Happy New Year to all our friends and family! Here is wishing each of you a more exciting, fun, and enriching 2013. We are all looking forward to a great 2013 that enrich our lives with each other and with our friends and family. We are also looking forward to returning to work and school in the next few days!
We had a great New Years Celebration with the Ole's with some bowling at Storm Lake Bowl and a hearty meal at Mi Azteca. The adults vs. the kids (Nick, Joe, and Ben) in bowling went well, adults gave the kids 100 pins to even the numbers as we had one more player. Unfortunately the adults were not able to overcome the great bowling performance that the kids put on in the first game and we fell to a defeat but the adults came back to a sound victory in game #2. With the score even the adults called it a draw and we headed for the food - we didn't want to risk the potential second loss!
So we await the drop of the ball or the drag queen in Key West, Florida and 2013 reflecting on 2012 and looking forward 2013. Seems that Iowa needs something to drop at the new year, maybe a 120 pound Pig that oinks? Let me know what you think would be a good idea so we can get something started before 2014 sneaks up on us.
So until the next post I'll be holding on to the edge of the cliff (the fiscal one) waiting on Congress to figure out our paychecks (seems they were able to figure theirs out without any delay so it should be easy to figure out mine).
Monday, December 31, 2012
Friday, December 28, 2012
Sad Day
We lost a member of our family today after a courageous battle to make a come back from a feline virus but in the end the virus won the day and Claude has gone on to much better things and fields of never-ending catnip. We are all deeply saddened by the loss.
Claude here was helping me wrap presents before Christmas on Friday and we made a bow for his head out of some fabric that we had left over from the kids blankets. He wouldn't let me finish making the blankets wanting to lay on the fabric the entire time.
I told Melanie when we were married that we weren't going to have cats around the house but we ended up getting a shelter cat from the Siouxland Humane Society, Cleo (she passed away late summer 2012), and while Cleo was getting surgery Melanie found Claude at the Schaller Vet Clinic. He was born on Valentines day and they named him cupid. He was a surprise to me when Melanie brought him home as he met me at the back door that day. Something Claude would do many more times when I would come home for lunch. Maybe it was the treat he would get maybe it was he really wanted to see us when we came home - I think it was the later.
So he was cat but only in the animal sense - he was a valued member of the family - always there to rub against you and always wanting to snuggle up on a blanket with you or hog the hot air vent in the living room in the winter.
He fought the last five days to try and regain his energy and will to eat and drink but he didn't make it and this morning he moved on to a new phase in his life. We all miss him terribly but know that we have great memories of him that we will cherish.
Claude here was helping me wrap presents before Christmas on Friday and we made a bow for his head out of some fabric that we had left over from the kids blankets. He wouldn't let me finish making the blankets wanting to lay on the fabric the entire time.
I told Melanie when we were married that we weren't going to have cats around the house but we ended up getting a shelter cat from the Siouxland Humane Society, Cleo (she passed away late summer 2012), and while Cleo was getting surgery Melanie found Claude at the Schaller Vet Clinic. He was born on Valentines day and they named him cupid. He was a surprise to me when Melanie brought him home as he met me at the back door that day. Something Claude would do many more times when I would come home for lunch. Maybe it was the treat he would get maybe it was he really wanted to see us when we came home - I think it was the later.
So he was cat but only in the animal sense - he was a valued member of the family - always there to rub against you and always wanting to snuggle up on a blanket with you or hog the hot air vent in the living room in the winter.
He fought the last five days to try and regain his energy and will to eat and drink but he didn't make it and this morning he moved on to a new phase in his life. We all miss him terribly but know that we have great memories of him that we will cherish.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
So Melanie finally invited me to join her in this blog as an administrator! It took a lot of coaxing but was finally able to convince her that I wouldn't be bad for her blog ratings.
My goal will be to provide great insight into daily things and events through wit and something short of wisdom. Most likely touching on some religion, daily events, history, and even some political thoughts but I can't handle a lot of negative thoughts at one time. I'll even share some exciting things that I have learned and found in hopes that you too will find them exciting and interesting.
And so we start:
Tonight (Thursday, December 27th) the MLB Network is showing a show on the umpires. I think this is a first as most of the time we ignore that group of players in the game. The show highlights the umpire crew during the 2012 World Series. Tune in at 7PM CST if you find it interesting.
Here's an interesting quote from on of my favorite authors of all time, Robert Fulghrum, "If you want an interesting party sometime combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone." For those of you thinking about a New Year's Eve part this might be the coolest idea!
A short but sweet blog for now. Thanks Melanie for letting me join the fun - I hope you don't regret it!
jy
My goal will be to provide great insight into daily things and events through wit and something short of wisdom. Most likely touching on some religion, daily events, history, and even some political thoughts but I can't handle a lot of negative thoughts at one time. I'll even share some exciting things that I have learned and found in hopes that you too will find them exciting and interesting.
And so we start:
Tonight (Thursday, December 27th) the MLB Network is showing a show on the umpires. I think this is a first as most of the time we ignore that group of players in the game. The show highlights the umpire crew during the 2012 World Series. Tune in at 7PM CST if you find it interesting.
Here's an interesting quote from on of my favorite authors of all time, Robert Fulghrum, "If you want an interesting party sometime combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone." For those of you thinking about a New Year's Eve part this might be the coolest idea!
A short but sweet blog for now. Thanks Melanie for letting me join the fun - I hope you don't regret it!
jy
Busy Little Elf
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| Lego fun. |
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| In the middle of the night, Blaze got into the new art supplies and painted a Rudolph nose with watercolors. It wasn't so funny. |
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| Bubble bath in the marshmallows...even by candlelight. |
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| Christmas Eve Blaze left streamers in front of both boys doors...it didn't slow Ben down! |
Deerhunter
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| I have no idea what we were up to this day, but BJ was hanging out with Pa, "hunting" deer with his bow. He apparently took this very seriously. |
Ballers
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| Joe had an awesome fall playing dodgeball every Sunday night. We were very entertained. A fun group of kids & they developed some great teamwork & mad skills to finish 2nd in the 5th and 6th grade. |
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Come Sail Away
Joseph has been studying the Vikings at school. Not the football team. Although, he may know a bit more about them. This Viking ship was built during enrichment time at school. He gets to to extra projects during this short time period of the day. When it came home, it was coated in clear tape. It floated in the tub for quite a while with no damage. So, he considered it a successful build.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Grumpy Young Men
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| Mouth hanging open, I am afraid he'll snag a cheek! |
Recently Scott Olesen took Joe and Nick to Spring Lake in Cherokee to begin Joe's career in fly fishing. This sounds crazy to me, but apparently it is SUPER fun! They caught one monster blue gill between the two of them and it was declared a sucessful trip. Joe adores his time with Nick, thinking of him as a brother. I was thrilled that Scott is willing to teach him this skill. I love the last action shot! Doesn't he look just like Brad Pitt near a Montana mountain stream? :)
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