Here is another picture of some mean hombres we ran into in Medora ND this summer. They looked familiar to us, but the one with the gun in the back was pretty stand-offish. We kept our distance.

It was fun seeing the Black Hills area, wild horses, Teddy Roosevelt's cabin, etc. We also went to a Dinosaur Museum in Dickenson. The kids liked the thousands of rocks (cool geology) better than the dinosaurs.

We had a fun time doing it all. We climbed some hiking trails and saw lots of cool vegetation and wildlife.

Catch you all later,

Love, Jodie Mjoen

Hey all. This is so cool. You all recognize the family barn, constructed in 1918. I remember Grandpa telling me he was two years old when it was built. Most of us have some great memories in this old fella. My best are probably swinging from the rope in the hay loft with Uncle Tim and by brother Jeremy. I always liked the livestock on the farm too- seeing baby lambs, pigs, horses, etc.

We are all doing fine. I am in Minneapollis with Mom, Dad, and Jeremy and we are going to the Colts vs. Viking NFL football game tomorrow. You can watch for us on TV, we will be on the Colts side, 50 yard line, 27 rows up. We'll be painted purple and yellow! Just kidding, no paint.

Maxine started soccer practice today and her first game is tomorrow. I will miss it, but Brandy and Vivian will be there to cheer her on. I will be at next week's game.

By the way, this picture was taken last summer by Crystal, so it is pretty recent.

This is fun. Thanks Debbie for setting it up. Keep in touch all.

Love,

Jodie Mjoen

Hello from Topeka

Last Sunday we participated in a pie auction for Habitat for Humanity sponsored by our book clubs. My Chocolate Peanut Butter pie sold for $50; and Ron's Banana Cream pie topped that by selling for $65. The auction raised $1500. Five Lutheran churches are working together on the house.

We are searching out some new hiking trails in the area. Ron wants to get in shape to climb a mountain next year (Longs Peak, Colorado) and I enjoy geocaching; so we plan to do some adventuring together this fall.

I'll be watching for news; and thanks, Deb for setting this up. Linda

And my favorite picture of the girls!

This was a whimsical picture I decided to do while Max & Viv were here and we were taking the pics. It's so much more dramatic in black and white...

Oh, and the previous post.... I took the liberty of sharing the picture of Madelyn, Maxine and Vivian with Grandmom & Papa (John & Carolyn). Hope they don't mind, they are all just so darn cute!

Hi from Crystal, Don & Madelyn

Hello! How much fun is this? And that's the first picture I've seen of Sarah in......years! Hope you both get adjusted to your new city and get settled in.

I'm attachiing pictures from when Jodie & Brandy's girls were here with us on the farm for a while this summer. The cousins sure enjoy their time together and never seem to get enough of it (some things never change, huh guys?).

Debbie, thanks for setting this up. I hope everyone adds stuff and enjoys it.

:) Crys

Hi!

Hi everyone! This is Sarah Brewster. I thought I would add something to the blog, so here it goes. Jon and I have just celebrated our 1 year anniversary on August 18th! This is one of our wedding pictures. We rented wave runners and went to a Rascal Flatts concert to celebrate. :)


Jon and I recently moved to Largo, Florida, and live about 2 miles from the beach now! It's nice here but we miss Tallahassee and all of our friends. I just started my internship with Pinellas county schools as a school psychologist! I will be graduating from FSU in 2009. I really like my job so far and there is always something new to learn. Jon just graduated from FSU in August and now works for Operation Par as an access counselor. Well, I guess that is all for now!

Brauch Family Football

Zack's first football game of the season is this week. They are going to try and webcast it on http://www.glenwoodsports.com/. Gerry is an asst. coach. The game is Saturday at 1:00PM. He is on the Glenwood Gold Junior Team. Micah will be cheering at the Glenwood Black Junior and Senior Team games. So log on and watch. I'll post pictures after the game.