snowshoeing

A couple pictures of mom and dad out on the prairie the other day!

Wyoming News

Well, Christmas Day has come and gone and we are having one heck of a snow storm. I would call it a blizzard. It has been snowing and blowing since Christmas Eve night. James was able to make it out yesterday, but he said that the drive back into town was HORRIBLE. I am just thankful that he make it okay.

Here are a couple of pictures that we took from the kitchen window.

Hope you all had a Merry and Happy Christmas.

Bob and Julie

Pictures

Here is a couple pictures of Alex and his game Sunday. I tried to find some good ones of Jordyn at her recital, but they are all sort of far away. Will have to try to get more later.

December News

December is going fast and Christmas is just a few days away, so thought I would update everyone on a few things going on with the Peters' family......The first picture is Zachary on his birthday, he turned 7 this year on the 13th. Shortly after cake and ice cream, Spencer had to leave for Camp Ripley for training. For those of you that don't know it, Spencer will probaby be deployed the summer of 2010. He was gone for a week, I'm sure it was a very long week for Michelle. There was a lot going on that week, but thankfully the snow came before he left.


Later the same day we went to Jordyn's dance recital. She did an awesome job and looked so sweet. She really liked the flowers she got.

A few day later we were at Kasson again for the church program that Zachary and Jordyn was in.....didn't get any good pictures of that.

A couple days later we were in Kasson again for the family party, I had a great time and hope everyone else did. It was great seeing everyone there, so happy so many people could make it.
If anyone has good pictures, please post them.


The next day was another trip to Kasson (on Dec 20th) for Connor's baptism. He was so good during the baptism, he never made a sound, the water over the head didn't bother him abit!!!!!!!!

Before we went to the baptism, we had (wanted to) to make a trip to Owatonna to watch Alex's hockey game. (The team was in a tourney in Owatonna...and we couldn't see the first couple games). Alex is looking great on the ice, and is doing a really good job as defenseman. Since it is a small team (only 12 boys on the team) he is seeing lots of icetime. I'll have to get a good picture of him sometime, or have Heather post one of him.

Next up, Christmas........

If anyone would like to see pictures of Conrad, be sure to check out Nancy's blog, she does an awesome job of letting everyone know what their family is up to.

Merry Christmas to everyone.

Christmas Party

Greetings to all,
The party is Sat, not too many days away. So lets all hope for nice weather so we can all get together safely. I talked to Michelle, and she says we have the hall starting at 10 AM until evening. I know some of the families have other activities that they need to attend also, so I'm sure some families will be coming and going during the day, and that is to expected, just plan on stopping at some time and see everyone and too have FUN.
I hope you have been looking and searching for the perfect white elephant gift!!!!!!!!!!! I am really looking forward to seeing what everyone have found this year.
I there are any questions, please do not hesitate to ask them, or if you have any information that you would like to pass on, please do that also.
Looking forward to seeing everyone sometime Sat..........

Holiday Greetings

The Hayes family party is less than 2 weeks away, I hope everyone is getting excited about it. The gathering will be held the same place as last year. With Spencer being in the military we get a really good price for the Legion Hall (we will be asking everyone to help pay for it again this year.....but $50.00 compared to $100 isn't too bad). It sounds like soup potluck is on the menu again this year........I know Barb said she would bring taco soup......but if everyone would post a possiblity for them, we won't end up with one taco soup and 5 chilis!!!!!!!!!!! Linda, Ann and I will probably be the only ones there with grandchildren.......so Linda and Ann what would you like to do this year? And it does sound like Santa might be visiting again.......sounds good.
So I'm thinking soup potluck with breads and salads, with eating about noonish, and then just have fun all afternoon. If any one has other ideas or suggestions.........shout them out!!!!!!!!!

