Nikita moves in and gets loved up!

Nikita or Nik as we have begun to call her, is our new chocolate lab pup. My boys and husband need a dog for duck and goose hunting. The Daisy and Lilly (our bassets) wouldn't be too good at swimming and retrieving. Besides, hunting is an early morning thing and that would interrupt the nap routine!

 

 

 

 

Melvin (& Nikita) 12/08/10

 

 

Ben's new red '96 F-150

Ben had to junk old blue and replaced it with a very nice new truck! We are proud of you Ben!

 

 

 

NIKITA and her needle teeth with Daisy and Lilly!

I put winter headbands on Daisy and Lilly's heads to protect them from Nikita's needle teeth!

 

 

 

 

Nolan's first College Football game

Nolan played in the 2nd half of the home game vs. Hamline. SJU won 49-0. It was cold and snowed! Nolan is #2.
He played in 9 plays and the first time on the field, made the tackle. His name was announced twice.

Dog Park 2010

Lilly (2 years and 10 months)
Daisy; A very happy pup at 3 years and 4 months!
Daisy and Lilly playing with Charlie and Frankie
Bunny Hunting!!
Lilly's cute little Basset Butt
Lilly, Charlie, Frankie and Daisy at the Missippi River puppy park
Daisy and Lilly
Lilly Angelina... Oh; those LIPS!!!
Daisy running


All photos were taken by Theresa Smith(Muffy)

Bow hunting vacation for Scott and Nathan

Scott and Nathan did very well... How lucky is that? It died on the yellow line!

Nathan shot a buck and a doe, just like Scott.


Nathan with his First Fall Wisconsin Turkey


Scott's first big buck in many years.

The meatpole is beginning to sag a little in the middle!

Dad's 3rd sugery: AAA

Dad's surgery went well, but the recovery in the hospital didn't. He is still in ICU 10 days later. We can see that things are turning around now. We have a lot of wonderful family and friends who have been praying for him.

October Birthdays 10-9 & 10-24

Our baby Nathan was 15 on the 9th and passed his drivers permit test. Now Scott and I will let him drive with us whenever possible. I let him drive right away after school, around the block, just like I did with Ben and Nolan just a few short years ago. He did great and will get very used to it as the time goes by. Nathan was a bit suprised at how much bigger the engine is in the truck than in my car. :)
Yesterday Nolan and Ben came home for supper to celebrate their
19th birthdays. The 5 of us hadn't all sat around the table since Aug 11th, the day before Nolan moved out early for football. It was wonderful and comforting. We talked about a lot of fun different things; the anticipation of the Vikes/Packers game (we lost 24-28) in the last minute, and our plans for the week. We have to juggle cars, sell 2 trucks and most of all reflect on how precious life is when we say goodbye to Kristi this week.

Dad's second surgery

Dad's second surgery went great. Kerri Ann and mom got him discharged the next day with no problems. He is home with a week to heal until his next surgery, the big one on 10-27.

Dad's surgery

My dad had his first of 3 surgeries on Wednesday. His right carotid artery was 90% blocked with soft plaque (which is worse than hard plaque). In 10 more days he will have the left side done which is 70% blocked. Then on the 27th he has the big surgery for his AAA. I am looking forward to celebrating a wonderful, peaceful and enjoyable Thanksgiving with my family. We have a lot to be thankful for this year.

Football pics and Nathan's 15th Birthday

Nathan's football team played Sauk Rapids on Thursday at SCSU. On the first play of the game Nathan (#10) intercepted the ball and ran 20 yards before being tackled. TECH won 20- 0. Those boys were pumped up! We heard them singing on the bus on the way back to TECH.


Nathan was 15 yesterday. As you can see, our 9lbs 3oz fat baby boy isn't a baby anymore. He spent the weekend hunting with Ben and dad in Wisconsin, with no luck. When they get home tonight we are going to celebrate his birthday. I am making an Angel food cake with vanilla frosting for him, just like he asked for.

Nathan Football

Nate's freshman team had a fantastic win last night against Little Falls. My #10 cornerback had an interception in the first few minutes of the game. It was incredible!!

Venison burger: before, during and after

I told Daisy and Lilly that Daddy and Nolan were bring home 'deer treats', Daisy just couldn't wait for the deer to be unloaded so she could get better sniffs of them!

The girls are patiently waiting for daddy to toss them some more meat scraps. These are all burger patties, ready for the grill!!

2010 bowhunting weekend: Scott 1 Nolan 2

Scott and Nolan hunted long and hard last weekend.Nolan must be dreaming about the one he missed...