Kallas family time

We really have been traveling to one place or another since our trip with the Melius family.

A couple of days after our return, we spent an afternoon in Aberdeen with the Kallas family, as almost all of my aunts and uncles were home for their class reunions.

Great-grandma, Grandma Shirley and Gabriel

The Seven Kallas Sisters

It is always a blessing to spend time with our families . . . even if it is just a few hours together. 

Meliuses on Lake Minnewaska

We spent the last week in June at Lake Minnewaska with the Melius family.  It's crazy how it's been three years since our first vacation there!  This one was just as much fun, although the weather was cooler.  We never heard any complaining, however, as the kids still went tubing, fishing, and swimming in the lake.  Finding seashells was a favorite thing for the little girls.

Thanks to Uncle Jason, the kids were able to get plenty of time on the boat.  Nathan cleaned adn collected the fish they caught for the three days and Landen fried it up for us on the last night, too!

A beautiful evening for baseball.

Even though Landen and Nathan both played some great games at Faulkton last night, I was only able to get a good photo of Nathan through the (very nice, but difficult to photograph through) new netting.

Both the PeeWees and the Midgets won 4-3.  The NW Midgets hadn't beaten Faulkton in a long time, so it was a hard fought and good win for them.

Post-game conference

God treated us to this breathtaking sunset on our drive home.

Minna returns!

Minna was my friends' foreign exchange student 20 years ago.

She was in NYC for a business trip last week and also flew to Fargo to see Tonya and Tina.

They made the drive to Eureka on Sunday, and my friend Amy and I were able to see her again, too!

It was great to catch up again and learn a little bit about Finland, her family and career now.

Mid-Season Tournament

 We had a fun day of baseball yesterday!

The Wildcats lost a close one to Faulkton in the morning, 0-2. Both teams played solid baseball and it came down to the difference of a hit. Even with the loss, it was a fun game to watch, and Nathan said it was a fun game to play, too.  

They came back in the afternoon with a 10-0 win over Highmore for 5th place in the tournament. Faulkton finished 3rd and Redfield won the Championship game.