Wyoming News

Hello Everyone. Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving. Just wanted to let you know that Bob had Lasik surgery on the 2nd. He went in at about 3:30 Wednesday afternoon and I took him home around 4:15. He had his follow up appointment on Thursday at 9:10 and was seeing 20/25 already. He has to wear these funny goggles to bed at night to keep him from rubbing his eyes accidentialy in his sleep. They really look funny, he kind of looks like Jeff Goldblum in The Fly. His next appointment is right after the first of the year, and from what we can see now, he won't have to wear glasses or contacts any more. He was really getting sick of wearing those!!

Julie

Thanksgiving Pictures

Wyoming News

Bob has been pretty busy since Thanksgiving Day. He told my nephew this past summer that if he bought an elk license that he would help him get an elk. The Game and Fish Department was issuing some reduced priced cow licenses in the Laramie Peak hunt area. Since he is only 14, he was able to get a reduced youth cow license. My brother and his family came up for Thanksgiving. So, Friday morning they got up really early and headed over by Laramie Peak to see if they could catch up to some elk. Well, they hunted real hard on Friday, saw some, but weren't able to get close enough to get a good shot off. Saturday morning they took off again to see if their luck had changed. Bob said that they almost got one before sunup!! He said that there was a four point bull standing in the middle of a blacktop road at 5:30 in the morning. He managed to get his truck stopped ten yards from the elk, and it just stood in the middle of the road and looked at them. He was lucky that time!! They hunted pretty hard all morning, and finally just as they were about ready to call it a day, they saw a herd of 50 to 60 elk come rolling over a small hill. My nephew got set up and managed to drop a real nice cow about 200 yards from the truck. As you can see from the pictures, he was a pretty happy kid!! Bob still has his tag to fill, but has until the end of January, so he isn't real worried about it.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and we will talk to you soon.

Julie

Greetings to all

Hi
I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!
And also, just wanted to remind everyone that the Hayes Family Christmas Party is Dec 19. I haven't heard what is being planned, so if anyone has ideas - lets hear them. As for me, I would like to continue the tradition and have it a soup pot luck with a white elephant gift exchange.
But I would also like to hear other ideas.
Also, we need to decide if there will be gifts for the children.......and if the big man in the red suit will be there again.

Wyoming News

Well, the work on the roof continues. Chris is making good progress and should have the house done by today or tomorrow at the latest. Then it is on to the garage. Bob has been trying to help as much as he can. He offered the use of our scaffolding, and I think that has helped a lot. The roof on this house is pretty high and steep, just like the garage. Here are a few pictures showing the progress. Oh, and he is putting all new maintenance fee soffit on as he goes, which of course takes a lot of time. It sure is going to look nice when it is all done!!!

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to Ann & Roger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you have a great day..........

Wyoming News

We are FINALLY getting the new roof put on the house. It took a while for the tin to get here, because the first time they ordered the wrong color, and then they forgot to order it, so it took about a month for it to get here. Then again, the weather hasn't been the best for roofing. Chris (our contractor) started putting it up Friday with a lot of prep work and is going to town on it today. Hopefully it won't get too windy and he can get the north side done today. Bob has today off (he had some vacation days he had to take before the end of the month) so he can help carry and hold. Bob is figuring on going pheasant hunting with the girls this afternoon as soon as they stock, so the day won't be a total loss. I will send more pictures when the roof is done.

Oh, and I had to slip in a picture of Bob and his girls out hunting yesterday.

Julie

Wyoming News

Well the day that Bob has been waiting for for seven longs months has finally arrived. Opening day of pheasant season. He has been dying to get Lacie out in the field and see how she does. Well, today was the day, and she did better than he expected. Bob is just letting her mother do most of the training, and if Lacie follows her lead she will end up being a really good bird dog. We hunted for about two hours and came home with our limit of birds. It was a beautiful day and it was too bad that we limited out so soon, but it looks like there is some weather moving in, so we were probably lucky to get home when we did. We will probably go back up tomorrow and let Lacie get some more hunting time under her belt. She was pretty pooped by the time we got done today. I am sending you some pictures that I took this morning.

