Merry Christmas! 12/25/2008

Christmas Day 12/25/2008

The begining of the Christmas Season

The girls had a Holiday Sing at church....

Happy 96th Birthday Grandpa Krueger!!

We were able to pick up Grandpa Krueger and take him to El Torito for a birthday dinner! He really seemed to enjoy getting together! They treated us great a the restaraunt and he had a soft taco. He mentioned that he was very popular today with everyone! Calls from Pat, Mike and his sons. Very nice guys! He is feeling well!

6.6 lb Catfish from Lake Murray - Should we call him TOMCAT??

Daddy's & Little Girls

A rarely seen event, Rob dancing...but what makes it special is it is
"Daddy & his little girls"

Here is Madi & Daddy

First Day of School

Rob & Thomas started back to school August 25 and the rest of the gang started at Green Elementary today, September
2nd, 2008! WE are so happy that

Madi is with Miss Kay (her aide) again this year. And we all have great teachers! Thomas is in 8th, Derek 4th, Madi 1st, and Morgan Kindergarten! Hooray!

Crystal Pier Fishing Tournament 2008

On Saturday, August 16th...The Kid and I went and collected up about 1/2 gallon of muscle meat (already shucked). The provided bait, but we knew that muscle would be the killer bait.

Not long after the tourney started, Morgan caught a nice Spot Fin Croaker that weighed in at 2 pounds 4 oz. After that, she caught two more BSP's.

The Kid caught a YFC, a BSP, and a Leopard Shark. All fish caught on muscle. For some reason, he never asked his mother to take a pic of him and his fish.

I think everyone was excited about Morgan catching some fish, that we forgot about Thomas

For lunch we were served Thresher Shark tacos or hotdogs and plenty of water, juice or soda.

At 1:00, they started the raffle and awards. Many of the kids received rods and reels and other gifts. There were many generous prizes! While waiting for our tickets to get called in the raffle, the age group category winners were announced.

Well, Morgan happened to be the 7 and under girl winner with 4 fish, so she was awarded a "Pink Lady" fishing pole with reel, a loaded tackle box, and a beach paddle ball set.

Later, after all the raffle prizes were given out (much to the dismay of The Kid, who didn't win anything (all the numbers around his ticket were called except for his )Morgan was announced as the Grand Prize winner with the biggest fish! She received (which made dad very happy) two fishing poles with reels, a huge loaded tackle box, 1/2 day free, 3/4 day free, a skate board, a beach kick ball, other odds and ends, etc. Way too much stuff to list.

Lake Tahoe

We were invited by Rob's old pal, Troy & his family to spend a long weekend at their house in Lake Tahoe. We had a wonderful time rafting the Truckee River one day, watching the kids have tons of fun together, going out to eat, hitting the Tahoe Beach & the guys jumping off the rocks.