Lunch with Poppa

We were lucky enough to have Mamo and Poppa visit recently. We had a great time eating out, going to the movies, going on walks, playing pinochle, and just plain visiting. We love those guys and are glad they made the effort and took the time to come and visit. Poppa got to experience "the girls." It's hard not to like them...they come running whenever you walk outside.:)
Here they are joining Poppa for a little lunch.

This one got a little too close and personal. She's taste testing here....uninvited of course. We somehow caught her mid-jump...see her wings giving her a little extra lift?? Poppa's face is classic!

Another Great Weekend of Wrestling

The Raiders went 3-1 this weekend at our own tourney. Tonight we host Maple River in a conference dual. Then Thursday we travel to power house LCWM to dual with the knights. Then Saturday we are back to a full tourney with another 6 teams. Tabor went 3-1 for the day, Tanner 3-1 and Dalton 2-2.

At the GYM

Okay I know its been awhile! Well if we are not in a gym watching wrestling we are snowed in at home. This crazy weather has a person thinking " WHY DO I LIVE HERE?"

The boyz have had some great wrestling matches and we have some Championship medals hanging by the fire place. Last weekend we were at St.Croix HS in the cities where the boyz all placed. Dalton took 1st place and Tanner 5Th and Bubba picked up a 4Th all after competing in a 9 team tourney.

Darin is busy at work with budgets due and looking for a new assistant manager ( Mike got a transfer back to his home state of NY)

The boyz just finished up finals this week and are looking forward to celebrating "Snow Week" 1/24-1/29. In fact Tabor is one of three boys up for Snow King.

As for myself I'm finally in a walking boot making several trips to town a week having PT. Still needing crutches and walker. They told me this week it will be at least another month.

I've been sorting some photos the boyz took during Christmas and found these of Khloe and Dalton playing in the tent and tube.

Okay I better get to bed.... we are back at the gym for more wrestling by 7:30 am for our own Raider Rumble tourney.

An after work surprise

I have been blessed with some really great kids! They spent hours and hours working on the sweetest Christmas present for Steve and I. Each painted 3 scenes of something that reminded them of our family on a canvas..totaling 12 scenes. The project took them around a week to complete. I told them, before I even knew what the gift was that I already loved it because it had allowed them to spend so much time together in a united cause.:)

Then..last week on my way home from work I called to let them kow I'd be there in a few minutes. I was told that they were working on something and I couldn't come home for 40 more minutes. Sound suspicous?(their not that smart yet) So I told them I at least needed to come in and use the restroom....(I wanted to make sure the house was still intact) They partitioned the hallway so I couldn't see what was going on and then sang very loud so I couldn't hear what was going on while in the bathroom. I then decided I might as well go on a 40 minute walk.

I came home to lasagna, a killer salad, crescent rolls and brownies for dessert. SUPER SWEET!!!

Photo Shoot

We had our good friend Marie come visit over the holiday break. She took us on an impromptu photo shoot on Sunday. Here are a few of my favorite pics. Thanks Marie!!

We can..........

For Christmas the in-laws have requested a special kind of gift. Instead of getting them a "thing" they have asked that we "do" some"thing" for someone else-they like to receive a report on what the family was able to do for others. This was the 2nd year our family was able to help out at the United Food Bank. We spent a few hours sorting the food that is donated and preparing it for distribution. I hope we can make it an annual tradition....the kids really enjoy it.

We were gobbled!

Which means that this guy beat us all in the annual LeSueur family turkey-trot! I'm telling you-he didn't want caught!

HP 7!!

We are BIG Harry Potter fans-so it was a no-brainer to buy the pre-release tickets the orchestra was selling this year. We went to the 8pm show before the midnight release. We even got to go with Hermione (who won a best costume prize) and Viktor Krum...pretty cool huh??

We have some Excellent YW

For YW in Excellence last year the girls wanted to do a formal garden party. It turned out beautifully. The girls really enjoyed getting all dressed up. Here's Shay in her gown.

Shay and Dawn received their medallions in 2010 and are being presented their gift from the stake.

Big Night for Raider Wrestling

We traveled to Woodbury last night and had some great surprises! Who knew that Hans was the head wrestling coach for Eastridge? Kim & Fiona came down the bleachers to surprise us! Oh she is the cutest baby girl and I got to hold her most of the night. Love her thick hair, Jackie I hope you enjoy her video saying hello! The Raiders were spot on last night. PIN,PIN,PIN. We beat Edison 75-3, then Roosevelt 78-0 and ended the evening beat Eastridge 54-18. All 3 Elliott boys came away with great pins and we are already way ahead of last years wins.

This weather has been a big pain! We are getting out of school at 12noon today because of poor visibilty again. So that means hours on the phone trying to rebook all these events. So no wrestling tonight.