Trip to North Dakota

Here are some pictures of our trip to North Dakota and time spent on the Sprenger family farm, a place where our parents and grandparents grew up, and a place we grew to love as kids. Now it was good to go back and spend time there as a family again. The guys did some work projects - cutting down dead trees - and the girls watched the kids and talked and talked and talked and prepared food for meals. Aunt Agnes, you will notice the picture of the swing that Grandpa made for you in 1948! The swing has now lasted 4 generations and is still being used!

This is the old school house where my grandmother was a teacher. In the picture is me (Susanna), Charity, Abbie, Nathan, and Uncle Dwight
Meals

Grandpa and his tractor (which Addison could not get enough of)

Charity and Susanna

Abbie, Nathan, Anna, and Ben

Grandpa

Addison, Anna, Elise, and Abbie

Fighting over the tractor! I should have posted the next picture where Addison got, and maintained, dominance on the tractor. However, Anna got him back with her wrestling -she would pin him down and he'd lay there crying and flailing his arms and legs. It was quite funny seeing as he is considerably larger and heavier!

Grandma's schoolhouse

Charity and her daughter Elise (at Lake Tchida beach)

Me and Addy

Nate and Abbie proof reading Chris's paper

Uncle Arlen, Grandpa, Uncle Dwight, Dad

Grandma Elfriede, Aunt Grace, Mom, Auntie Cindy and Elise

Nathan
Here we are, the whole gang, minus a few who had to leave earlier

Grandpa and his kids

Aunt Grace, Aunt Patty,Uncle bill, and Mom

To those in the family who could not make it, we sure missed you! But there's always next year - put it on your calendar.