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!

Churack's Marry at Irish Acres

 On Saturday July 20, 2013 our friends Kim Watson and Pat Churack married at Irish Acres.

 

 The wedding theme was "fishing". 

 

 Irish Acres staff was hard at work for the event.

Kiehra's Softball Season Comes to an End

 Another season of softball comes to an end for Kiehra.  It was always fun attending and to see the girls play.

Weekend of Riding and Camping

 This past weekend we hit the road around 6:30pm Friday night and didn't get home until around 7pm Sunday night.  Right out of the box Mike was presented a gremlin bell by Makita to ward off gremlins, also known as evil road spirits.  And Mike being the same ass he usually is, had to act like a dip for the photo (see below).

We stayed in Walker Friday night and then Saturday a stop into Brigit's Irish Pub in Bemidji was in order. 

 The Spyder and Patricia (the trailer) served as the pack mule for our adventure.

Stopped into Slims in Bemidji.  Mike = photo ass again.

Ended up at Itasca State Park Saturday night.  Can't go to the park without taking the kids to see the Mississippi headwaters.

 

Nice evening of camping and great weekend of riding.