Happy Birthday, Grandpa "Green Sweats"!!!!!

Happy Birthday, Grandpa Denny, on Sunday, October 28th!!! The kids say "Happy Birthday, Green Sweats!" We dug thru the archives for this picture of you from HIT's 2007 shooting your big 3-pointer--even though you didn't have on your green sweats, it is a picture that will go down in the history books! Hope you are having a good time with all of the retired mailmen!love, the Klimies

The Pumpkin Patch Thru the Years!

On Saturday, we made our annual trip to Mommsen's Pumpkin Patch in Rice Lake. Chad, Nicole, Carter, Bradley were there with us, as usual, as well as, Grandma Deb and Grandpa Ken this year. It was a nice day at the Pumpkin Patch, and we all had fun--even the big boys, although they probably wouldn't admit it if you asked them! Here are some pictures of the Klimie Kids over the years at the pumpkin patch in the produce truck... The pics start in 1998--when we had 3 heads to fill the holes in the back of the truck!!! Enjoy!

Happy Halloween!!!!

And the Hammer Pounds On....

Here are the requested photos of our construction project... As you can see, we have a big mess right now in our yard, but Bill (gray shirt) and his builder buddy were hard at work today shingling the roof of our new kitchen. The window isn't cut into the addition yet, but it will be on the back side of the house.

We are looking forward to the day when it is ALL DONE!

:-)

Pirates and Puppies

Abby had her third grade Halloween program on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at the BACC. She dressed in her Halloween costume of a "Pretty Pirate"--although she has lost her eyepatch! The third grade class put on an awesome show for their friends and families! Here is Abby (and Sarah and Zack) singing...

Abby and Kristin sang a DUET!!! They had a few lines that they sang together as a duet, and they sounded wonderful! They were supposed to sing as a trio, but, unfortunately, Brenda got sick about an hour before the program and had to go home. :-(



Abby with her "Monster Eyes"!!!!

Andrew finally got to go visit the puppies, as he has missed the last few visits. Here he is snuggling a sweet little Golden Retriever. The puppies will be ready for their new homes on Saturday, November 10th. The kids are very excited to bring home their new puppy, but we have yet to decide which one will be coming home. Jamie wants to go visit them soon to make our final decision. Will it be a boy or a girl??? If Abby has her way, she will be getting a "sister" dog!!!

Soccer and Basketball

Andrew had his first game of Seventh Grade School Basketball tonight. Barron played Cumberland at Cumberland. I am thrilled to say that our team won with a score of 54 to 32!!! Andrew played great--he is the point guard, and he does an awesome job of seeing the whole floor and making great passes! Here he is driving down the court...

I didn't have my camera set to the "sports setting" tonight, so I got a bit blurry with some of the shots. :-( Here is Andrew making a drive to the basket--he scored 2 on this one!!!!

Andrew directing his teammates at the point position...

I wrote about Austin's BIG VARSITY GOAL in my previous post on Tuesday, October, 16th. In this week's Barron News Shield, there was a brief write-up on the soccer team, and it mentioned Austin's goal, as it was the only goal scored by Barron in the game that night in our loss to Chippewa Falls McDonnell. I took a picture of the quote from the soccer coach that appeared in the paper...

Even though they got the spelling wrong, we were thrilled that Austin's big goal made the paper! Way to go, Austin!

Happy Birthday, Grandma Debbie!!!

Happy Birthday, Grandma Deb! Grandma celebrated her birthday on Wednesday, October 24th--we are a day late with our blog post, but we did get her late on the phone last night on her way back from the casino from her birthday celebration to wish her happy birthday!

Here is Grandma Deb on Austin's birthday...3-14-1993!

Grandma Deb with Andrew on his birthday...5-16-1995!



Grandma and Abby on Abby's birthday...6-30-1998!

Happy Birthday, Grandma Deb!!! We love you!!!!

Soccer, Mud, and Puppies

Austin traveled to Washburn, WI on Lake Superior on Thursday for the Regional soccer game against Washburn. Washburn scored the first 2 goals, but Barron came back and scored 2 goals, also! Unfortunately, as Barron had great momentum going, the lightning started up. The game was called, as you can't play again until 30 minutes has passed since the last lightning strike, and it just kept lightning (and pouring rain)! So, the boys rode the 2.5 hours back home. They had to go back to Washburn today to finish the game--another 2.5 hour drive there, and 2.5 hours back to play soccer in the rain! We were tied at 5 to 5 at the end of the game, and the game went into double overtime! After two overtimes, it came down to shootouts--Washburn won, 3 to 2. :-( Austin's Freshman soccer season is now over... We are now looking forward to all 3 kids playing basketball in a nice warm, DRY gym! Abby is playing both in the Rice Lake League (done early November), and in the Barron Basketball League. Andrew just started practice for school basketball, and will begin traveling basketball a bit later.

