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8/1/21 Sunday we attended church in Fort Dodge for Everly Joy's baby dedication/baptism. The emphasis is on the parents dedication to raising their child up to know, love, and serve the Lord, and also perform a baptism with water. Evie is so adorable, she looked like a little dolly in her frilly dress. She is so photogenic and cute. Matt and Libby have been awesome parents and today they went all out in celebrating. They invited a lot of family and some friends. Their were 30+ people who went back to Matt and Libby's for lunch. They gave tours of their newly renovated home and the barns. Matt has done so much carpentry, it is amazing. In their home, he made a kitchen butcher's block, coffee table, dinner table, head board/ footboard for their bedroom, and much of the walls and ceilings all using beams and barn boards. It is so neat. Their house is really really nice. Matt is also fixing up an apartment in one of the barn lofts. He does great work. He does projects for people in his free time. Lunch was served in the shop with lots of good food. It was a prefect day in the upper 70's. A week ago we were experiencing upper 90's. 



Grammer and Po got a new dog from Abby. It is a mixed breed with Great Pyrenees cross. Those are huge fluffy dogs. The puppy is already 4 months and big. His name is Bernard and he is really cute. I think it will be nice for them to have a dog. We brought him over one day for some play with our dogs. He is full of energy and likes to run hard and plow right into you like a bulldozer. I am not sure if he has figured out how to stop. 






8/5 We made plans to meet our freinds at our favorite steak place in the middle. We meet at Rube's in between Cedar Rapids and home. Unexpectantly because of shortage of staff, we had an hour and a half wait. Luckily the Meskwaki casino was a couple miles away. We went there for entertainment. It wasnt too pleasant, loud, smoky, people in wheelchairs and with walkers. We put a few dollasrs in slot machines and wandered around. THe fun began when we were back to the restaurant. We get to hand pick our cut of meat and sidees. Then we head to the grill to cook our own 




Becuase Torrie and Jake had a destination wedding in Montana, they wanted to have a reception back in Iowa as well. So we had yet another wedding celebration. It was held near Jefferson at a relative;s home out in the shop. It was another really hot evening in an outdoor shop. Darrel and Lauren and their girls came up too. They made plans to stay with us. I cleaned, prepared, and got the rooms ready for our company. Late in the day, they said they were behind schedule and would stay in a hotel. This has happened many times. They did stay the night of the reception. The girls are always so cute and funny. Quinn is pretty quiet and sweet. Reese is just funny and can get pretty wild. They really enjoyed the new puppies and being around our big kids. There may have been some pillow fights after breakfast at Karen's before they headed back to St. Louis. Jayden returned form OK and arrived at the reception. She came back to spend a little time before heading back for her final semester of college. She brought two puppies from Sage's litter, one for Luke and one for Alivia. 





























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