Up to speed

Well Happy New Year all.


We spent Christmas at our home on Windy Acres the whole family! This would be the first time in years we were able to have all the kids together on Christmas in our own home! We even had a wonderful visit from Grandma and Grandpa E on Christmas day they spent the night and we stayed up playing games and eating goodies.

We had our annual Eckstrom Holiday trip to the shores of Superior Lake. Wow, it was a beautiful frozen wonderland. We took a hike to Gooseberry Falls with the brothers and sisters. IT WAS SO COLD!
The lake as you can see from our pictures were just gorgeous. We did some ice skating, swimming and lots of games and eating. Lori and I had an all nighter with the teens and never laughed so hard. Thanks for the good fun ;)

Things are now back to the grind I am now a year older and Dan will be this month also. But we still live young!

Essa, will be moving out on her own this next month : ( and I will have to have a lot of support for this big event, my baby is 19, wow does time fly by. She is an amazing girl has a good head on her shoulders and is heading in the right direction. We know god will watch over her. She loves school and is doing well. She works two job Buffalo Wild WIngs and The Harty Platter as a waitress and going to school, this means she is to busy for a boy in her life (thank goodness)

Ryan is adjusting well in his new middle school. Football team only lost one game this season and he is looking forward to track starting soon. He is going through the "teen boy" stage if anyone of you have one you know what I mean. If you don't have one yet think twice, o9r prepare yourselves! We love his humor and he is quite adorable so we will keep him for now.

Fritz, LOVES science, reading and is really into Bakugans. He will play golf again this spring, and he will have his first year of football this fall.

Bella, wow is she fun! She is all girl. She is in Pre school all week 12-3 which has been hard for me but she loves it. Her teacher Mrs.Mohloch is amazing. She wants to start the flute, and she will be starting ballet and swimming again this spring. She and Fritz are best of friends and play so well together.

Dan is still with NEAsphalt and loves it. He travels A LOT. But we are managing. We miss him though. His trip to the Boundray waters went very well. Ryan had a great time. No majior bumps this year except Ethan was missing : ( He will also be going with the uncles on a traditional Yurt campout again this year, and to Scotland in April.

I am still working here and there for Valerie but mostly home with the kids. I will be going on a trip to Cabo with my sister in laws in Feburary and sooo excited I need sunshine! I will then make my way down and over to Utah with Bella for a couple weeks to visit family. Hopefully all the kids can go and Dan this time we are trying. Allthose pesky obligations get in the way , oh and school.

I hope you all have a wonderful new year we pray for you all and love you all.

Magan and Dan Eckstrom