The Fourteen Days of Christmas

2009 Holiday season was very busy. We didn't plan anything big but spent our vacation running here and there trying to fill the time. We had a awesome holiday season even though bad weather changed some of our plans. Christmas eve. We didn't go to the parents because of bad weather. Instead we got together with some of our friends at a motel in Plover. We did have a good time. Sunday we headed to La Crosse for a large wrestling tournament. It was awesome and Wisconsin Rapids again proved they are one of the top teams in the nation by out scoring their nearest opponent by about 270 points. Considering, that it was a 56 team tournament that was quite a feat. We got home at midnight on Wed. and turned around to go to Prairie Farm by the Hansen's and spend some quality time with my two nieces and their families. They had a large New Year's get-together at the school for New Years Eve. We came back from there for Sunday and spent Sunday and Mom and Dad Thompson's Wisconsin Rapids house. They both had siblings there for the weekend so we got to have a little visit with the aunts and uncles also.I have a lot more pictures but had to send the laptop away for repair, so will upload more when I get the software I need to upload directly from my camera. Keep checking back for more pics later.

Christmas Holidays 2008

We had a very fun and interesting Christmas holiday. We shut down the stores December 24th and December 25th so we could have a little family holiday. We spent a very relaxing time at Mt. Olympus resort in Wisconsin Dells. They have a new indoor amusement park so the children took turns using the waterpark and the amusement park. We took Dustan and Kenyon Erickson along with our family we were joined by the rest of the Erickson family, Jo and Greg Holewinski, and the Dan Paquette family. A few of us met Greg Bouton and his family, in Minneapolis for Sunday so it was nice to spend some time with them at the Mall of America after meeting. Oh yes, I got stuck at the top of the Giant Ferris Wheel for about 15 minutes. I guess it was a plus to get some good overlook pictures. It was nice to be able to spend a little time with friends at Gorden Beyer's in the a.m. Erickson kids have been back with us since Sunday so it has been a busy and noisy house. Tomorrow is New Year's eve at Dean Ramsden's after bible study. I will just post some slide shows and let the pictures do the talking. There hasn't been much blogging in case you haven't noticed. :)