Bob and Julie

Wyoming News

Cheyenne has been hammered with a pretty nasty snow storm for the past three days. It started snowing on Wednesday, and had finally started to clear up today. Bob and I have been "snowed in" since yesterday. The weatherman says that we could have about 20 inches out here in the southeastern rural area of the state, and I believe it. There is snow everywhere. It pretty much snowed all day Wednesday and Thursday. It has quit snowing now, but the winds are picking up so that means it is blowing all over the place. Bob wanted to go antelope hunting today, but all of the roads are still closed, so he can't go. He is hoping to get out tomorrow and go. I am sending you a few pictures of the snow. Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Bob and Julie

a sad note

A note to let everyone know that Ken lost his mother on Sat, Oct. 24. Ken, along with Shawn and Nancy, went to Cedar Rapids to see his mom. Ken and I went on Saturday to see and while we were there she passed away. Funeral will be Thurs. Oct 28 in Lime Springs.

Aunt Theresa

Theresa G. MoserTheresa G. Moser, 90, of Tomah, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009, at the Cranberry Court in Tomah. She was born May 10, 1919, to Ben and Elizabeth (Becker) Ollendick in Elgin, NE.She was united in marriage to August Moser Nov. 28, 1939, in Elgin, NE. He preceded her in death on Nov. 25, 1985. They farmed on several different farms in Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota, before settling on the farm in Wisconsin.Mom enjoyed her family, relatives, neighbors and many friends. She lived and enjoyed the farm, milking cows, gardening and being Mom Moser or Grandma Moser to all who came to see her or needed her. She was a faithful and devoted member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Indian Creek.She is survived by nine children: James (Mick) Moser of Wilson, Jerry Moser of Tomah, Paul (Sue) Moser of Tomah, Betty (Dave) Dewar of Wildwood, MO, Mary (Jody) Lovold of Annadale, MN, Judy (Gary) Moser-Dunn of Cleveland, MN, Jeanette (Tom) Ewing of Tomah, Susan (Gary) Schneller of Burnsville, MN, Connie (Alan) Frei of Cameron; 38 grandchildren, Pam (Eric) Dahlager, Mary Lou (Jeff) Breitenstein, Dawn (Ryan) Karstens, David (Kim) Murden, Donna (David) Cichy, Jane (David) Hayhoe, Scott (Kimberly) Dewar, Pat (Lori) Dewar, Chad (Sherry) Moser, Jamie Moser, Jeremy Moser, Shane Moser, Adam (Candy) Moser, Amanda Moser, Jason (Karen) Lovold, Autumn (Tim) Garrels, Travis (Lori) Moser, Derek Moser, Tania (Nick) Marsh, Amy (Joe) Pintarro, Robbie (Brenda) Moser, Marisa (Joe) McDaniels, Tessa (Chad) Klipstein, Erin Moser, Auggie Moser, Sun Marie Moser, Seallena Moser, Shelly (David) Baggot, Dan (Teri) Kane, Carrie Ewing, Kevin (Karen) Ewing, Mike Schneller, Sarah Schneller, Mindi (Bryan) Courtney. Megan (special friend Nick Scherreiks) Moser, Clayton Frei, Ilabeth Frei; 51 great-grandchildren; a son-in-law, Don Murden of North Branch, MN; two daughters-in-law, Daphne Moser of Rowland, NC, and Helena Moser of Tomah; three brothers, Ted (Hilda) Ollendick of Oakdale, Henry “Hank” Ollendick of Dubuque, IA, and Charles Ollendick of Iowa City, IA; three sisters, Francis Salber of Clarissa, MN, Dorothy Salber of Marathon and Bernadine (Dave) Sloan of Arizona; two special friends, Theresa and Darlene, and many other relatives and friends.She was preceded in death by her husband August; two sons, Larry and Robert; a daughter, Rose; a grandson, Matthew, and a daughter-in-law, Barbara Steidl Moser; two brothers, Fritz and Donald, and four sisters, Maria Hayes, Clary Dorn, Butch Smith, and Minnie Kavalage.A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial was held today (Thursday), Oct. 22, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 303 W. Monroe St., Tomah. Rev. John Ofori-Domah offciated. Burial was in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Tomah.Relatives and friends called on Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home, 801 E. Monowau St., Tomah, and at the church on Thursday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service.

