Home at last...

So I thought that I might be done for the weekend, but nope not yet.. Mom called and I went in and served a banquet at the Fireside from noon - 2pm and then headed home to grab the guys. We ended up going to Chuck E. Cheeses, once you mention that place you are stuck going... So we just got home now a little after 6pm, and there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING on the agenda..

Jerett, Joel, Avery and Aden Mangan

All 4 boys play hockey for the Brookings Rangers, the three younger boys are termites and Joel is a Mite. So everyone but Joel played this weekend!

Family Vacation

Jerett well... just being Frank...
The boys and Piglet...

"The Grinch"

"Thing 1 & Thing 2"

Jerett, "Donkey," and Mom

Well, we just got back from Florida Wednesday and I must say it is good to be home. I think that it is so true that you need a vacation from your vacation... This was our 3rd year going to Disney World and we had the whole gang along again. Jeremy, Me, Joel, Jerett, Kenneth, Judy, and Phyllis! We got there on Tuesday, the 27th and returned on Wednesday, February 4th. Long trip but it was pretty good. For all of you that are thinking that we were lucky to get away to better weather... wrong, it pretty much rained the entire time and they had record lows! Sooooo, YEAH! Although, we did a pretty good job of getting around.. We had alot of fun riding the rides and Jerett got to make some money while we were there. He lost 2 teeth on two different days while we were on vacation. So the tooth fairy found him in Florida, for $10 a tooth!

(Everything costs more at Disney Land!!)

Quiet weekend..

Well, this Saturday Joel was invited to MacKenzie's birthday party. He got to go to the "Gold Medal Gymnastic" club for a couple of hours. He had lots of fun although, he was a bit sore from all his flipping around. Jerett and I got to enjoy some down time and we laid in bed and watched "Jungle Book." It was actually really nice. Saturday night we just hung out together at home...

Today, Joel and I headed to Watertown for his hockey game. We left early, because the roads were very slick. We made it there in plenty of time and the game was a pretty good one. The score was 1-1 and the other team made their goal in the last 7 seconds of the game. It was almost a shut out!!

Busy Weekend...

SATURDAY

Well, we had a busy weekend filled with hockey and good ole' South Dakota weather. On Saturday I took Joel to the Huron Mite Hockey Tournament the 1st game was at 12:30pm and the 2nd game was at 5:00pm. The news had been predicting freezing rain along with 2-4 inches of snow, and I guess no travel was advised. You would assume that they would cancel the hockey tournament, BUT NOPE, if you can't drive to it, you better skate to it... So off we went. We made it to Huron safely, but once we were there I had a feeling that we would be staying. There were a couple parents that were planning on driving home, but then they decided to get a room instead. The stubbornness in me, thought nah, I can make it home... Joel's first game was against the Sioux Falls Flyers, who looked to be as big as me... so needless to say it was like 30-0...I will let you guess who had 0... The second game was against, Huron C, which was a more evenly skilled game...They don't keep score, but the kids all had a great time during that game.. When we were done, Joel and I headed out for home. We made it alright, it was only bad in spots..

Jeremy didn't come along because he worked at Pro Lube and Jerett had a birthday party to attend along with his own hockey schedule for the day. Jerett got to go to Pizza Hut and then to the movie Bedtime Story with his friends. After the party Jeremy took him to his hockey scrimmage and then went and picked up Jerett's buddy, Joseph. This was another reason why it was so important for me to get home. Jeremy wasn't all impressed that I had a sleepover planned...hahaha...

SUNDAY

Everyone got up and got ready and we headed out again. First taking Joseph home, and then quick breakfast from Burger King, and off we went back to Huron for the 12:15pm game. The weather was fine today and we went, played hard and came back home...yeah! The afternoon has been filled with a nap or two and that's about it...

Here I come!

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