Must Be Santa

Our family has different words, but this is the G-rated version. Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas to ALL!!!

It seems that every year we are wishing for a White Christmas!! Well, this year we didn't have to wish because the snow started early in December and hasn't stopped. ( Does this mean that spring will come early?) We don't have as much of the fluffy white stuff and places south but the roads are slick.
Everyone be careful on your way to church to welcome in Christmas.
Merry, Merry Christmas!!!!!
Steve, Amy and Jim's sister, Marie, will join us for Christmas dinner and we hope to see the rest of the Haugen clan over the weekend. Hopefully, someone will take a few pictures to post.
Love and Peace,
Mom/Aunt Janis

Warm Wishes to All!!

It's been freezing cold here, but it looks like it's even worse in other places. Stay warm this Christmas and safe travels to those who are braving the weather to visit their families!!

Happy 24th Birthday Justin!

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Trip to Denver

Amy and I had a very nice weekend in Denver. We mostly visited with her brother, Dan and his wife, Michelle. They showed us a great time. We also enjoyed some time with Justin and Heather. Can't wait to go back. I also had my first straight-razor shave at a place called The Art of Shaving. Enjoy. We had a characiture drawn. Holiday lights parade and played pool - Amy was quite the shark.

Deer Hunt 2008

Unfortunately the only deer horns we saw during hunting were on Dad's goofy friend at the venison burger feed. The antlerless version revealed itself Sunday morning right before Dad and I went out. Needless to say, we won't be eating venison until next year's free burger.

Hello

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!

Justin and Heather that looked like a tremendous feast!!! yum

Cathy and Aunt Janis, it was so nice seeing you last weekend!!! I wish we could see each other more often! And I wish I could have been there longer.

I just updated the blog in case anyone doesn't have a lot going on and needs something to look at. I put a lot of pictures on there and many posts, so you may want to pace yourself if you do check it out :) You may get a Wiediger family overload!

I hope all is going well with everyone!!

Thanksgiving in Colorado

Happy Turkey Day!
Heather & Justin had a wonderful day cooking and cooking and cooking...
The turkey took a loooong bath in an orange five gallon bucket from HomeDepot.
And 12 or so hours later came out of the oven being all delicious. We cooked enough for about 8 people: (leftovers for a week)
We'll relax by the fire for the rest of the evening and maybe play some games that don't require much movement. Then eat a little more. Apple pie is waiting with Justin's favorite secret ingredient:

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Happy Thanksgiving from the Nelson's in Tomahawk. I hope everyone is enjoying this very special day!

Just Because I'm Tired of Kissy-Face Pictures

How did King Kong escape from his cage?
He used a monkey wrench.

Why don't the monkeys in the jungle play poker any more?
There are just too many Cheetahs.

What happens when you throw one banana to two hungry monkeys?
A banana split!

Which rock group is a monkey's favorite?
The Monkees!

Why did the monkey wear red suspenders?
The blue ones broke!

H & J: Engagement Photos

Our photographer just sent us the link to our online photo album - we'll pick up the photos on Wednesday, but for now everybody can get a 'sneak peek' at the following webpage:

http://www.photodreams.com/gallery/index/module/media/category/gallery|weddings|justin/start/0

Here's a juicy one to get you started...

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Here is the big 6 year old!!! He is growing up so fast! I can't believe he is 6!! It is crazy. He does like being 6 though! On the morning of his birthday I asked him if he felt any different or older and he said "No, but I am pretty sure I am taller"

there are more pictures on my blog.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MASON

Happy Birthday Mason!! He is 6 years old today!! 6!!! I can't believe it!!!

I'll post pictures later tonight. We had a fun day and Sunday is the big Volcano Party!!!!!!!!

No Tricks, but a Couple of Sweet Treats

Thank you to Cathy for making these wonderful costumes!!!!!! The boys looked great in them and had a great time!!

I'm putting more pictures on my blog...not much writing, but pictures. Still no sleep.....we will beat him!!! We must win!!!! He is getting checked out at the Dr on Thursday to make sure nothing is wrong. Some day my sleep will come!!!

Set your clock back!

I Need some HELP!!

I just discovered that I don't have addresses for:
Derek and his girlfriend ( her name) or
Dominic and Krystal ??
Is there anyone out there that can help me out??
I suppose everyone is out there celebrating Halloween. Mr. Jim and I are going as retired folks. I'm looking forward to seeing all the costumes.
Have a great celebration!!
Aunt Janis/MOM

First official act as incoming member of this party:

I would like to share a picture of what got me into this mess:)

Heather and Justin Dancing to Alyssa's *Favorite* Song!!

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Happy Birthday, Marshall!!!

I was, initially, going to post this because nobody was posting after all of the engagement announcing. Get it? Can't Touch That kind of post? Well, then I realized that it's Marshall's birthday.

That seemed like a better fit. I mean, seriously, only Marshall could carry off those Genie Pants. Or could that be a good look for a wedding party???? Oh, well......

Break it down!!!!

We Are Happy to Announce an Engagement!!!!

Sunday, October 12 Steve and Amy arrived in Tomahawk to announce their engagement. We are soooooooooooooo happy for them. In fact we are ecstatic! What a week this has been. So much good news. Congratulations to all.
Here are a few pictures of the happy couple.

Steve and Amy early Sunday morning at the lakefront in Milwaukee.

The happy bride-to-be!!

Happy, Happy Steve the soon-to-be groom!

Hey, where did it go???

Oh, there it is!!!

We are so happy for the happy couple!! I am speechless!!

Love you all!!!

MOM

just a little something to brighten your day

I just added a bunch of pictures to my blog...just in case anyone needs to see a couple of cute kids:)

It's time for a WEDDING in this family!!

Justin and Heather are engaged!
Word in the street is that the wedding will be sometime next summer.

What we really want is to see the ring........

We had Visitors!!

We've had a few visitors during the past few weeks so thought I'd share a few pictures with you.

First the turkeys came.

Turkey season started so these Jakes paid us a visit.

Next came the big buck and his lady friends. The hunters were excited to see him.

Our next visitors were Steve and Amy. Steve was filming in Merrill on Sat. so we were lucky enough to have them stay over to watch the Brewers and Packers. A sad, sad day for both of the teams.

Tonight we get cultured. Going to a concert to round out a great weekend.

MOM/AJ

Just some pictures

How lucky am I to be treated to these monkeys every morning? It doesn't get much better than this.

Can you believe this!!!

I finally got on the blog to post something. The stars must be lined up in the right order. Mr. Jim and I have not done anything too exciting. We do enjoy watching leaves turn color, grass grow and the DOW do funny things. We have our Stealth Cam up and running so I'll post a few of the wildlife we've seen lately.

Here's Mr. Racoon eating corn A doe and her fawn

Mr. Bear and a spike buck. He's one of two.

Now I also received a few pictures from Junal so as long as I am on the blog I'll post them, too. Looks like she has a houseful with all her pets.

BOOKENDS???? I'm going to come back as a cat or a dog. What a life!!

Looks like Zelda is well loved. I wonder who caught all the fish. I bet it was Gianni.

This post should fill up the whole page so I'd better stop.

Love to all, MOM/Aunt Janis

Cathy, you'll have to fix this page because I can't make the spaces between paragraphs smaller.