dead Lake.




And so did Clara, but at Duck Lake with my parents. I think I've gotten all out of order here now, but during the week, Clara spent a few days at my parents' lake.


Then she went on for the weekend to Amanda's aunt and uncle's farm which back' home' around where Amanda and I grew up. Adria wanted to bring Clara along and she had a great time there.



They did all the things Amanda and I used to do growing up together, including eating at Rosa's Pizza and going thrift shopping. They even visited our old school and the farm where I grew up.

Amanda's aunt is so sweet. She sent some hot dish leftovers that they had with this note.

I mowed lawn (well, only a small portion of it) for the second time in our marriage! ha. The last time I mowed was at our other house when I was pregnant with Brynn.

We overhauled Clara's room in a cleaning spree. It felt so good.

I also made her take a picture of just me because I did most of the work. :-D 

Reading Harry Potter. Clara has been reading the series nonstop since her birthday and has now made it to the seventh and final book.

Then I made her watch 'Summer Rental' with me featuring John Candy. The night we watched it was the 40th anniversary of the day it was released. 



It had been too long since I had made chocolate chip cookies.

Out for a family bike ride with 3/4 of us. 


Dana and I took in the West Fargo Cruise Night last Thursday.


Somehow I didn't get any pictures the whole weekend, but we closed out the summer in our usual fashion at Christel and John's house. It rained off and on, but we took naps, read, visited and went on a lot of walks. The weather seems to have turned over to fall with the weekend. 

We're getting ready for school to start on Wednesday with Clara entering her last year of elementary school and Brynn her last year of high school! It was a great summer, but I'm ready to get into the school routine and my favorite season.







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theweckerlys said…
Love this post! How sweet of Amy & Ron! What memories. I love it so much. Good job on cleaning Clara's room :) I see a nice robust collection of Squishmallows. I've never seen Summer Rental. I'll have to check it out. I am also really looking forward to fall. I've been loving the cooler weather but it sounds like we're going to get some more heat here in the next week. At least the mornings are nice and cool.
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