Isaac's team won the Pee Wee tournament in Eau Claire this last weekend. The Boy's beat the host team Eau Claire on Friday 2 to 1 in OT. Next they beat Stoughton 4 to 0 and in the championship they beat Wayzeta 1 to 0. All the games were competitive with Ben the goalie posting two shutouts.
Isaac and I headed out to Madison South Dakota on December 28th for a little pheasant hunting. Madison is close to Sioux Falls about 5 hours from Trempealeau making it doable this late in the season. We only hunted two days because there was a bad storm bearing down on us with freezing rain and... [Read More]
The first weekend in December we went out to cut down our Christmas tree at Lamke's like we do every year. We had a lot of snow fall the day before which always makes it more fun. Isaac hauled Cheeto and I on the sled only for the camera much to my dismay. We decided to go with a short needled... [Read More]
This is the fifth year in a row that Clint, Steve and I have headed out to South Dakota to hunt pheasant. The first three years we hunted public land by Brookings and Watertown. Now we hunt Steve's new in-laws land by Eureka, SD, a major upgrade. Pete Reinhart joined us this year taking low man... [Read More]
August is always a great time to relax on a sandbar and do a little hiking in the bluffs. Baseball is over for the year and hockey is still a couple of months away giving us some time to enjoy the outdoors. There is a sandbar just outside of Trempealeau bay that Isaac really enjoys because he can... [Read More]
Isaac spent a lot of time at the fair taking care of his girls in the poultry building and drinking milk shakes. All the girls received baths before the show and then they took a ride in a dog kennel in the 4 runner. Isaac's chickens are getting a little old for showing but they placed well... [Read More]
Catfish Days was a lot of fun this year as always. Isaac and Jim fished the catfish days bass tournamenet on Saturday coming in with 12 and 1/2 pounds of bass with Isaac catching a 3.55 pound Largemouth.
We worked the Trempealeau Youth Sports Cheese curd stand and Nancy and friends sold... [Read More]