With college football beginning late last week and today being Labor Day, I say goodbye to summer. I know officially we have a few more weeks but after Labor Day it always feels like fall for me. Personally, I don't mind. I love fall. It is my favorite season of the year - the beautiful colors of trees, football, apple cider, Thanksgiving (my favorite Holiday), sweatshirts, etc. But before I get ahead of myself looking to the future, I thought I would say goodbye to June, July, and August. Here are some of my favorite moments from the summer:
Annapolis, MD - A beautiful little gem of a city we stumbled upon while visiting D.C.
Sitting on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with my family and looking at the lights of D.C.
Reconnecting with friends in Clarks Summit, PA.
Norwich, NY - Great conversations with Woody Evans and Eric Beavers over a fire along with an amazing lunch in the cabin porch. Oh...and I milked a cow.
Columbus, Ohio - To me, the most beautiful place in the world because I love the people that live there.
Grand Ole Creamery - The coconut chip ice cream is amazing!
Iowa State Fair - It took me 15 years of knowing Gretchen and her family but I finally made it to the greatest fair in the U.S.
GC Shooting Clinic - I love giving back to our community and I love teaching basketball. It was a great joy to have our good friends the Chapmans with us for a week as well.
MN Visits - My sister Penny and her family came for a visit. We went to the zoo and dug through Taco John's trash together. Raymond Lines made an unexpected visit to the cities. It was a real blessing to have him here for a few days. There were also various visits from the Iowa Staffords/Frys/Baker clan.
So goodbye summer and hello fall. The seasons continue to roll and the collection of memories are getting greater. I am blessed by God to know Him and His children He intersected my life with.
5 comments:
I can't wait to hear about the Taco Johns trash digging episode!!! Should be an interesting story.
Wow...you officially polarized your entire MN audience by saying the Iowa state fair is the greatest ;)
If no one attends next year's shooting clinic, I'm officially blaming this blog post.
-Dan
Well, sorry, Dan it is the greatest. :) We have a musical about it and everything.
How come you won't let me make lewd comments on the consumed blog?
Ok...just read Gretchen's comment. Is there seriously a musical about the Iowa State Fair? And Iowans pay to watch it? Wow...I guess I'm speechless. I am dumbfounded by the greatness and majesty of what must be the Iowa state fair.
-Dan
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