Minnesota trip and the end of summer

It's been almost a month since we were in Minnesota visiting my family, and now it's almost officially fall! Our trip to Minnesota was great! We got to spend time with my parents and my brothers in Rochester, as well as visit both of my grandmas, my grandma Lucille in Austin and my grandma Elsie in Redwood Falls. Sean had never met Elsie before, so it was wonderful for them to finally meet! I meant to take more photos while we were there, but this is the only one I captured. We got a little lost in western MN, and during our driving adventure we spotted a crop duster plane. Unfortunately, I didn't think to take a photo until the plane was out of sight. Here, instead, is a wonderful photo of Minnesota Highway 14 and the car behind us.
After getting back from Minnesota, we were finally done with our travels for a while. In the meantime, we've been busy with work while trying to find a house to buy. After a few disappointments, we think we've lucked out with one. I'll post pictures once we're closer to finalizing everything. For now, things look good!
With fall comes football, and we started the season off by driving up to ASU's Camp Tontozona in Payson where the football team trains during the month of August. The field is set right in the mountains, and we lucked out with great weather the day we went for the scrimmage. Sean loved it, of course, but I think Brinkley would rather be lounging in our air conditioned house than up in the mountains. In fact, you can probably see him trying to escape in this picture!
With three games already down, and another one tomorrow, the Sun Devils are doing well! We've enjoyed going to the games with friends, and look forward to Jim and Robin coming down for the big USC game over Thanksgiving.
Unfortunately, Sean has to miss tomorrow's PAC-10 opener against Oregon State. He's currently working on a trial in Laconia, New Hampshire, which is quite a nice coincidence since his cousin Tim and his family live just a couple hours away from Sean's trial! He plans to visit with them this weekend while he's "off," before he returns to court on Monday.
Tomorrow is Christian's birthday - happy birthday! - and the day after that is the official beginning of fall! The weather is finally starting to cool down a bit, around 90 degrees during the day instead of the 100s we were getting just a few weeks ago. And speaking of Christian, he will be joining us for some ASU football and a short weekend visit in October!
Not much else to report...here's a picture of Brinkley playing TV commando :-)