Fall Happenings

 

Our fall was, as usual, filled with football games and hunting. We will be eating pheasant stew leftovers for supper tonight after Seth and the boys got 13 pheasants on Saturday with more to come. Sam and Charlie both shot a buck on the same night this year. It was Charlie's first so he was very excited.

Also as usual, the Minneota Vikings Football teams had a great run this year. The varsity took first in the state championship for the 3rd year in a row. Sam was able to play in the championship game at US Bank Stadium. 

Charlie's team after their last game

Section champs (Ian, RJ, Sam)

State champs!

Sophomore Football players after their win!

We were able to catch one of our nephew Alex's games when he played in Marshall. The kids had more fun playing with the steep slope of the visitors side than watching the game!

These last two are sort of random pictures. Charlie was put in charge of racking up all the pine needles under the pine tree, and  (true to Charlie fashion) instead of making a traditional hay-stack like pile, he created a nest!

And last but not least, here is a picture of me and the group of of pre-teen boys I joined for the Haunted Pathway this fall. Elena's class put on a fundraiser by creating a Haunted Trail along the walking path. They really went all out and did a great job! The main downfall was how good the turnout was, which made the line incredibly long. Charlie and his friends had room for an extra in their group so I was able to jump up closer to the front of the line. It was quite entertaining to watch these boys go down the path - they didn't get too scared until the chainsaws (one of which was run by Elena) surprised them at the very end.