Wow another summer has past us by

     Wow, Summer has came and went.  Now it is fall and old man winter is knocking on the door… It feels good to have the old wood stove fired up again, that is for sure.  Lots of changes for our family over the past months. Our daughter, Shelly and her husband Darby moved into their new home, up here in the woods, only about a half mile down the road from us. Our son Shane and his wife, Melanie bought from Shelly and Darby and moved into their new home by Wannaska, so they are now a lot closer to us as well. We are so very blessed to have our kids and families all so close by. I'm very thankful for that…
     Our neighbors, Dave and Nadine sold their place to Shelly and Darby, and they moved to their new home just on the east edge of Roseau.  Our other neighbor, Theda Borren moved to her new home in Thief River Falls. And our sister and brother, Jodi and Jerome bought a place just across the road from us, so will get to see them much more often now too. That will be their wkd home away from home, cabin in the woods.
     Also babies, babies, babies are in the air and soon to be everywhere… Our niece Alison and Garrett, were surprised, with the early birth of their son, Jackson on September 8th. He  weighed in at 6lbs. so was pretty good size for being at least 5 wks early. He wasn't due to arrive until October 14th.  All is well and we are so thankful for that.  Also more babies are expected to arrive in the coming months. Catherine and Aaron are expecting their first child now the first part of November.  Then our great niece, Jennifer and Mike are expecting their first, the end of December. It's a boy… Then niece Ashley and Nano are expecting a baby sister for Teagan in February around Valentine's Day.  And our Granddaughter, Kodie and Josiah are expecting a baby brother or sister for Nash, due sometime in March.. So we have lots to look forward to in the coming months…
     Wayne has been busy getting his trapping gear lined up today, it won't be long and he will be in full swing with that again.. Hope all goes well for him this year, he is excited as he got drawn for a wolf tag so hope he has good luck…
     Granddaughter Kassandra is in her second year at MSUM. She seems to be liking it and all is going well for her. She is home this wkd and was out this evening for a while,  so good to see her for a bit today..
     Granddaughter Mikenna is a senior this year, hard to believe how fast these kids grow up. She keeps busy with sports and working at the Holiday Station and also spending time with her boyfriend, Kameron.
     Granddaughter Kayla is working at Polaris and has a very nice boyfriend, Tyren. They have moved into a trailer house together, just outside of town.
     Grandson Hunter will turn 15 in December and has taken a big interest in rodeos and horses, and really enjoys spending time with his horses and hunting whenever he can.
      Granddaughter Kodie and her guy, Josiah are living in an apartment in Roseau, Kodie works as a guard at Polaris and Josiah work west of Roseau at Intercept Inc.
     Granddaughter Anna is living in Thief River Falls, and is working at Arctic Cat.
     Grandson Bryant is living in Grand Forks and is working for a place that makes those big wind mills, he is a welder there…
     Our kids, Shane, Melanie, Shelly and Darby all are still working at Polaris.   Shelly just got back a couple wks ago from spending a couple wks working in Poland helping to get a new plant up and running there, for Polaris.
    I'm just busy being me, go wherever the Lord sends me each day, seems someone needs me for something even though I can't do a whole lot, it keeps me busy and out of trouble, most of the time….
   That's about it for now, it's a little catch up on what has been going on in our little neck of the woods…  I really need to try to do better at this and get at it more often we will see, no promises, that is for sure…  I'm signing off for now, good night all..