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Moving Through May

As always, May has been incredibly busy! First, we made a weekend trip to Minnesota to celebrate Addi's college graduation. Now, she's off to S. Dakota to begin adulting and using her biology major! This trip also included a stop in nearby Walnut Grove - the setting for Laura Ingalls Wilder's book, On the Banks of Plum Creek. It was also the setting for one of my favorite TV shows, so I really enjoyed the TV room at the museum, with some actual props from the set of the show!


We enjoyed staying at a really old farmhouse and hosted
everyone for a celebration dinner.





May also included the league track meet, which began in Solomon on a Tuesday, postponed because of tornadic weather, and finished in Goessel on Thursday. Delaney had another great meet - setting league records in the 100M hurdles, 200M hurdles, and the medley relay! She also was the league runner-up in the triple jump. And when it was all said and done, she actually had the top 7th grade 200 hurdle time in the state. Wow! What a season! (thanks to Trissa for the TJ photos below):




The JH trip to Worlds of Fun was another success - and they had the water rides open this year, which helped a lot!

And then we celebrated more graduations - Cale from KSU (now working at AGCO), and Mallory from high school, who will be joining Caiden at K-State next fall!






Now, bring on the summer!

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