HAPPY NEW YEAR IN FEBRUARY!!!!

I really do wish I knew where the time goes, old age makes it go faster???  We had a very nice Christmas with family and friends and we did miss my Dad very much, it was a hard one for Mom but with all the activity she came through like a trooper!!!

Then right after the New Year we took off with Aubrey, Brandon and Ryan and headed to the Wisconsin Dells for one of the coldest weekends and met the Krokson side of the family.  Jill, Allie, Jack and Aunt Janet came down from Northern Wisconsin and Melissa, Ben and Devin were already in the area and joined us  for water park fun!!  The indoor waterparks are really something and the crowds are amazing!!!  What a fun place to meet and hang out and play!!!  All the kids had a blast and we did too!!!

We had a fun afternoon watching the Packers with Middleton friends Linda and Butch at Marleys.  What a cold day not too many brave souls out that day!!!!

It is amazing how similar the Dells area is to the Lake of the Ozarks with all the rock outcroppings and trees etc.  We just have alot more water here than up there!!!!  Both areas are rich in very interesting history!!!

On our way home we had to spent a few hours at our favorite surplus store Delaneys, near Sauk City.  It is a place full of STUFF and more STUFF !!!  Brandon had 2 carts we had one and wondered where it would all fit????  Thank goodness Brandon is creative and put a dock locker on the stern, ha ha ha, back of the truck, on one of those platforms that hook on your hitch, so in true Missouri style we traveled with all our baggage in a dock locker, why not!!!!!   I'm sure some folks got a good chuckle out of it!!!!  Then we cruised into Lodi, WI . for a wonderful  dinner at the Mulherns with special guests and entertainment with the Raemisches, Dan the mooning was the best!!!!!

We got home to warmer weather and back to the grind.  Mom had had a few days to herself and great neighbors checked in daily and all went well.

Our days stay busy, lots of lunches out, yoga three times a week, volunteering at the hospital, helping my friend with her new consignment store now called 2nd Closet move to a new location, wow the beat goes on!!!!

Just posted some ice dyed shirts on Etsy and will see what shakes with that, more orders for the Tie Necklaces, no dull moments around here!!!

One last pic of Devin,
I had a darling pic of her on the rocking horse my Dad had made Ben, but she was naked as a jay bird just like her Daddy liked to ride it so we'll settle for this pic!!!!  And today the kids said good bye to their oldest dog Sami, RIP Miss Sami, she had 12  1/2 good years!!!!!

Happy Trials to all....hoping Spring is sooner than later!!!  Snow coming tomorrow!!!