Fergus Christmas

Well... people may be thinking that I posted this very late...No, we just decided to have Christmas celebrations last weekend! It is so hard to work around everybody's work schedules...and luckily we found a day that everybody could make it and enjoy the celebration! It was so much fun, great food and wonderful company!


Mom, Scott and I headed up earlier than the rest of the family on Friday to get a little extra time with the Lewises and a very special little man! We were amazed at how big he is and how much he has developed since we last saw him...it was crazy! We went out to gramps and grams for dinner and had Grandma's world renown bbq sandwiches, then headed back to the Lewis household.


Saturday Heather and I did our ritual run to Herbergers to browse the sales and made a few other stops! Then we headed back to their home where heather made very yummy sandwiches for lunch! We started getting stuff ready and before we knew it people were all over for the family christmas. High lights of the night were some very intense game play in apples to apples where none other than Kay borowski chose post man for the description of chubby! It was such a great time and we were very sad to head home :(


BUT... we get to go back to fergus at the end of the month and can't wait! Of course I had to take some pictures of the other man that holds my heart :)

SO...This may be my favorite picture of all time...Zac you definitely fit into our family!

Sweetie Pie
Gotta love Puggle

I think Ty loves his Grandpa :)

So Stinkin Cute...mad face that makes me smile :)

Sledding!

A few weeks ago we took the opportunity to go sledding with some of our favorite people: the Hintz family! It was such a great day for sledding, no breeze and about 20 degrees! We had a blast!

Jaci loves Scottie Eddie Brekke!
Big Smiles! Hintz family Train Jaci about to catch a free ride!

Nikki, Jaci and I

Christmas Time!

Well, belated merry Christmas to everyone! We were up in Pine City from Christmas eve until yesterday, so it's a little late!

Scott and I celebrated Christmas with each other a little early this year...we are both antsy! He got me some great gifts: such as a diamond ring that looks like a belt buckle and diamond snow flake necklace. He also gave me the best gift you can give a girl: the gift of shopping! He got some toys from me that I really didn't think through! A nintendo DS and accessories and the new Call of Duty 5 game for his x box: apparently I don't want to see my husband for the next few months because those two presents keep him very very busy!

We started out the festivities Christmas eve making our first stop at Grandma Fischer's! We had so much fun visiting with everyone, playing a very lively round of the dice game...and of course seeing scott's cousin Carrie's adorable little girl: Emma. She is such a happy little girl and has a smile that lights up a room. It is crazy how much older she looks every time we see her! At around 4 we decided we better be heading up to Pine City and went to Mom and Dad H's for stocking opening :) We enjoyed some scrumptious tacos and watched " The Grinch"...a fave!

Christmas morning bright and early we headed over to Mom and Dad B's. We got some amazing gifts including a new kitchen table (which Santa delivered a little early)! It is beautiful and we were very excited to get our little cheapy table out! Scott got guitar hero on tour and guitar hero decades from tim for his nintendo ds....and that was about what he did for the remainder of the long weekend! For dinner we had the best ham I have ever tasted and some cheesy potatoes...mmmm mmmmmm!!! Heather and Mike also brought up their snow mobile for some fun in the snow! It was a great Christmas, time with our loved ones always is great!

Friday we hit the stores bright and early for day after christmas sales, Trent pulled an all nighter in anticipation for the event! Sadly, he was let down...but not Donna and I! We found lots of goodies left over in the christmas aisles :) Friday night we did the Heimdal family gift opening! That is, after an amazing meatball and mashed potater feast! We got a lot of amazing presents there too....top of the list being an awesome video camera. We had no idea we were getting it, and were very surprised and grateful for the amazing gift. I also got a coach purse from Rikki that may be the prettiest thing I have ever carried on my arm...she knows I'm a purse girl just like her!

The rest of the weekend was filled with more fun such as watching marley and me, ordering the UFC fights.......poor Forrest Griffin :( and celebrating Tommy Boy's birthday!

HAPPY 48TH BIRTHDAY DAD!

Although all the presents were amazing and very appreciated, the best part of the weekend was seeing our loved ones and being able celebrate how much the Lord loves us, that he sent his son here for us: AMAZING! !

The boys' picture....aren't they lovely?

Peace, love, and TI

Heimdal Kids

I would just like to share this amazing photo of my handsome brother!

Merry Christmas!