Going Home

Michelle sounded very happy this morning when she called to tell me that she and Connor were waiting for Spencer to bring the car around to pick them up......they were going home. Connor is out of the hospital, and will have 3 month and 6 month evaluation check ups. So right now everything sounds good.

Connor update

Michelle and Spencer got some answers today about Connor. And they are feeling very good about it. And the best news is that he should be discharged tomorrow morning (Wed morning) and go home and be with the rest of the family. Zach and Dakota are anxious to have mom and baby brother home with them. Michelle spent last night and will spend tonight at St Mary's with Connor.

Aunt Theresa

Aunt Teresa passed away on Sun about 5:30 pm. Visitation will be Wed night from 4 to 8 at Sonnenbergs Funeral Home. Funeral is Thursday morning at 11 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Tomah, with visitation 1 hour before at the church......

Connor update

Just wanted to let everyone know that Michelle was discharged from the hospital today as planned, but Connor was transfered to neo natal unit at St. Mary's Hospital last night (Sat. about 9pm)so Michelle was not able to take him home with her. Saturday mid afternoon they noticed some involuntary movements with Connor and did some testing and decided to transfer him for further testing. All tests have been coming back within normal ranges, or negative (which is what we want), so they still don't know what is/was causing it. Tomorrow (Monday) they will do a MRI and hopefully that will tell they all they need to know and then we will know what is going on. Right now they are telling Michelle they don't know when Connor will be released, but tonight we are at the 24 hour mark, so hopefully we will know more at the 48 hour mark.
Will keep everyone posted

Wyoming News

What has been going on in Wyoming for the past month or so? Well, Bob was working nights for a couple of weeks. He liked it, but I didn't enjoy it much. He had to be at work at 3:30 in the afternoon and he got off at 2:00 am. So, the only time that I got to see him was on the weekends.

He has been hunting on the weekends, but hasn't gotten his deer or elks yet. Work just seems to get in the way of his hunting excursions!! I know that he hates that. I am sending a couple of pictures of him getting ready to go elk hunting this past weekend. He left from work Thursday night, and met some friends up over by Laramie Peak. They hunted hard on Friday and Saturday, but the elk had been pushed over on to some private land and they couldn't get to them. He had the chance to take a small muley buck, but passed it up for something bigger. I think he said that it was only about 60 yards away from him. And, he was sitting in the truck!! He didn't want to shoot and spook any elk that might be in the area.

Next weekend my brother and nephew are coming up and Bob is taking Mikey up to see if the can get him his first elk. That should be fun.

Then pheasant season opens, and Bob is real anxious to get Lacie out in the field to start her hunting career. I will send you pictures of Lacie and Abbie soon.

Baby Connor

Zachary and Dakota's first look at baby brother, Connor

Connor Charles Stevens, born at 8:51 am, Oct 15, 2009. Weight 8 lbs, 3 ozs, and 20 inches.

And of course, one with Grandpa and Grandma

Shawn's Family

It seems like we have been busy, but it is hard to say with what. Alex is almost done with his first year of school soccer. He is the goalie for the Junior High team and has done a great job. This is his first year playing goalie and has stopped some great shots! It has been a nerve racking year as a mom watching but he is enjoying it, so that is all that matters. He is also gearing up for another season of hockey.

Jordyn has decided that hockey is not for her, but has been enjoying her dance class. She is also in love with Cheerleading. She did a Community Ed class for Cheerleading and got to perform at halftime of the homecoming game. She thought that was the best thing and keeps asking when she can do it again.

Shawn and I have just been busy with work and other things. Shawn is in his busy Boy Scout time and has been keeping busy with that. His temp job with the DOT ends next Tuesday, so it is back to looking for a job for him. So, if anyone knows of anything :)

I will try to remember to post some pics as I have them at home on another computer.

