17th Annual Jon R. Olson Golf Tournament

Monday was the 17th year of the golf tourney.  Where has the time gone, we all ask each other.  

We had beautiful weather and spotted a few eagles above us during the day - Linda and Jon were with us every hole.  Tim had his original 4 with him again and we couldn't be more grateful to them.  I had 3 of my 4 play, but Sheena was in our heads the whole time.  We hope she is able to join us next year.

Aunt Nancy took the boys for the day which we appreciate and couldn't have done without!

Great Grandma Millie with her 6 great grandchildren

Max, Karlie, Claire, Avery, Charlie, and Lincoln

Heather had a killer swing this year

Jess was our official putter of the day

We always see the boys from a distance.  

Tate, Chuck, Tim, and Ben

The Golf Gods

What a turn out!

Sheena, Melissa, and Jess

Melissa, Heather, Jess, and Sheena

The Fab 4!

Art and Nancy

Thanks again Nanc!!

Tradition is for the kids to do the drawing of numbers for the raffles.

An Afternoon With Friends

We were fortunate to have a rainy day of fun with the Mathiasons and Luchts.  We had a great time and hated to see the night end.  Drinks, tons of yummy food, yard games, and lots of laughs made the time fly too fast.

Bless the food before us, the friends around us, and the love between us.

Evan and Maddie taking the chairs for a walk

Jess and Sheena

The Ninja, Charles T.

Tate, Chuck, and Linc playing bags

"Evan don't take your shoes off...Evan"

Hanging out watchin the games (Linc was under the weather)

Evan is always ready to say "Cheese"

Jess chasing Maddie

Sheena and Tim

Chuck had to show Charlie who's boss

Maddie and Max chillin'

Maddie, Jess, Evan, and Tate

Chuck read so many long Dr. Seuss books for the boys

The boys with their kiddos

Linc, Tim, Charlie, Max, Chuck, Maddie, Tate, and Evan

Looking forward to watching this pic grow

Farewell Friends, Until Next Time

We had 4 wonderful parties with friends before we left St.Peter.  My school colleges had a nice luncheon for me (no pics), we organized a family picnic for the boys' friends, great night with the Andersons, and Tim's office had a wild get together.  We are very lucky to have such great relationships with these friends and know we won't lose them because our zip code changed.  Love them all!

Family Picnic

Most of the kiddos have their dogs and burgers

Park Fun with lots of mud

Time for cookies

The Friedrichs - neighbors for 6 yrs

Jed, Jennie, Brielle and Keira

The Bakers - neighbors for 6 yrs

Gabe, Natalie, Solomon, and Greta (Ben was gone)

The Banks - friends for 3 yrs

Luke, Heather, Jake, and Aaron

The Greisens - Friends for 2 yrs

Owen, Callie, Dave, and Everett (Missing Marci)

The Thurleys - neighbors for 6 yrs

Caden, Amy, Olivia, Brian, and Preston

The Jannis - Friends for 7 yrs

Scot and Grant

ANDERSONS!

The boys with their buddy Auden

The cake Auden got us - so sweet

Think of her as my lil girl - can't believe it's been 5 yrs since she came into my life

The Andersons - friends for 5 yrs

Natalee, Auden, and Jesse (can't wait to meet baby)

BMI PARTY!

Jesse and Nat

Bill, Elise, and Dan

Tim and Adam

Natalee and I

Tim and Bill

Bill has been Tim's mentor for 7 yrs

Adam, Tim, and Josh

A Day at the Lake with Family

WE LOVE OKABOJI!  So many amazing memories...

Beautiful...

This is Zak's 1st time here and he loved it.  The big kids already have great memories here and continue to enjoy.

Max LOVES jumping into the pool

Linc has been getting lots of practice jumping on the neighbor's trampoline so this was a blast for him.

It was a nice day to celebrate Mom/Grandma's 61st birthday.  All the kiddos, including Zak, sang to her.  PRICELESS!  and of course we found her a fish cake.