I guess we’d have to be home long enough to be able to post. We joked that last week was going to be a pretty uneventful week for us….boy were we wrong. We ended up filling our our days just fine! I have to backtrack and start with the Johnson visit was made on the 16th. We first stopped at Medford at the outlet mall. We didn’t have enough time, but I still managed to find something for each of us. Micah’s sister and her family live in Byron, MN, and they had their town celebration. We decided to head up there for the annual Johnson parade, food, and firework party. It was fun to see familiar faces again. We enjoyed hanging out with their friends, the Dursts, who smoked a turkey and pork loin Sat. night. The boys…James, Evan, Garett, Wyatt, Kahle, and Bodee had a blast cooling off in the sprinklers.
After a routine physical for me and story hour for Kahle, we headed over to Reid’s to help clean out a couple of sheds. It’s a good job to have done. We also helped Mom set up a king-size bed that she had gotten for her downstairs bedroom. My brothers, sister, and I all have king-size beds…..so we’re excited to be able to use it if we ever stay overnight! Mom thinks a full-size bed worked just fine all the years Dad and her were married.
Well, it was probably less than five hours later when half the town of George flooded! The rain kept filling up basements, parks, rivers, etc. Mom had to ditch her king-size mattress and many other things in her basement. Reid, Ryan, and my grandparents also had lots of water to deal with. We headed back to George on Thursday and Friday to help clean up the mess. It was neat to see everyone helping each other out in whatever way they could.


















