Celebration

Scandinavian Days was June 4-6. My mom and I did SOOOOOO much baking. We made Krumkake, almond butter cake, Swedish butter cookies, and blueberry pie. Usually St. Petri and other area churches have a bake sale together, but this year only St. Petri participated. It worked out pretty well because the bake sale was set right on the parade route. It sold out in about 3 hours and made almost $700.

The parade was not especially exciting. It mostly consisted of big trucks and fancy cars. There were really only two cool floats, but the band was great! John convinced Mr. Masemann to get berets for the tuba players so John looked pretty awesome.

One of my friends from ISU came up for Scandinavian Days and we made plans to play BINGO. Well it rained for a good portion of the afternoon so by the time I got there Zach was helping the the Lion's Club members dismantle the stand. I joined in and then we moved the posts and stools to the basement of the bank. I was so bummed that we did not get to play BINGO. As soon as we got it all put away the sun came out and it was a beautiful evening. Zach and I had some good time to catch up and then went to the annual musical. The theater troupe did a great job in Kiss Me Kate.

June 6th was also Pastor Tom's last Sunday at St. Petri. After church we had cake, pie, and ice cream to celebrate his 10 years with us. It is crazy that he's not our pastor anymore. He gave me my first communion, taught my 7th grade sunday school class, and confirmed me. We served together teaching confirmation and on church council. It is going to be tough without him. I'm really thankful for PT and the unique gifts he brought to St. Petri.