June is Busting out All Over!

Well, in North Dakota "they" say, 

"Don't plant your garden before Memorial Day."

It's June 1st, so I guess I can plant....but the garden

is full of weeds, so I have to till with my little

push tiller (I am the motor). Started at 8:00 a.m.

I think it was already 80 degrees and humid, so I

was in the house by 9, cooling off.  Did that every 

hour and finally finished planting everything

by 3:30.  We left for the lake at 4:00.

(Some of those green patches are parsley;

most are weeds.)

We played in the 70s+ tournament on Friday evening

with two other couples. First, we played with the 

spouses of the others; then we played with our

own spouses against the other two couples. 

Scoring was individual points for each match.

Diane had highest points, Roger was second,

and Sharon was third.  One from each

couple, it turned out!

In addition to the Mixed Doubles tournament, 

Bob also played in the men's 70+.  He and his 

partner, Gene, played a hard-fought battle 

and ended up with the silver award.

Our "trophies" from the pickleball tournament! :-)

June 8th was the last day of school 

in Buffalo, MN. Cecelia (left) and Lydia

(right) will be at the Middle School next year;

Claire starts at the high school in 9th grade!!!

We headed to Killdeer on the 10th and

caught George at a happy moment!

Luke made his First Communion

on the 11th.

Grace, Kelly & Mary Kate, Luke, Jimmy & George,

Matthew, and Andrew all showed up for the brunch

in the church basement after church.

It was Corpus Christi Sunday, so we processed 

around the block after Benediction. Deacon Dan

(Kelly's dad) is the tall man in the center; Luke is

the fourth communicant behind his grampa.

We went back to the farm on Sunday

after brunch at the church.

On Monday, we met Tom in Pine River

to give him a 4-wheeler and a lawn mower

that we weren't using anymore.  His friend

from Cedar Rapids had a trailer, so they

could take the stuff back to Iowa on Tuesday.

We drove all the way back home on Monday,

and saw this sunset on the way! Got home at 10 p.m.

We went to the Bottineau County Fair on The 16th.

Dad got an axe-throwing lesson!

And, of course, we had to see

Daryl's Racing Pigs!

Grace was at the International Music Camp

from the 18th to the 24th. Jimmy, Kelly,

Mary Kate, and Luke drove up 

for the final concert on the 24th

to watch Grace play her trumpet in the band.

After the concert, we toured the Peace Garden

and took pictures of the flowers and the family.

This is the new dove monument.