Dave's Deer Hunting Rebuttal...

Keri has been officially FIRED! She no longer has the right to speak of the matter of hunting. Yes I did shoot a big buck while hunting in Wisconsin and found nothing but big puddles of blood. I also some how managed to have my rifle sling strip out of my 7mm sending it barrel first into the mud, and then crashing scope first into a big log. On a positive note I did improve my tracking skills and learned that four shells are not enough and scopes SUCK! That's why I am switching to an AK-47 with a thirty round clip. I have officially declared war on the deer of Wisconsin. This gun is designed to be fired dirty and with an endless supply of bullets. PERFECT!

Another Deer and Gourmet Dinner at Aunt Kathy's

While I was participating in Black Friday with the rest of Rockford at 7 am in the morning, Dave was back in his favorite spot looking for more deer to fill our freezer. He got a poor mama doe around 7:30 am, and even got Erick Beard to help him load it in the truck!


Saturday we had the pleasure of a wonderful meal at Aunt Kathy and Uncle Steve's beautiful home on Lake Michigan in Racine. According to Dave, the ribs were "awesome!" the best we have ever had.

It was great to see the Taylors, the other Dave Solverson family, Warren, Lanie and the Johnson clan. We are sad for all those who missed out!

Thanksgiving Day

Another Thanksgiving at our home. Another Martha Stewart turkey that was very tasty!! Thank you to all who brought a dish to pass... and to Ann for making the most fabulous Candied Sweet Potatoes even though she was sick. Sorry we didn't leave you any Ann... oops! And who will forget the Green Beans... Definitely NOT Jacob who sang his own praises for the better part of an hour. How exciting to have dessert for the first time at Christie and Robs! I think we have a tradition started! Dave, Jacob and Olivia played multiple rounds of matching, and according to her, "creamed their butts
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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, partly because it is the only holiday we celebrate, but mostly because it is so great to be surrounded by those you love and because the day really makes you reflect on all the Lord has blessed you with. And also... "love to eat turkey..."

Gun Season Opens...

Ah yes, the annual weekend in WI as Gun Hunting Season opens. Dave and his dad went up Friday afternoon to Uncle Layne and Aunt Artis' land somewhere near La Crosse about 1.5 hours from cell phone service. This year Maureen and I also made the trekk up to see the hunters, but not without doing a bit of hunting ourselves; hunting for good deals at the malls in Madison that is! I do have to say we were pretty successful. As for our hunters, sadly, they caught nothing. Dave shot a buck, but it ran away and died somewhere, and no one has yet found the poor guy. The guys did enjoy their time visiting with family and just the peace of sitting in a field, cold for hours upon end.

Maureen Finally Turns Fifty!

This past Saturday night we threw Mama Mo a suprise 50th Birthday Party. She was totally surprised! We have been planning this for months and even told Steve about the surprise. She was almost on to us, but Jo threw her off the scent when she surprised Mo with herself and Baby Issace Saturday morning just as Maureen was going to get in the shower. Needless to say Mo was so excited. Jo, Kat, Jason and Katherine's parents all went out to dinner and then later stopped by our house for some dessert... little did she know 60 people would be there to celebrate! Dan put together a video about Maureen from her family and all enjoyed the fabulous desserts Katherine made, cake and catching up. Kona was chased by the little kids all night and sampled all the sweets leaving her totally spent by the end of the night. I think we all felt about the same way when the last guest left around midnight... too much birthday!

Sing for the Cure

I was recently part of a breast cancer fundraiser in Rockford. I was singing in a group of 60 along with a reduced Rockford Symphony Orchestra. We sang a work called Sing for the Cure, a musical masterwork of songs in a variety of styles portraying different people suffering from breast cancer. I was also a narrator and performed a monolouge about a woman with breast cancer who was imagining what life would be like for her little girl when or if she dies. The work as a whole was very moving, and I must say performing the monolouge was very challenging and also nerve-wracking, but in retrospect, the work as a whole was very sad in a different way. These people were lost and felt helpless with their diagnosis because they don't have the Lord in their life, and the thought of dying without the Lord in your life is hopeless!