Today, in our swimming pool--ooops, I meant our new basement addition, some guys came to cut the hole in the old basement wall to walk into the new part of the basement. Boy, was that a MESS!! Those poor guys had to stand out in the rain in the bottom of the basement (we have walls poured, but no floor yet) in a huge mud puddle! When they were done, Bill, our contractor, came over and patched up the hole with plywood and caulked the cracks. Hopefully we won't have any little furry visitors coming in to hibernate! :-)

Here is our lovely hole--Austin took a picture for me to post so everyone could enjoy it...

On our way back from Washburn on Thursday night, Jamie, Austin, Abby, and I stopped to see the puppies. They are getting so big, and they are so cute! They play a lot now with each other, and they like to play with people, too. When we would put our hands in their box, they would come running to our hands. We have decided that the kids do get to have a puppy--of course, they are VERY excited! We are leaning toward a girl puppy, but Jamie really likes one with a little white "bib", and that one is a boy, so we will see how that turns out...

"Hi, Mom!!!"

Sweet puppy face!



Nibbling on brother's ears!




A wrestling free-for-all!




Hey, let me out of here!

Austin found a sweet one to snuggle..


This little puppy must have found some McChicken leftovers on Abby's cheek!

It tickles!!!!

Could this be the new puppy for the Klimek's? Take note of the little purple collar on the puppy--we have that to put on our choice puppy while it still needs to stay with Misty so we can tell which one we pick out. We brought the collar back home last night, as we still think it is too early to pick that special one out yet...

A pile of puppies~

Isn't she cute???

Fat little belly...

more wrestling!

"Laid back!"

Austin's BIG GAME!

Last night, Barron played Chippewa Falls McDonnell in our last regular season soccer game of 2007. It was another cold and rainy night on the soccer field for the Barron Boys. Austin got in quite a bit in the second half of the varsity game last night. The final score of the game was Barron, 1 -- Chippewa, 6. The one and only goal of the game scored for Barron was scored by number 4, AUSTIN KLIMEK!!! The crowd went wild, and all of his buddies on the team were estatic! He scored toward the end of the game, and at the end of the game, he was hoisted on his friend's back and went thru the line to shake hands on the shoulders of his friend. Then, the tradition after the game is for the players to run from their bench over to the fans on the sidelines and back--Austin made the trip on the shoulders of his teammates! Of course, I didn't have my camera with me last night! :-( What a bummer! Those pictures, and the huge grin on his face would have been priceless!!! At the end of the night, his coach carried him to the car for his ride home! It was a great night for Austin!

:-)

The Puppies are ALMOST 3 weeks old!!!

We stopped for our weekly puppy visit today on our way back from Rice Lake. (Jamie and the kids took me out for a belated birthday lunch at Applebee's) The puppies are getting SO BIG!!! They are all so fat and cute! They now are starting to walk around their "pool", instead of the crawling they had been doing. They also all have their eyes open all the way now--boy, does that make a HUGE difference in their behavior! They no longer whine all the time, since they can see what is going on around them. Instead, they occasionally growl at each other, and once in a while, we heard a little bark from a puppy at play! They now are playing with each other--trying to nip each other's ears and trying to catch their brother's and sister' tails!! HOW CUTE!

Here is Austin with his favorite girl puppy--she was nice and calm and quiet for our whole visit.

Abby found a fat little puppy to love!

Jamie held a puppy so I could get the "Paw Picture"--this little one is getting a white "bib" under it's chin~~~



Sleepy little puppy...

The puppies may be getting bigger, but they still like to crawl into a pile and fall asleep with their brothers and sisters close by...

Only 5 more weeks, and the puppies will be going to new homes. If you, or someone you know, needs a new puppy to love, we know where you can get one!!!!

A Big Huge Hole...

This is what our back yard looks like as of late yesterday afternoon... The man with the backhoe came and dug out the area for our basement add-on. Our entire yard is a disaster!

The kids are fascinated by the hole, but Jack wasn't so sure about it at first. Now, we have to yell at Jack to make sure he doesn't jump in (it is about 10 feet deep)!

35 years and Falling Apart!!!

No, even though it IS me that is 35 years today, I am not the one "falling apart"--I am refering to our house--specifically, our back porch! Today, our contractors tore off the back porch in anticipation of some remodeling plans we are proceding with. Abby took some pictures to share on the blog...

We will keep you up-to-date with the remodeling suprises as we know what is happening! :-) Every day is a suprise to us, too!


Tonight, Jamie made some Chicken Alfredo for my birthday supper--it was very tasty! We had some birthday cupcakes, and I heard a VERY lovely rendition of "Happy Birthday" sang to me by my family. We celebrated rather late in the evening, as Austin had an away soccer game in Hayward tonight (lost 0-3), but it was a nice evening of my family celebrating my day!

Blowin' out the candles!