Sure was a nice Thanksgiving!!

Thank you Scott and Clare for hosting the meal for the day. All of the food sure was great!
It was so good seeing you Joel! Your pictures of South Korea were great!! What a wonderful experience for you!

Michele and Eugene

Winter Wonderland

It just seemed like 2 days ago when it was in the 70's...

Deer ran into us!

While traveling up north on 10/27 a deer bolted out of the ditch and with Scott's expert driving he ran into the trailer, instead of the van! As you can see he, broke the whole side of the trailer, and he got up and ran away!!

The Gisvold Family Photo

Here is my best family photo off my camera. We missed you Joel, Anne and Paula!!

The Handsome Gisvold Brothers!!!

What a nice picture of the guys!! So well behaved, too!! HA!HA!

Sure was a "SWEET" party!!

Hi Everyone!
Just trying to send a few photos from the party which was great!! Glad you enjoyed it, Ellen. Steve, you did a great job getting everything organized, too!!
Your new home is very beautiful, also!
Enjoy the pictures, if I can get them to upload!!!

Michele and Eugene

ANTIQUING WEEKEND

IF YOU SEE THESE WOMEN, DON'T MESS WITH THEM...

Camping Fun

Hi Everyone!
Got some great pictures from the camping trip...enjoy!

Greetings again H/H

Just had to let everyone know that I now have a new window in the entry to scan the back yard! It is great! Yea!

Greetings from the Head Honcho

Another great family camping weekend, Good times to remember! Peter says to thank you all for the hospitality, he enjoyed it.

Hello

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to thank everyone for bringing all the great food for Easter! Hope all had a good time.
I have some good pictures but can't get them to appear with my posts on the blog so I will send those to Eric to post.

Have a good week! Thanks again!!

Eugene and Michele

Happy Easter

Thanks to Eugene and Michele for a Great Easter Celebration yesterday! Even though we had to cut out early to get home and ready for our vacation, Jerry and I had a really good time! Once again, we didn't have enough food so we should probably work on that for the next family event!
It was great to meet Pete too. He has a wonderful sense of humor and seems to fit right in!
Jerry and I are off to Minneapolis this afternoon and Virginia tomorrow AM. Have a good spring everyone and we hope to see you around the lakes! (Pier, Nokomis and of course, Soo!)
Love, Ann and Jerry

Happy Birthday!!

The party was great
Michele! Hope everyone had a blast.
Aren't we good looking?!?!

Pics from Joel

Hey everyone, here are some neighborhood pics that Joel sent me that I though I would share with you. I guess everything else is going well. Enjoy!






Here are two bars he's seen...you choose which one you'd drink in..

Thanksgiving, and B-Day Recap

There's only room for one dancing queen on the dance floor!




Thanksgiving at the Andersons:
Come anytime between 11:00 -12:00
The feast will be served at 1:00ish.

His Adventure Begins...

Yesterday morning, with some excitement yet heavy hearts we dropped Joel off at the Mpls. airport to begin his newest journey to Daejeon, South Korea. He will be living there for a year teaching elementary and middle school Korean children English! Daejeon is a city of about 1.4 million people. The school that he is working for is providing him with an apartment. It's a brand new school; it's "ribbon cutting" is Monday and they wanted Joel there for that. He's not sure when he will actually start teaching. Please keep him in your prayers.

Hello from the Newest Member of the 40's Club!!

Hello to all!

Just wanted to thank you all for the balloon bouquet that TOTALLY blew my cover for my 40th Birthday! It was patiently waiting for me at work Friday along with several people harrassing me about turning the BIG 4 0 !!! Thought I could keep it under cover but so much for that idea!!! Thanks for all the cute cards that you all sent, too!! Eugene sent me the most beautiful bouquet of flowers to work also and Lombardi had a special card for me, too, thanks to Eugene's assistance. After working Friday night I slept a while and then drove up to our cabin Saturday where my family came over for the afternoon and then Eugene and I went to dinner Saturday night at the Nokomis Inn Supper Club. AWESOME food!! He also got me a pretty fancy new digital camera so look out at the next family gathering as I am known as the "camera queen" by my friends and family!! Now I can really go to town!!
Thank you again for thinking of me. I am so blessed to have such wonderful family!!

Hope to see you all soon!!

Love,
Michele

The Vikings Score!!

Here is a song for all of you Packer fans out there. Sing it to the tune of the theme form Gilligan's Island:

Come sit right back and you'll hear a tale
A tale of fateful trip
That started from a small lake town
Aboard two tiny ships

The mates were a bunch of pole dancers
But the waitstaff was too pure
The Vikings team set sail that day
For a three hour tour, a three hour tour

The action started getting hot
The dancers strutted their stuff
If not for the prudes in the fearless crew
There wouldn't have been such a huff

The boats turned around and went back home
The authorities came aboard
But fear not friends, 'cause all's not lost
The Vikings finally scored!

Steve

Mom is home again!

I had a great trip to Ireland! Saw lots of cool things and places. There was 4-5 rain showers most days, so it's a GREEN country. Am glad to be home again with the same bed every night!
M

Andersons are here

Hi everyone. Thanks for the work on the blog Eric. Well, we saw Itzhak Perlman at the Grand Theater tonight with Michele and Eugene. He plays fiddle, or I mean Violin. Sounds a lot like Michele. The weirdest thing was the pianist. About halfway through the show he sprained a finger. They called out to the audience looking for someone who could take his place. Eugene of course volunteered and ended up playing piano with Perlman for the rest of the night. Perlman said Eugene was the best ever, and asked him to come to New York and play at Carnegie Hall this weekend. Eugene said no, he had to go up north.

On a serious note, things are going fine with the Andersons. We have told some of you that we are about to move an old garage onto the land we bought east of town. Above is a picture of the garage. It is located on the part of the forty we couldn't afford. Okay, time to check on who won baseball games tonight (even though the Twins are out of the race) and then go to bed. I will encourage Ellen to contribute often.

Bye, Steve