Laura got hit on Dec. 19 and her car totaled. On Dec. 30 she bought this 2007 Ford Focus ZX5 SES with 5,600 miles on it.

Today is Inlaw2's 62nd Birthday. Great things are being accomplished today. She's mixing up peanut blossom cookies for Christmas, now meets the requirements to get those Soc. Sec. checks - which don't start coming until the end of Feb. :-( , and is working on details for a mini-cruise vacation (hopefully in April). See 'ya all soon.

60 & Over the Hill? Not!!!

Tonight we celebrated my 60th Birthday (which is tomorrow - Dec. 9). My favorite oldest daughter provided my favorite grandson with the the Over the Hill (AM NOT) decorations and he decorated. Snowing like crazy tonight and schools, etc. are already cancelled for tomorrow.

Tonight (Fri. Dec. 4, 2009) was Shawano's Santa Parade. Merchants downtown were open and catering to the parade goers. Damon & his guitar teacher played guitars & sang for an hour in the Jungle Music Store.

Trail walk

Lovely weather this Nov. 7 Saturday. Laura went for a walk on the trail with Wil, Damon, & Doodles. Not in picture is Laura - she was the cell phone photographer.

Some of the parts you don't eat on the deer

King & Queen mentioned they hadn't seen any pictures of my buck since it was mounted. Good excuse for me to post some pictures of him again. :-)

Freddie Halloween Kruger alias Damon

More than You "Kneed" to Know

Inlaw 2 had her orthoscopic knee
surgery on Tuesday,
Oct.20,09.
A couple of the Dr.'s

pictures show that

she has cute knees

on the inside too.

Closing in October

We closed the cabin this weekend suffering through the cold and wind of northern WI. Actually, we ate until we were full and then ate some more. We had Lasagna, pork tenderloin, pulled pork sandwiches, bacon, eggs, pancakes, cookies, etc. etc. etc.

Last sunset of 2009

The road has been repaved. As you can see it's been raised almost 2 ft.

It snowed on Monday. The boat ride across the lake was brutal but the ride back to the cabin in the back of the boat was even worse.

We managed to sneak up on this doe in Jack and Kay's stealth buick.

We took a ride to see the fall colors.

Can't wait until next year.

Damon & Pumpkin

Damon picked out a 38 pound pumpkin today to carve later. He also got a couple of small ones for Inlaw & Outlaw 2.

Elsie Mae & Tucker

Having probs. with video camera &/or how to use the dvd recorded info. to transfer to blog. Found this snipit on my memory card(from 9-21-09?) so am posting this for now until I can provide better. She has been walking for awhile now while hanging on to things and speaks 30 to 50 words.

Elsie Mae

Elsie and Nana Inlaw 2 enjoyed some library time, carnival time, exercise time, and smile time this weekend as well as bed, meal, bath, walk, visit, etc. time.

JJ at the lake

It's impossible to take a bad picture of JJ.

JJ

Rib Mountain

On our way up to the lake last weekend, Jan and I stopped at Rib Mountain for a quick visit. We've said for years that we should stop. It is easy to get to because it's right off 51 / 39 and you can drive all the way to the top. It'll cost you $5 for an hour visit unless you want to purchase a pass to all of the WI State Parks. At 1490 feet above sea level it's believed to be the highest location in the state.

I strolled over to look down a couple of the ski slopes. The pictures do not do this justice. It really is very, very steep.

Football continues with the first game.

First game of the season was against Denmark on Sept. 12th, 2009.

Damon decided to check out football this year.

Family Reunion Group Shot

Plenty of food, great weather, and lots of fun equals another great family reunion!

Eagle

While we were at the lake this eagle landed near the cabin. I posted some additional photos on Zenfolio.