Father-In-Law

My father-in-law was giving me a hard time Tuesday night about not updating our blog for nearly 3 weeks. I had the blog written after John Jeske's wedding, but was having a hard time getting some photos downloaded so I gave up and didn't come back to it until George reminded me last night.  So, the wedding info below was from July 31st (Saturday).

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We had some visitors Tuesday night from New Zealand. Stacie and Olivia Coy. These are Zander's aunts and they are in the States for about 3 weeks visiting their favorite American nephew. It was nice to visit with them about how everyone is doing in New Zealand, what Clint is up to and their brother Jake and other sister Phillipa. Their parents Gary and Julie Coy are great people and will always be a big part of Zander's life. They are very generous and will likely travel to the States every other year.
Nicole made some great food for them and I grilled chicken and we drank some New Zealand wines.

George and Michelle also came as George needed to apply for a passport as he is headed to Canada next week. We also met Ashley's new friend Danny which was nice. The rest of the family had already met Danny at the Lake back in July, but it was Nicole and I's first time meeting him.

Happy Birthday to my mom on Wed Aug 11th, she turned 41 years old and continues to be the best mother anyone could ever have. Love you mom!

Also on Wednesday we went to a benefit in Mapleton for my brother Rob's sons Lucas and Ethan. Both Lucas and Ethan are at Mayo. They are 150 feet apart on the same floor in the hospital. Ethan is 6 years old and Lucas is now 33 weeks old. He was born at 25 weeks. The number of people was astounding but that is how it is in small towns, when people need help, good people rally to help. That would never happen in a big city. If that was me in the town of Hudson, you might get 20 people to show up, but in a small town where everyone is nearly family (ok, not the Halvorson's) the support was very overwhelming.
We sold some Gopher football tickets (not very valuable) we come to find out so last night was a good indication of what people think about Gopher football. We did sell 2 passes to Troy Burne in the silent auction and they went for $100 per pass so that was good to see, but Gopher football tickets were the least bid on of anything in the silent auction.

This weekend we are going to Canterbury Downs on Saturday to celebrate my Grandpa Jack's 85th b-day (actual b-day July 28th).