We were there!

It looks a lot more fun when you are near the action. The crowds are about 1/2 mile away. Our view was not nearly as good as the photographer. We were a part of the top picture.

Buffalo roundup

Hannah's old apartment

Hannah and Branden moved from this house in June after living there for more than five years.

It burned Monday morning.

Kathleen's sister's father-in-law

Edwin Kroupa, 78, Mitchell, formerly of Kimball, died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, at Firesteel Healthcare Center, Mitchell.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Margaret’s Catholic Church, Kimball, with the Rev. Andrew Swietowchowski officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the church, with a 7 p.m. wake service.

Shearer-Mount Funeral Home in Kimball is assisting with arrangements.

He was born on Aug. 30, 1932, in Ethan to Otto and Marie (Oster) Kroupa.

He attended Brchan Elementary School in Lyon Township and graduated from Kimball High School in 1951.

On June 21, 1953, he married Delores Burg.

He farmed and ranched in Lyon Township all his life.

He was a member of St. Margaret’s Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, Lyon Township School Board and was a 4-H leader.

He is survived by his former wife, five children: Marvin and wife Eileen, Kimball; Cheryl Younkin and husband Blair, Arlington, Texas; Diane Kroupa and husband Bob Fackler, Plymouth, Minn.; Greg and wife Renette, White Lake; and Robert and wife Sonya, Pukwana; 15 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Karen; a grandson, his parents and a brother, Orville.

Sleeping mat for Haiti

At the Fedora 125th, Audrey and I were talking about a Sioux Falls church that was making sleeping mats out of old t-shirts to send to Haiti. Both had heard about it in the news and had it on our minds that we could do something like that. Well, I started a community project in LaBolt and here is my first mat. I just learned to crochet on Thursday and finished it last night (Saturday) so it was not that hard. My picture taking is not that great. I think it looks better in real life. Most of the t-shirts were Dale's railroad orange or Kathie's running t-shirts.

More auction pictures

Auction

Dale and I went to an auction in Dawson, MN to check out a horse drawn mail cart from LaBolt. A guy from LaBolt was there to buy it for the town but it went too high. They had a covered wagon and other horse drawn vehicles. I will put more pictures on later. It takes me a while to figure out how to get them off the camera and the size changed so they can be used. Anyway, the day brought back Grandpa Harvey memories.

Okoboji

Harlyn, Lavonne McCart, and Molly Scott (David's wife)

Molly and a friend have a retro coffee shop with a 50's theme in Arnold's Park named Arnold's Perk.

Bianka, Keegan, & Kellan