ice skating

We went ice skating on the weekend and it was so much fun! Blase and Harrison love ice skating and want to get started playing hockey. Zay liked it too,but he's a pro. MOM even skated with the boys! They thought it was soooo cool to see grandma skate!

Our Cruise

We went on a 7 day POLKA Cruise with Doug's dad, Chris, Sandy, Aunt Helen and Uncle Rich. We had such a wondrful time. We went to Cozumel, Belize Honduras, and Grand Cayman. Doug and I went snorkling at the Grand Cayman. This first picture shows the water trampoline we snorkled to and saw a 4ft Baracuda! It was amazing. I did try to learn to polka, but still need some practice. More pictures to follow!

Merry Christmas Eve!

Merry Christmas Eve! An early morning conversation between my boys. "Merry Chrimas Bwase!"
"Santa Claus is coming tonight Harrison! He's gonna bring you presents!"
"Bwase Papa Tractor is coming tonight and he's spending da night!"
Harrison is so excited that Grandpa is coming over here to have a sleep over and I think that to him is more exciting than Santa coming. We are staying home this year and it is so nice! Getting ready to make pumkin bread and suger cookies, this morning. Hopefully I can keep my boys away from the 4wheeler and snowmobile long enough to help decorate cookies.

Merry Christmas Eve!

An early morning conversation between my two boys.
"naMerry Chrimas Bwase

Christmas at Granma's house

Christmas at Grandma Gapinski's house is a huge part of our holiday celebration! Going to Gaylord to spend Christmas Eve at the farm is so much fun. This year we changed the date from Christmas Eve to Dec 19Th. I think almost everybody was there. Santa made a stop there with gifts for all the great grandchildren, who were very excited! We had yummy food and treats and boys did not want to leave! Did I mention we had group time outs too? LOL! Colleen and her boys surprised us and came from Texas..it was great to see them. Thank you Grandma, and everyone who made this all possible! We love you very much and are grateful for you all! More photos to come.

Mt. Gapinski

This is what Doug has been doing for the last 3 nights! He has managed once again to snowblow our yard and make our boys a fabulous hill. It was getting too warm yesterday about 30 degres and he had to stop. Today he will finish it up. The kids are having a blast and it is hard to get them to come inside. Thank God for our trips to Gaylord when we can go to Normans and buy many sets of gloves and extra hats! More pics to come when hill is complete. Billa, I hear you miss the snow...well this is how much we got in 3 days time! Love to you all and Happy Holidays!

Ps You too can have this hill... if you have "The Beast!"

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday from your whole family! We love you so much and are so grateful for you. Thank you for the special relationship you have with each and everyone of us, and our kids. We love being with you and think you are awesome! Thank you for encouraging us and just being a wonderful step father, Pa Pa Jon and friend. Love you and have a great day!!!!!!