cottage & bears & chairs Oh! My!

Couple Outlaw/Inlaw 1 were joined by couple Outlaw/Inlaw 2 at the cottage for a little vacationing, bearification, chairification and other activities. The chairification went quite well with the feminine partners doing a lot of the physical labor as they protected their surgerified and procedurized spouses from over doing it.

Damon & Laura saw the latest Harry Potter movie on opening day Friday, July 15 with one of his summer school classes. Then on Saturday, with Jason, they went to the Oshkosh Museum to see the traveling Harry Potter exhibit.

Check out the great pictures below posted by Outlaw 4 below earlier today!!!!

Russ's 90th Birthday Party

Happy Birthday Russ!!

July Weekend

We made it to the lake again this year but only for a couple days. The weather was perfect and we had a great time.

Kay has a buddy on her hat.
JJ loves the boat but it's all he can do to stay awake.

Jan sitting in the sun enjoying a peaceful afternoon.

An osprey watching for a meal on the lake.

The boat still looks good and is running great.

The loon are in the bay but we didn't see any chicks.

What luck, catching this fox sitting perfectly along side the road.

This eagle was dining on a fish on the shore. Sorry to say we spooked it with the pontoon boat but managed to get a couple pictures.

Elsie Mae is 3

Elsie Mae was 3 on Sunday 6/26/2011 and had a Birthday Party on Saturday 6/25/2011 at the Efram's lake lot.

MN connection

Aprilish 2011 picture of MN connection family.

Few pictures of Big Al from our May 20, 2011 visit. Hope to be able to upload some of the videos when I get home to my computer.

Nels Allan's 6 month stats

No new pictures of Nels Allan at this time. He has a slight ear infection and was at the Doctor's for his 6 month wellness check-up.

Current 6 month stats

Height: 97% 28.6 inches
Weight: 97% 21 lbs. 13 oz.
Head: 93% 18 inches

Jack, Kay, & Ellen,
Damon was real excited when he opened your package. He commented on it being his favorite Packer's team design and how it was longer than most and would even work for his bed. He immediately wrapped it around himself for the evening and uses it all the time. Picture shows him covered up, watching TV, with a lap board holding some math make-up work on his lap.
Your gift is making his recovery days memorable & comfortable.

Still waiting for more biopsy lab results at the Wisconsin Children's Hospital in Wauwautosa. Hope they can figure it out soon and get Damon cured.

Linda sent me this Elsie Mae pic. today from her cell phone.

Nels Allan was 5 months old as of 2/16/2011.

Here is a picture Linda took on her cell phone yesterday. At his 4 month check up he was 92% for weight, 97% for height, and 94% for head size.

We don't have the % for the 5 month stats., but we do have the 5 month numbers for height (28 inches) and weight(19 pounds and 10 ounces).

North Branch 2010 Christmas

Since it's so hard to get together right close to Christmas, we planned ours this year for Sat. Dec. 11th in North Branch, MN. Of course the weather decided not to cooperate by dropping about a foot of snow, cranking up the wind machine, and opening the freezer door. So, leaving Laura & Damon home (they had work and school to go to on Monday), we left Sunday early eve and had Christmas with Julie's family on Monday, Dec. 13th. Couple of pics to share that Julie took while we were there. After visiting, opening presents, kid meals, etc.; both Elsie Mae & Nels Allan took naps (first 2 pics) at the same time allowing the adults to enjoy a little liquid Christmas Cheer with their Chinese carryout dinner.

Been away for awhile

Hi everyone. It's been awhile since I've posted anything. Here are some pictures from birthdays and closing the cabin. If you would like to see some of the photos from our trips to the cabin this summer, they are on Zenfolio under (take a guess) Darby Cabin 2010.

Nels Allan & Elsie Mae

Pictures are probably from about 1 month ago. Currently Elsie Mae has a cold and couldn't get her flu shot again today at the doctor's. Nels Allan was checked out today and has the new following stats:

Height 24 1/2 inches 93%

Weight 13 lbs 9.4 oz 89%

Head 16 3/4 circumference 96%

Nels Allan Efram

Nels Allan Efram joined the family at 11:34 AM on Thursday, September 16, 2010. Weight 8 pounds and 7 ounces. Length: 21 inches in the delivery room but 20 inches put on the birth certificate. Pictures are from Sept. 18th & 19th.

Lisa and Brandon Wedding Pictures

Hi Everyone,
Lisa and Brandon wedding photos can be viewed at http://reyub05.zenfolio.com/p1015856089/slideshow. You can copy and paste the link or click on the title of this post "Lisa and Brandon Wedding Pictures". Jan and Dave

More Cabin Photos

Hi everyone. I was looking at the pictures of wildlife on the front room wall that Russ has taken over the years and realized I don't have a picture of a fox, bear and cub, raccoons, or large buck.