A Wonderful Christmas!

This was truly a wonderful Christmas. We were home both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Which for anyone who knows us is a change from our normal routine of go go go. The boys were also home with us both days which was a change from the last 6 years. It was by far the best Christmas I've ever had!!! My parents, Randy's sister Brenda and son Sean joined us for meals, excited gift openings and just some relaxation time. It was fun watching the kids play with there new toys and help Matt with his Lego set, help Addi get dolls out of packages and put on her new make-up. This weekend now it is off to Oakes to celebrate with Randy's family and to have another wonderful Christmas memory.

Christmas 2008

A Very Busy Weekend...

This past weekend we were running in so many directions it was hard to keep track where everyone was and when. It was the Dan Unruh Memorial Wrestling Tournament here in Wahpeton. Which is sponsored by WHS and the Wahpeton Wrestling Club (that's us). Randy & I helped set up the concession stand starting Friday morning around 10am and left NDSCS about 5:30 that night to head over to the Eagles Club where they where having a benefit that I had been helping with for the past several weeks. The benefit was for Lawson Oliphant the son of a good friend who had suffered a birth injury. The benefit went extremely well and it was so nice to see people being so generous around the holidays. Unfortunately there was no rest for the weary, it was back at the college to work the concession stand again bright and early. We were back at it by nine after dropping the kids off at program practice at church. (Thanks to mom and dad for watching Addison, Matt & Jake all weekend). The team ended up in second behind Fergus Falls. Congrats to all our guys you did a great job!! When the tourn. was over and all was clean it was finally time to head over to Prante's for Huskie burgers and beers, it was nice to finally relax and enjoy some down time and start planning for next year.....On Sunday we continued our family tradition of cutting down our own Christmas tree. For the 6th year in a row we went to Cupkie Christmas Village near Perham MN. A good time was had by all and I got my "Cadillac of trees" the Fraser Fir. How it works for us is we drive around and I pick out the one I want and everyone says they can find one even better. Then we drive around about 30 more minutes and go back to get the one I pointed at in the first place. Think of the time we'd save if they'd just listen to me to began with! (Gerdon Family Lesson #1)

Go Ahead Give it a Shot, I Dare You!

Looking ahead to summer

Well we're already looking ahead to summer. This past weekend we bought a new camper for the lake.(2008 Breckenridge) It's a bit bigger than our previous one and has considerably more storage which is a huge plus when you have 4 kids and as much "stuff" as we do. We are also excited about where the new camper is going, we will be moving to a new spot in the resort. One that is more centrally located and works out better for the kids(not so close to the main road). It's hard waiting all winter to get out there again...Is summer here yet? No? Oh well, we will be getting together with our lake friends for a weekend this winter in Fargo just to keep in-touch and reminisce about the summer. I do expect winter to fly by, wrestling is in full swing and we are as busy as ever. This past weekend Nick was in Devils Lake for a tournament and took 3rd in his weight class (heavy weight) not sure if he will go down to 215 or continue at HW. Check out our school web site to see when he wrestles next. This coming weekend we host the Dan Unruh Memorial tournament here at home. It's a big deal around here and I am taking Friday off to help pull things together with the wrestling club. If your in the area we would love to see you on Saturday. Nick wrestles on and off all day starting at 10am.