Baby Marley and her daddy Nick have the same hair do...hmmmmmm

Mac Tends Bar at the Green Lantern

Mac (fellow fellowshipper) from the Powerloon was the celebrity bartender last night at the Green Lantern.  He was a great at shooting the bull, not so good at the bartending part.

Some of the fellowshipper's got some extra service from the Green Lantern's owner.

Saturday Fishing Extravaganza

Josh (aka: Woogie) and I took part in the Brainerd Jaycee's 20th annual Ice Fishing Extravaganza.  Over 11, 000 people showed up for the fun.  It poured rain and we got really wet but had a great time anyway.  We didn't catch any fish.  Maybe next year!

Heading out to the Brainerd Jaycee's Ice Fishing Extravaganza

Tomorrow Josh and I will head out to Gull lake with about 10,000 other people and fish the 20th annual Fishing Extravaganza.  Wish us luck!

Moved My Office

Old office space was rather small.  It's actually a closet.  Which I'm turning back into the closet it was meant to be.  As you can see I keep a messy office.

The new office space is much larger and I'll try to keep it neater.

Count Down until Bob's Return Home

Heard from Bob. He sent this photo and reported on his countdown to come home. Today leaves 60 days until he heads home. I 'm very anxious for his safe return.

Working in West Virginia This Week

I'm over in Martinsburg West Virginia this week working at Prettyman Broadcasting.

Sioux Hockey Weekend

The Fellowship went on their 2nd annual Grand Forks Sioux Hockey weekend.

I forget what they call that big ass thing of beer we drank at Rumors. It lasted quite a while though.

Cletus (aka: Makita) really enjoyed the game!

Lunch at the Blue Moose

Check out the slideshow of the photos on the left hand side of my blog.

Chased Down a Rabbit

With my super duper human rabbit tracking skills and my awesome camera, I was able to hunt this guy down in Arizona. Silly Rabbit.................

Took a Bike Ride

Yesterday we went out to Makita's uncle Kenny's up by Apache Junction and his cousin, Bryan, took me for a spin on his new Harley. Sweet!

Sunny and Warm

Sorry friends and family in Minnesota. I've left you all behind to sit in the Arizona sun. Rumor is that it's below zero up there. Well don't get too worked up, I'll be back home tomorrow night to face it with you all. Yippy frozen skippy.

Happy New Year

Kaylie's Our Gymnast

Bob's Christmas Message

Bob sent Christmas wishes with this photo. He refers to it as his Christmas card photo. Looks like snow but it is actually the dust of Afghanistan picked up by the flash of the camera.

He writes that there is no snow where he is but it did recently rain for 8 hours straight and flood their tents.

He also wrote that he is leaving right now and will be out in the field over Christmas. He hopes to be back in camp by New Years. He added "We have lots of activities planned and we even get to go camping. I'm sure between the shining stars at night and the camel herds it might even feel biblical".

He signed off with "On a serious note, we all know what Christmas is really about and I do wish you and your family's the best. God Bless".

We'll miss you here Bob! Stay safe.

Kimkay Thaws

I'm currently in Santa Ana, Orange County California working. It's in the 70's everyday. I'm love'n it! What the heck are we doing living in below zero temps? Makes no sense to me.

Palm trees, green grass and flowers? So far away from ice, snow and frost bite.

Bob's Back in Afghanistan

Bob wrote a couple days ago and sent this photo. He's back in Afghanistan. He's only been gone from here a week and it seems like he's been gone a month. I hope the time starts going by faster than this.

Crow Wing Historical Society

This past Sunday we went to the Crow Wing County Historical Society Museum. It's in the old old Jailhouse on Laurel street in Brainerd. I say old old because there's a jail between the museum jail and the current jail that sits vacant behind the museum jail. The old old jail (museum) was the actual jail when we moved here in 1976. I thought it looked scary.

They've done a nice job in making it into a museum. There's lots of stuff about the Railroad. The Sheriff's quarters were open and available to tour on Sunday. My grandmother Myrtle O'neil Peterson cooked for the prisoners there for awhile in the 60's.

Check it out at: http://www.crowwinghistory.org/

Kiehra's Basketball

This past Saturday Kiehra had double header basketball games. They won one and lost one.

She made one basket during the second game.

When she was on the bench she passed the time writing on the coach's clipboard....hmmm the other kids where watching the game.

Makita's Birthday

Friday was Makita's birthday. We really whooped it up. We went down to the VFW and had a nice big prime rib dinner. They sure do know how to feed you down there. Then over to Sheps for some celebrating. I believe this is one of the 5 shots Makita downed that night. Yikes.

Thanksgiving Weekend

Let me preface this by saying "Yippy" to staying out of my closet office and away from my computer for four whole days. I haven't taken a day off since Labor Day weekend and let me tell you...the walls start closing in.

Thanksgiving was great. Bob, Joy and the girls were able to join us for the big old 26 pound turkey. Makita was called to a house fire about a half hour before turkey cutting time. Mike got stuck carving the turkey again. The Thanksgiving house fire thing is becoming tradition. Kurt and Robin stopped by to see Bob and watch his slide show and videos. All in all there were 16 people in and out that day. On Saturday Shirley helped us decorate the Christmas tree.

On Saturday night we went over to the Brainerd Sertoma Winter Wonderland.