Stevne in Fargo ND to Verna Fest in Hutchinson MN

The view from our room at the Doublewood Inn & Suites in Fargo.... such a deal LOL.  Loved the hot tub and enjoyed helping people at the Stevne find their roots.  It is always so exciting to see a 1st timer find some of their family in some written form.  Another nice thing is to see some younger people getting interested in their roots...  Next years stevne will be in MADISON WI yipee 
Telma og Lovise are already plotting their next adventure... sky diving, hang gliding oh what kind of trouble might they get into now LOL

Next met up with people from a FB group seated are Margit (aka Telma) Wendy, Lila and Clarissa, I am standing in back (Lovise) After a lot of discussion we finally decided on a place to go and eat  not too far from the hotel

 As the menu stated it was "food with attitude"  It was also YUMMY and I ate too much and I thin some others felt that way too

 Yes I did eat something besides dessert but they do say eat it first because life is short.  A yummy Bailey's cheese cake decadent, almost as good as the one I make myself 

 Back to the room for some jente snakke and a lot of laughs and some Olympics watching, Nomar even got in on the conversation NOT, he just got in the picture

 Thursday night in the hot tub, Telma og Lovise unwind from a day in the genealogy room at stevne in Fargo North Dakota 

  Had a big lunch so this was our last supper in Fargo on Friday night Nomar loved it.  I think the closet DQ to Lovise is in Redwood City.... just a little far to go for a Blizzard, if they are even still open §8-(

 who is that in the mirror on way to Hutch

This is what it is all about

Nomar is grubbin' on some egg bake, there were caramel rolls, fresh fruit more food than you could shake a stick at, and of course on the side board were rice crispy bars, home made chocolate chip cookies and lots more!!!

 The lake at Marcia's in Hutchinson 

 Love the window crayola thingies

 What better to put on ribs than some good BUTT RUB

 Grill master Bill with his new big green egg inaugural grill.  He thinks he needs more practice but the ribs were delicious and I am sure by Verna Fest 2013 they will be perfected.  Also the tri tip done on the weber was AWESOME.  All the food was AWESOME

 A little Arnt (Aka Trygg Bakke) and his mama Mindy

The littlest Verna (aka Mina) and her mama Sarah a middle age Verna

Getting ready for the bubble gum/whip cream game an annual event for all the little Verna's and the Arnt's that get in

 Ready, set....... GO

 Trygg is game for anything, he was the first one with a full face (with out any help) of whipped cream

Not even sure who won but the fun had just begun cause after this picture the whipped cream FLEW  Lovise was out of the way till it stopped flying

 So handy to have a lake in the back yard for the clean up!  

 Telma tinks Lovise is addicted to FB but ya know Lovise had NOT been oh her computer all day..... now who is the addicted one + dat fancy new iPhone.... (ok Lovise played ol' sol on the way home)

 Our youngest thrift store fashion show entrant

 Lovise og Telma clean up pretty good in our Fargo Savers fashions only about $8 each

 Some of the winning fashions, Left Sarah in a lovely wool suit from 1968 and right Claudia in the ???? look 

Marcia still fits into her wedding dress, DISGUSTING, not sure Lovises would come even close to fitting 

 The most unique find and it was FREE 
Ready Killowatt (Arnt was making his presence known)

The Stepford/Sister wives
Lovise, Telma og Lynell

And Ashley gets the best $5 or under prize

< Dog's wife showed up w/o her 'chest'  love this!!!

All in all Verna Fest III was a success and rules are being established for the fashion show next year along with various categories.   As soon as Lovise knows all the rules when she gets back to California she is going to become a thrift store diva!!!  
Sunday it was back to Flom since Telma's man is headed to Sturgis for the Rally, it should be pretty crazy there now...... 

 nowhere to hide the bodies after a night of Verna Fest bingo

Another successful bingo session. Life is good and precious too, celebrate with your families when ever you can, for what ever reason big or small.  This celebration is in honor of Telma's (aka Margit's) mother  and it is GREAT.