It would appear that summer is returning to our part of the country. It was a beautiful day with warm temps--warm enough for shorts and no jackets. The weatherman is calling for 80 degrees by Wednesday. We have learned after living here for over 30 years that when we have warm weather the end of September that usually means we'll have a quick change over to cold weather, so we'll enjoy the warmth while we have it.

John worked in the shop the entire morning while I worked getting the kitchen cleaned up after making grape juice yesterday. There were extra jars and other canning supplies that needed to be put away. I also got the jars of juice stored away in the basement and made a couple of loaves of bread.

Right after lunch we headed north for Sam's football game. It was a two and a half hour drive straight north ending up about 20 miles from the Canadian border. The first half of the game was a big defensive battle with the score 0 - 0 at the end of the half. The second half the Bears had some trouble containing the other team and lost the game with a final score of 16-0. This was their first lost of the season. Sam played a good game, but just couldn't get free for the big touchdown run.

Sam getting the pitch out from Ben

Sam trying to run for a score with Hunter
blocking for him

On the drive home, we stopped at Subway in Thief River Falls for a late supper with Matt's family.
When we got home we watched the end of Monday Night Football and called it a night.