D-DAYS WEEKEND

We had a great weekend. It was Dakota Days here (homecoming for the university) which means the big D-Days parade down Main Street. Only a handful of floats, lots of small town marching bands, and every organization in town represented in some way. The parade is a parent's nightmare and a dentist's dream (read: nearly every child can accumulate a Halloween's worth of thrown candy at the parade). It was a bitterly cold morning, but midwesterners know how to bundle up. There is just somethin' special about a small town parade. This year's lasted over 2 hours. I got a couple good pics of Tom Brokaw and his wife who were the grand marshals of the parade. They are both alumni.

TOM AND MEREDITH BROKAW

UNIVERSITY MARCHING BAND

Sam came home for the weekend, and 2 of his best high school friends came home as well, so he not only got some good sleep and home cooked meals, he got to see his buds. You should have seen THEIR collective candy haul!!

The three of us also got to attend a wedding reception for the daughter of our friends, who married out of state this summer and had a local reception here. It was a lovely event and because Tara and her new husband are both Dordt people, Sam met up with a bunch of his friends who attended.



SAM WITH BEST BUDDIES PATRICK (U of MN) AND KAYLA (UNL)
AND KAYLA'S BOYFRIEND ADAM (UNL)

  

HOME FOR D-DAYS!!!





THE KIDS WATCHED THE HUSKER GAME AT KAYLA'S HOUSE
WITH HER PARENTS JILL (MY DEAR FRIEND) AND HER HUBBIE SCOTT

  

KAYLA'S BROTHER JAY





CODY, NOT INTERESTED IN THE HUSKER GAME!



We got to watch the Vikings WIN together on Sunday before Sam headed back to Dordt.



 2 BIG VIKING FANS



A BIG W FOR THE VIKES ON SUNDAY CAUSES SMILES!!!



The only mar in the weekend was a big one.....our sewer system backed up and flooded the laundry room and bathroom downstairs. It makes me cringe to think of what may need to be done. Dirt was coming out of the shower drain. As I write this, the plumber is here looking at it. He said that the drought this year (ours is severe in this county) has caused MANY basement back-ups because the roots are going crazy without water. We are holding our breath to see what needs to be done (worst case scenario, having to dig up the whole line to the street).

My right leg is worse all the time; hip and knee pain are just not getting any better with my exercises. I continue to pray that I will have some relief.