Storlie News

Not much happening at our house. Ryan got a boat last night thanks to his dad, not sure where he plans to store it for the winter. I have done quite a bit of canning this summer/fall so we will not go hunger this winter! The potatoes, carrots, and beets are still in the ground, and there are plenty of green tomatoes out there. With the weather turning colder and wetter, we will have to get done with the garden soon. The boys have had their bow and arrows out, Mark and Ryan have been out looking for deer. The kids all seem to be happy to be in school. Josie reports she "LOVES" school. Jerome is looking forward to starting preschool this month. Nicholas stays with Roger after school until Mark gets off work and 1st grade is going great. Work is still work. We lost benefits and are working short most days - anyone got a good paying, likable job for me? I will be getting off alittle early again Friday as I am rarely done in 8 hours and am not to get overtime. But I am thankful for a job!!
Happy fall to all

Hi everyone

Hi everyone,
What has everyone been up to lately? Haven't seen any news for awhile. We have just been busy without anything being special lately. The last two week ends, Sept 19, and Sept 26 I spent at child care conferences for training. One was in Bloomington and the other in St Cloud. So Ken and I got away for a couple week ends. I was in classes/training both Saturdays, so Ken had the day to enjoy doing whatever he wanted (I know he got a nap both days). It was nice to get away for the week ends, we stayed in couple very nice hotels with pools and hot tubs to enjoy. We came home by way of Mankato both Sundays, so we could stop and watch Alex play baseball. He is doing a 4 week fall league in Mankato, and they play Sunday afternoon at 2.

Now the next few weeks we have to stay close to home, since we have a baby due in a couple weeks. We will have a new baby on Oct 15, unless the baby decides he/she is in a hurry. Just hopefully not the week end of Oct 9-11, since Spencer will be gone that week end for the guards.

ok, now that you have all my news, lets hear some of yours..............

Pictures

Uncle Ted and Aunt Hilda

Aunt Dorothy with her Christmas village

aunts and uncle

Roger, Mary and Ken, and I got home late last night after spending Saturday and Sunday in Wisconsin. We saw Aunt Theresa, Dawn and hubby Ryan(Jim's), Pat and his family(Betty's) there visiting Saturday. After that we went to Ted and Hilda's, where grandson JP and his family stopped for a few minutes and had a wonderful visit with them. We left that area about 7pm Saturday night and headed to Marathon, stopping at a hotel and continuing to Aunt Dorothy's Sunday morning. We saw Rick and Theres, Mark and Karrie(and their 2 little boys Caden and Mason), Gary, grandson James. Mary saw a few more family members when she went into town with Dorothy. It was a wonderful trip and so nice to visit with all. We stopped back in Tomah before we returned home Sunday night. Theresa was more confused and not as well as Saturday. I hope if any of you would like to visit with Aunt Theresa again you do so soon!! I pray the good Lord sees fit to call her soon. Roger and I will try to get there again in a couple of weeks. Mary took some nice pictures and hopefully will post some. Love to all
Ann

Trip to Tomah

Hi,
Just a note to let everyone know that Ken and I made a trip to Tomah today. We stopped at Cranberry Court and saw Aunt Teresa, we spent about 2 hours with her and had a really nice visit. Then we left to go to Uncle Ted & Aunt Hilda's, we spent about 2 hours with them also and again had a really nice visit. When we left Uncle Ted's we went drove thru Tomah and stopped to say good-bye to Aunt Teresa, we only stayed about 30 minutes that time since they were putting dinner out, and she was getting ready to eat. You can tell that Aunt Teresa is retaining fluids, and she is on oxygen all the time. She was real excited to see us and ask us to come again to visit her. We didn't see any cousins, Uncle Ted's kids usually stop at their house after church and then leave, so we didn't see any of them, We missed Jerry and Paul while we were at Uncle Ted's. Maybe next time we will see some cousins.

