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2012 Starting a brand New Year


It's 2012! Yeahhhhh. . . . . Happy New Year!
We are traveling  home from our fast trip to the south for Christmas with my family. All my siblings were there and we got to see Ivans a few times too! My kids had a lot of fun getting re- aquainted with cousins and got to do some new adventures with them: Cody spent some time at Ivans and worked with the guys in the shop, went hunting with Gwyndon and shot a possum, Kaitlyn went milking with Andrea one evening and Samantha went riding horses at Aprils along with having lots of slumber -less parties!
The rest of the kids made trails in dads woods down to the creek and hauled in scraps of boards and misc. to make houses and everybody who had a creekside villa had to have a dock too! Dad will really be impressed when it comes time to clean up.
  We had our share of coughing and fevers while there! Emily was the worst and i suspect had a eardrum that burst too. I never find out if she has an infection cause she doesnt feel the pain till its over. . . . Norv had a touch of something too the morning we left, close to death he says:) 
  We had good roads traveling so far , not a hint of snow anywhere . But waking up this morning in Wisconsin,  the ground was covered with white stuff,  so our rate of speed will be slow going from here on unless we travel out of it. We made two stops on our way up here, Evie's the first night and then to Medford to see Eric and boys. . . They look so sad those boys do, they need some hope. . .
  I'm looking forward to getting home and getting back into into the groove, tho' i will have to play catch up everywhere! The store will be slower this time of year, but i have to get another part timer cause i have a girl in Bible School that will be gone till the end of March i think.
 

Looking ahead a little : Another year of getting older, another year of kids  doing more growing up, I'd like get more organized at home with more freezer meals, and get a head start on spring sewing( ha didnt even get my winter sewing done!) get more organized at the store with ordering/ processing orders cause it helps me at home too! My family has been a huge help allowing me to do store stuff at home with them doing the household duties. I love the way my kids and husband pitch in, the store takes away from doing a lot of fun stuff that other families get to do esp. in the summertime! But we manage to squeeze a few fun things in! Like this trip! :)













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  1. Sharon SkrivsethJanuary 1, 2012 at 3:50 PM

    Dont know why the double pictures??

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  2. amyjane30January 2, 2012 at 6:27 AM

    Not seeing double pictures. Lovely pictures and post! Hope all your New Years Goals can be realized! :)

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  3. UnknownJanuary 6, 2012 at 9:06 PM

    Are those homemade donuts??? I'm not sure if I'm seeing them right. Glad you're back, boss!! hehe

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  4. Sharon SkrivsethJanuary 8, 2012 at 5:37 PM

    Cream sticks or Long Johns, filled with cream filling and very fattening. . . We made them for my dads birthday!

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