Rockin' Kyle

Here's Kyle rockin' out to his new favorite internet radio station - the link to Dan Band Radio is shown in the links section on the right.

Here's Grandpa on the SkiDoo up at the cottage this week too. No fish but the trails were in great condition.

December and Winter is Here!!!

Well December is suddenly here and already almost 1/2 way over. We had a fun Thanksgiving (including a week of vacation for Dad) that included lots of football and good eats. The weather changed pretty quick after turkey-day and we've now had snow on the ground for several weeks. Luckily the old Troy-built snowblower is running like a champ - after Dad figured out how to run it again - was last winter that long ago?


We were busy picking out a Christmas tree over Thanksgiving too. Kyle enjoyed heading to a local nursery to wander amongst the trees. We did cheat this year though - the trees were inside an unheated shed -so not the real walk in the woods experience. We'll have to do that next year when Kyle is a little better on his feet. It's our first real tree since we left Wisconsin 8 years ago! We also put up our artificial tree - so we have twice as much fun for the cats and Kyle! We were inspired by the previous homeowner who did a great job with the decorating at Christmas time. Still a work in progress, but we've definitely got some good stuff and good ideas for next year.


Kyle and I have been able to get some good sledding in too since the snow has landed. The temperature was 10 degrees F when we took the picture below. Kyle loves being outside and the snow hasn't slowed him down at all.

We've battled for a good picture for Christmas cards with Kyle too - he's been interested in everything but sitting still and smiling for the camera. He's getting to be quite a handful.

Kyle is eating better and better, seems like two steps forward and one step back. He's definitely starting to put on some weight - we've got him drinking Mega-Mass 2000 power shakes 3 times a day. He'd bulk up even faster if he focused on his bench press a little more. He's doing really well though - he's about 3 mph short of running and we think he's only a few days or weeks from being a complete motor-mouth. He's got alot to say right now but isn't really good at saying it - won't be long for sure.

Kyle is really starting to get around. He's been going up the stairs for a long time but has recently started going down. He typically says "boom" after every step but this was a quiet descent...

So Dad and friend JW made a recent acquisition. We bought an old out of service ice fishing shanty from a neighbor and are in the process of restoring it to it's 1973 glory. It's actually an old sturgeon spearing shack that has been primarily used to watch tip-ups and host card games. We plan on cleaning it up, getting the stove running and adding some holes for jigging. We'll hopefully have it on the ice by mid-January.

This is how you celebrate the purchase of a new-used ice fishing shack. Two Sierra Nevada Celebration Ales after you've jammed the shack into the garage for the rebuild!!!

I think we've got some work to do, good thing JW has a heated garage!!!