phone numbers and address's

Just wondering if anyone out there could share some address's and phone numbers. I will post the ones I have, but would like some of Mosher's kids and others that you may have, and Ted's number
David and Bernadine Sloan
8235 East Gary Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 480-998-9382

Dorothy Salber
4142 Marathon Road
Marathon, WI 54448-750 715-443-3407

Joseph P. Salber (Rick's son, Dorothy's grandson)
310 Hickory St
Marathon, Wi 54448-9615 715-443-6403

I have Frances's address from Uncle Shorty's death, anyone have the phone number
34287 255th Avenue
Browerville, MN 56438

Chuck Ollendick
220 Brady SSt
Hills, Iowa 52235 anyone got the phone #?

Ted and Hilda
17003 Itasca Road
Camp Douglas, WI 54618 phone number?

Gary and Judy Dunn (Mosher)
23 Cape Horn
Cleveland, Mn 56017 Phone number?
I thought I could find some of these number with the internet, but I am not having any luck
thanks
Ann

It is Trivia Time

I started a new post to be sure everyone sees it. When I was in Ottumwa over the weekend a discussion was started about the grandchildren of Ben and Elizabeth Ollendick. When I got in the conversation I would have had a hard time answering the question and I may not be 100% correct now. I will wait for 2-3 days before I post my answer but I would like everyone who reads this to guess the first grandchild and the last grandchild of grandpa and grandma Ollendick. A small hint would be, I saw both of them on sunday and monday.
It will only take a moment to post a comment and lets see how many different answers are received.
Dale

on a lighter note..

I had a few days off work last week, so Conrad and I went to the zoo with Heather and Jordyn on Wednesday. The next two days were spent freezing corn and making applesauce. Then on Saturday I baked muffins and bread for Conrad's birthday party and also made a double batch of tomato basil soup to freeze away for the cold winter months. Sunday morning after church we had Conrad's birthday party at a park in Rochester and had a wonderful time with his friends and our friends. I also had time to take some pretty cute pictures of the little guy to share. Here's one of my favorites...

Ollendick Family News

Good Morning,
Ken and I (Ann went with) went to Ottumwa yesterday (Sun) for the visitation for Aunt Butchie. We went early and stopped at the house and had a great visit with Ginger Smith and Duane Ollendick, and Aunt Deanie and Uncle Dave showed up shortly after noon. Aunt Deanie and Uncle Dave are spending the summer in Iowa, near Uncle Dave old homestead place. We saw and visited with lots of cousins at the funeral home. We were told that Aunt Teresa is in an assisted living home and is not doing very well.
Her address is

Teresa Moser phone # 1-608-374-4989
Cranberry Court
1081 Heeler Ave
Tomah, WI 54660

I did talk to Dale (Dale and Barb went down Sun afternoon and will go to the funeral on Mon) Sun night about half the way home and he did tell me that Aunt Dorothy arrived after we left. So maybe Dale will have some news to add.

Aunt Butchie

I just talked to Ginger (Smith), Aunt Butchie passes away this morning (Aug 21) about 2:30. Visitation will be 3:00 to 8:00 Sunday afternoon at the Reece Funeral Home, address is 607 E 2nd St. The funeral mass will be at 10:00 Monday morning at St. Patrick Church, 222 N Ward St. The final visitation will be 1/2 hour before the funeral mass Monday morning. Ginger said anyone that wanted to come earlier on Sun to please stop at Aunt Butchie's home (324 N Pocahoutis St.) to have a bite to eat, and also there will be space if anyone would like to stay over Sun night.
I think Ken and I will have to go Sun (if we go) and will be coming home Sun evening.

Family Picnic

Brian and Sarah came to visit this weekend, but Shawn's family was not able to be in town. We already had plans to be in Blaine for a hockey weekend with Alex. So, the family brought the party to us! Everyone came and watched a little of Alex on the ice and then we went to a nice park nearby for some fun. It was nice to get together and let loose and have some fun. Here are a few pics from the picnic. I will try to add some more that I have as well, but those are on a different computer.