Mr. Owl Pays a Visit

 Mr. Owl stopped by this morning.

 The bad squirrels wouldn't come down from the trees as long as Mr. Owl was here.

Do you see him?

Winter, Winter...GO AWAY!

The snow is this deep.  Makita jumped off the trail and to demonstrate how deep it is.  To top it off it's been below zero at one point during the day for about 90 percent of the last 10 WEEKS.

Bemidji Hockey

This past weekend we went up to Bemidji to a BSU hockey game.  It was a lot of fun.  Bemidji won.

 

 

 Makita and Pat cheering on the Beavers.

 

 Stella, Jen, Josh (guy from Brainerd we met up with at the game) and Josh's son Cole.

Stella and Pat cutting a rug at one of the local watering holes.

 

 Not sure..but I think they're doing some kind of Captain Morgan impression.

Jello shots.....

Bought me some junk...

Last Sunday while on our way back from Minneapolis we went to a large antique store in Buffalo MN.  I picked a milk box, a big bucket and RAY (he's the wagon).  I love this junk.

 

 

These Guys Make Me Crazy

These rat bastards make me insane.  Disgusting, nasty, dirty squirrels.

More Fishing Extravaganza Photos

Ice Fishing Extravaganza 2014

The Ice Fishing Extravaganza was a hoot.  It was very very cold but still was fun.  Josh, Makita (first time fisher), Mike and myself braved the elements of well below zero wind chills.  We didn't get any fish but enjoyed the festivities.

Mike's 31st Birthday - Potato Dumplings (Klub)

Digging into his Norwegian heritage, Mike requested potato dumplings for his 31st birthday.  I commissioned (at a very reasonable rate) Tonya to help.  She peeled 20 pounds of potatoes.

And then she ground all 20 pounds of potatoes.  Things went very well until she started grinding the onions.  Then we had the water works.

 

 

 

There was a total of 16 of us for dinner.  Tonya did an excellent job of helping with the dumplings and she made her first batch of popovers ever and they turned out perfect.

 

Mike had some help blowing out his candles.  Good thing it was a rip roaring fire.



Weekend of Painting

I spent the weekend painting the upstairs hallway.  The photo above is after.  The photo below is before.  Almost the entire upstairs was painted green (you can see it on the walls surrounding the hallway).  Slowly but surely I'll be getting rid of that.  The photo makes it look like the new paint looking white.  It's actually a beige color.

Mike's 31st Birthday Today

Happy Birthday Mike!  This was taken when he was 10.  He's still fairly valuable.  lol

Santa Monica November 2013

In November I went to Santa Monica for work.

 



Visitors to Irish Acres

Holipoluza 2013

We gathered up the kids and grandkids for Holipoluza on Friday December 20th.  We went bowling for a couple hours, then moved the celebration to Irish Acres.  Sadly Josh was out on the road and wasn't able to join us. :(

Happy New Year!

Renaissance 2013

Makita, myself, Mike, Tonya and Josh at this years MN Renaissance.  Slideshow to the left.

BWCA Trip September 2013

Check out the slideshow over to the right of our trip to BWCA last weekend.  Dave and Ellie Boeckermann went up there on Wednesday and we went up and joined them on Friday.  We all came out on Monday. 

It was a little cold at times but we had a great time!  We had a fish fry on Saturday.  We saw a really large wolf on our way in.  Hog Creek was really high (surprisingly) and the paddling was good.  There were no impassable beaver damns. 

Kiehra's 13th Birthday - Camping

I added a new slideshow of Kiehr's 13th Birthday (look on the left).  We went camping at Father Hennepin State Park on Mille Lacs Lake.

New Cultivator

 My dad resurrected an old cultivator by putting new handles (made to look old) and cleaned her up.  She looks perfect in my "environment".

Wyoming and South Dakota Bike Trip

Check out the newest slideshow to the left.  Images of our trip to Wyoming and South Dakota.  Click anywhere on the photo and it will open in a new window.  Once it's open if you click on the top left side where is says "Full Screen" they will be easier to see.  Then if you hit the play button it will run you through a slideshow.

Waiting out the rain in Sturgis

Left Cody. Heading to Spearfish

Had a great time in Cody. Rode over Beartooth pass and down Chief Joseph's highway. Now we're heading to Spearfish.

Almost to Cody. Rolling south out of Billings.

Cruise'n across Montana

Heading into Montana to Billings, then south to Cody. Giddy up!