Well, as usual time has really flown by! We are already less than a week from Christmas! It is mine and Scott's favorite time of year! We absolutely LOVE going shopping for everyone and decorating the tree, and our home. Lately we've really been trying to focus more on the reason for the season and that God will always take care of us. Things don't always go the way I want them to...in fact sometimes it seems like nothing goes the way I want...but God has plans for us that often times we cannot understand. I am a worrier...big time! So it is very hard for me to just step back and let life happen, no plans, no agendas, just let go. Hopefully I can do that from now on!

On a different note...December has brought some sickness, some great times...and defintitely some SNOW! It usually takes me 8 minutes to get home from work...this past Tuesday it took me and hour and a half. It is never a good feeling to be sitting stopped for 45 minutes and still be able to see your work out of your rear view mirror...ICK! So as much as I love the snow, I hate driving in it, in particular I hate driving in the traffic that it causes :( I do however love to play in it! Scott and I went snow tubing today and it was a BLAST! It was blizzarding all day and the perfect day to get out and have some fun! When we got home I made some hot chocolate and I am about to cuddle up with my hubby by the fireplace and watch the grinch...seriously I think I may have just had a perfect day!

To all our loved ones, thank you so much for all that you do for us! We hope that your holidays are filled with joy and love!

3 Years Ago....

Nov. 2nd was the three year mark of our engagement...Hard to believe it's been that long now! Here's a picture from the day :) Scott, I love you more each day and am so proud to be your wife!

Oh My!

I cannot believe it is already november....almost mid-november at that! I have been a bit absentee lately because I have been recovering from mono. It was AWFUL! I am starting to get back in the swing of things now, but still very worn out and tired...all the time! Scott has been hunting now for the past 6 weekends, keeping busy between bow and rifle. They had been seeing quite a few deer bow hunting in the previous weekends, but none large enough and close enough to shoot. They were feeling good about rifle opener... and then came the wind, snow, rain, and cold spell. They didn't even see a deer all weekend and heard very few gun shots, which is not normal for opener where they hunt. He'll be going up this weekend, so pray for better weather! I have been getting to spend some time with family when he's been gone! The weekend after I got mono I was still very out of it, so I wasn't much fun...but I bunked out up north and visited with the parents! Donna and I found some ok sales at target the day after halloween, but weren't overly impressed and my big purchase was pop rocks 50% off! Had to get them for old time sake! This past weekend Donna came down on Thursday and we had fun shopping and going out to Green Mill (mmmmm)! Friday I went and had movie night with Donna and Heather (and miss lucy the dog:) Saturday was a busy one! Donna and I woke up WAY too early...I think it might have been because we joked with the guys that they had to get up at 4:30 for hunting and that we'd be snug in a warm bed....apparently that plan did not work out! Later my Mom came down to visit me and Rik. She brought us a surprise: LUMPKIN! Lumpkin's real name is Dakota...he is an incredibly sweet baby and we love to steal him any chance we get. Unfortunately he has a tough home life, so we try to give him all the love he can handle! They went home sunday and I had quite the lazy day waiting for my hubby to get home. Gotta love those lazy days! I am hoping to go visit fergus this weekend! So I am sure I will have some new pictures to post next blog!

A Busy October!

The past few weeks have been filled a lot of bad luck :( It all started with an ear ache...then double ear aches. A trip to the urgent care revealed that I had a double ear infection. I got meds and went to work the next day, only for my ear to begin bleeding...another trip to urgent care revealed a ruptured left ear drum. So I had been in quite a bit of pain. I'm feeling better now although I don't believe my medicine has helped because now two weeks later I still have pain in my right ear. Friday I was starting to finally feel a little bit better and my car broke down right in the middle of old cedar ave. in bloomington. I had a bit of a panic attack until a nice woman in stiletto heels pulled over and offered to help me push the car to the side of the road! We got it over there, skirt, stilettos and all! Scott has to rearrange hunting plans so I would have a vehicle for work on monday since he was going to be up north, but it all worked out and the car got fixed monday of the next week. Women of Faith conference was also that weekend and I had an amazing time. It was nice to be able to get away from all the stress that the week had brought and just be able to praise my father and realize all the amazing things I have in my life. An ear infection and a fewe car repairs are minor bumps in the road compared to what a lot of people may be dealing with. It also was a great time of healing for me since I've been carrying around a lot of pain....just needed a little refresher that God is always there for me and he loves me :) Next year Mom Brekke will be joining us for women of faith along with Rikki so it will be even better :) It was so great having Grandma and Mom up for the weekend, especially indulging in some shrimp with them :) This week kind of flew by..and now my hubby is up hunting again. What are my plans for the weekend? NOTHING!!!!!!!! I am so ridiculously excited to snuggle into our bed and watch hours upon hours of friends, eat ice cream, and relax.