IT'S OFFICIAL!

Hi Everybody,

Wouldn't you know it? I've been checking the Appleseed website for a week now to see if the listing for our shoot was posted. Now today, while Andrew and I were in Bismarck, Cora called and said that it was listed!! Oh well, now I get to share the news with you all that it IS official. The Robert Bornemann family is hosting our very own Appleseed Shoot here at our farm on October 3rd and 4th!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!

I've wanted our family to do something special for the home school community for many years, but it's so hard when you milk to have enough time to put something together. Now we can host a shoot as the Appleseed people do the work. I know that this sounds awfully lazy but, anybody who has ever milked, will understand this. People who milk are NOT lazy. :)

I cannot urge you enough to join us here that weekend. It doesn't matter if you're a good shot or not--I mean that's the whole point. You can learn how to be a better shot and then go home and practice, practice, practice. Before you know it, you can have family times like we did in this picture. Maybe you all can suggest endings to this little rhyme. The family who shoots together, ____________________ together. Maybe we can come up with a new motto here. :)

So what do you have to do? Just go to the Appleseed site here:

http://appleseedinfo.org/smf/index.php?topic=9564.0 This takes you directly to the information about our shoot so that you can study up a bit. Then go to this link as soon as you are ready to register:http://www.eventbrite.com/event/436168592%20%20%20%20%20%20

All women; children under age 21; and active military personel can attend free. For men the charge for both days is $70 and for one day it's $45. This is a family friendly event as you can see. It's not going to cost you an arm and a leg to get this information for your family.

I do have a favor to ask of you, though. PLEASE REGISTER THE SECOND YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN COME AS WE'RE LESS THAN 3 WEEKS AWAY NOW. The paperwork all takes time, so please register ASAP. After that, we'd appreciate you letting us know how many from your family will be attending so that we can get enough big bales to the range site.

Everyone is welcome to camp here, if you like, or there is camping and hotel space in the small towns around here. We kind of hope that folks will stick around here so that we can get in a goodly amount of fellowship. I'm pretty sure that the young men will be heading down to the Kintyre park for some volleyball at least once--certainly young ladies would be welcome too. :) Even not such young men and ladies could join together at our favorite little park and fill the Fall air with laughter. We love going down there!

So, after a busy day of BodyTalk sessions in my office in Bismarck, Andrew and I headed home quickly. We brought the Dagley's Bobcat to clean the barns out with and some lumber to repair our teeter totter. Many happy memories were shared with friends on that old board but it just isn't safe anymore. Oh, and yes, I bought some more paint.

How I love being alive and on the mend. Many thanks to you for praying for me again and I hope to see you all at our shoot.