August has been a busy month for us. It started off with the county fair where John and I worked in the Original Arts building on entry day and helped long into the evening getting everything set up for judging the next day. John took a first place ribbon with his Sea Captain wood carving and I got first for my still life photos and an Award of Merit for my Mountain Laurel picture.
The garden has been great this summer. We've had plenty of rain along with hot, sunny days. Our grape vines have recovered from the deer destruction of last summer--in fact, they are back bigger and stronger than before. We should get a bumper crop of grapes and plan on canning many quarts of juice. John and I have already done dill and bread and butter pickles and sweet relish. We had plenty of jelly left over from last year, so we skipped jelly-making this summer.
John and I have been playing golf just about every day; however, that is being put on the back burner since John has started working for Matt as Sam is back at football practice and school will start on Tuesday. We had a major storm go through our area about two weeks ago that caused a lot of property damage. Matt has been getting many calls about repairing roofs, replacing walls that were blown in, and repairing other damages to siding, etc. I think he'll be kept busy the remainder of the year.
The high school football season is underway. The team has three games before school even starts. I think it has something to do with the Vikings using the MN Gopher's field and trying to work in the high school football playoffs. All I know is that high school football has started throughout the entire state. The Bears first game was last Saturday night at home and they won 36-12. Sam had an outstanding game scoring two rushing and two passing touchdowns. Tonight we head to Ulen for the second game of the season. Volleyball started last night. Jenni, 7th grade, played her first game and Rachel, a freshmen, played JV. The Clearbrook girls had a winning night at every level.
Jenni Serving
Rachel (15) Returning Vollies
Sam (7) is Quarterback and A Defensive Player
Now, you might be asking why I haven't mentioned Hanna yet. Well, she got a scholarship to a private Christian Academy and now is attending school about two and a half hours away from home. Sara did her high school at Hillcrest and Hanna has always wanted to go there, so when the opportunity came for her to attend Hillcrest, she decided to take it.
I think this just about catches me up on what has been going on with us. It's hard to believe it's the end of August and Fall is just around the corner for us living in the northern parts of the country. We can see some of the leaves are beginning to turn and many of the birds have already started south. John and I will be heading that way before we know it.
Perform many activities that bring the spirit for anyone, with support from the immediate environment, family, friends. Even with subdued spirit can live it every day.
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