The beach

We have had a good time at the beach. The girls are acting like typical teenagers and using the beach to further their social skills! See pics of the beach. Today the weather has been very unstable, but we really need the rain. We are preparing to go to the Wisconsin Dells tomorrow. We were unsure of vacation plans this year because of the gas prices and other misfortunes we have had to pay for. But we decided to head over to the Dells for a few days. We will be staying at the Wilderness resort. They have a waterpark indoor and outdoor both right at the hotel. We are hoping it is a good time. We couldn't pass up the deal they gave us on a room. So we will have some pics to share when we return.

Back to the 50's

We attended the Back to the 50's car show at the MN state fair grounds on Sat. It was a good show and tons of cars and vendors to look at, but not the era we enjoy the most. We happened to run into a couple friends from our area, which was amazing! The weather was perfect and we got our walking in for the day. We had wanted to stop by Como Zoo also, but the day got away from us and we needed to get home. On this trip we discovered my car's air conditioning was not working, so will HAVE to get that fixed!
Sunday we traveled down to Stewartville to pick up Sammy from camp. She enjoyed herself and made lots of new friends. She said she would go back again next year if she could.

visiting

We had a very nice visit with my dad today. We took him out for lunch at the Baker's Square. It was very good! In the afternoon, we decided to go to the cemetary and water the flowers on mom's grave, so we went home from there. It was a beautiful day and traffic wasn't too bad. When we got home, we went to the town picnic for supper.

Sammy is off to camp at Ironwood Springs on Thursday. She is a little excited and a little nervous. I guess they are accommodating some flooded campers for the week, so Sammy's group gets to stay in the "hotel" lodge, as opposed to the cabins. They were told to dress for riding the first day. I think she may like this camp!

flood 2008

Have we had the rain! I will try to post some pictures of the results of last nights rain storm. The girls had trouble sleeping and were up a lot of the night. Today it has cleared off and the sun is out now. Lots of people at school had water in their basements and parts of the town had to be evacuated. At least we haven't had to water the garden!