Happy New Year

Yeah - just wanted to wish everyone a very happy NEW YEAR - 2008 - we are planning on going to a hotel with some friends for the evening(Monday night) and letting the kids swim and just hang out and relax - we are going to the big town of Beresford, SD. It is a little town which will be great to not have it so busy - we have gone to Sx Falls before to a hotel and they are packed - this way we will be able to hear each other talk too :)

Merry Christmas!!!

It was absolutely gorgeous here on Sunday morning and when the kids were ready for church - we quickly took some snapshots - the trees and grasses were covered and it was a beautiful winter day!! Paco even did a great job - by the time we went back into the house Jamie's hair was frosted as well. Wishing you all a very Blessed Christmas!!

Out for Lunch

I just love to go out for dinner with great company - looking through some pictures today and came across this one from Easter - what a great time - girls day out and of course we stopped for some lunch - I'm sure it was because we hadn't eaten all weekend yet :)

Basketball this weekend

Jamie has a basketball tournament this weekend in Sheldon - she plays tonight and tomorrow most of the day - at the last tournament they recieved second place and got medals ( that is what the picture is from ) So Mike and I will be bleacher fans this weekend - Marcus has plans with friends. Hope you all have a great weekend!!

Successful Hunt

Marcus shot a nice 8 point buck tonight around 5pm - he is very proud and will have some great deer meat in the freezer to share in a couple of weeks. GREAT JOB MARCUS!!

First big snow/ice storm of the year here today - I went out this morning with the van at 8:30 and plan on not taking it out again till need be - it went OK but the snow is turning to an ice storm and the roads are slick - Jamie and I are busy making goodies and wrapping gifts. It is also the opening day of shotgun season for deer - so Mike is busy with Marcus - seen one this morning but decided to wait since it's the first day and see if any bigger deer come along - they are going out again around 3pm - will keep you all posted if anything happens - first season is open for 5 days.
Jamie was suppose to be playing basketball all day in Hawarden at a tournament and that was cancelled.
The picture is from skiing last winter in South Dakota - the trees were absolutely gorgeous. ( and so is the girl of course - of what you can see of her :)

Happy Birthday Lanette

Wishing you many great memories today and a great birthday - sending lots of love your way!!!

Trapping 2007

Mike seen our blog for the first time tonight and had a request for a trapping picture - so hear goes - they had a record year with a caught of 163 animals. This picture is from the first day and as you can see it was a great day and we all were together. Tradition is that we all go out and check them on the first day after they are set and it is a fun adventure every year and something that we always look forward to.

30 days till Christmas

Here is one of the many gifts I recieved last Christmas in my stocking - it was quite humorous and the kids had a great time - most of the time the were busting a gut before I even opened the gifts - great holiday memories!! If you can't quite tell - this beautiful bird is actually a pen with a suction cup on the end to set on my desk :)
We are busy setting up Christmas inside and outside this weekend and having a great time doing it.

Happy Thanksgiving

Jamie and I are going to give this a try and see how we do at blogging - no promises that we will be pros right away but we'll do our best - we really enjoy checking in on all of you everyday and we will try and make it a habit to update hopefully once a week :).

We wish each and everyone of you a very blessed Thanksgiving and happy eating.