Fall 2016

What a busy fall again.  And it didn't help that I spent most of the fall (Oct, Nov & Dec) not feeling well!  Here are a few of the fall high-lights.  

One last fall fishing trip.  

The kids school does an annual Walk-a-Thon fundraiser every September.  Usually they go to a local nature park but this year we walked the trail which runs from Mayer to New Germany.  I was the walker with the girls in Ashley's Kindergarten class.  It's about a 4 mile walk and the last mile was really hard on these girls.  They started out so happy and cheerful walking along but towards the end I didn't think they were going to make it.  Once we got to NG we went to St. Mark's gym and playground for the rest of the day playing scavenger hunts and games with the rest of the school.  

I chaperoned Ashley's class trip to one of the local apple orchards.  Ashley doesn't eat apples though so she wasn't willing to try any of the varieties of apples, apple ciders and apple donuts - silly girl.

Many many nights spent in Mankato watching Kristen's last year on the volleyball team.  She personally had another great year and it was fun to watch.  Ashley loved coming to cheer her on too.  Bennett liked to go because he knew he could convince Grandma or Dennis to buy him popcorn from the concessions.

Senior Night.  Kristen was the only Senior on the team.

Last game - pretty sure she had the most family fans 😀