Visiting the Rellies :-)

September 7 we arrived in Iroquois, SD and spent 5 days visiting our niece Barb and her hubby Rollie Walter. We also drove to Brookings and spent an afternoon with Jack's sister, Leila. The time went waaaay too quickly. On the 12th we drove 200 miles to Mankato, MN to spend 10 days with my sister, Sr. Dominic. This visit is going awfully fast as well! We've had marathon games of "golf" -- a card game, and Dom seems to have developed the ability to win nearly every game and has had numerous negative scores! On the other hand, I ended up with a 110 final score compared to her negative numbers! She even skunked me at cribbage!

We've been to the Amboy Cottage Cafe three times! The rolls are as wonderful as we remember! While in Amboy we caught up with our friend Art Schuch and had a wonderful morning catching up with him. We were blessed he joined us another morning for breakfast as well. Lisa (the owner) says that things are progressing well on saving the bridge she's been fighting for.

We've visited our first cousin, Joan Brown in Red Wing, MN on Friday, and went to Victoria, MN on Saturday to see sister-in-law, Marion, and our nieces and nephew. Had a great time visiting with them, and enjoyed seeing Corine and Steve's new Honda motorcycles. Their house is just a shell right now, as Eric and Dave are in the process of remodeling the first floor. Steve and Corine are living in the basement!

Today was the last day that Jake's Stadium Pizza is open in it's original location, so Jack and I got 4 pizzas and treated the nuns at Dom's. They'll be closed until after we're gone on Thursday.

Tomorrow I'm drafted to be a guide taking people through the various gift shops at Good Counsel, as Dom has a large tour coming in. My marching orders include: 15 min. in each location to see the Specialty shop, Ceramic Haven, the Gift shop, and the Woodcarving shop. Should be interesting!