He's adorable!

Charmaine,
  Thanks for the sweet photos of Landon.  He is so cute... looks like his grandpa Dean.
Amy

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Lunch with Landon

Elise and I meet for lunch last week and here are a few photos from that day.

Baby Landon

Becker Homestead

This is a watercolor of Mom and Dad's house done by Sylvia Dieffenbach (sp?) from our church. We won her services at a fundraiser auction. I took photos and emailed them to her. We also asked her to add the Springer Spaniel and bike as well as the truck. We wanted the big rock but their house is very long and it didn't work out. Mom and Dad liked it. I thought it turned out pretty well. Their house is wide and difficult to fit in a photo without it being really far away. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve at Grandmas

Here are some pictures from Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa's.

Merry Christmas!

Grandma GG

This is a wonderful photo of Grandma GG from 1994.  Every year she would make a Christmas ornament for every one of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  That year she made needlepoint angels and I took this photo of her surrounded by the angels.  She was the greatest and I cherish the time we shared together.
Amy

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Happy Holidays

A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year… These make a Merry Christmas! - John Greenleaf Whittier

Lochmann Update

Abby got into medical school in Des Moines Iowa.  She has been traveling the Midwest going on interviews.  She really wants to go to Madison but won’t find out if she is accepted until January.  Keep your fingers crossed.  She thought that interview went good.  Katy and Andrew are heading into finals week at Madison.  It has been a good semester for both of them. Laura is obsessed with the Twilight series of books.  She read all 4 in record time and has seen the movie 3 times.  I finished the first and am working on the 2^nd.  It is a mildly entertaining love story between a vampire and a girl.  Abby and Katy read all 4 books but are not quite as obsessed as Laura.  Laura stayed up until 3 am the other day reading and then tried to get me to let her stay home from school…no way…I kicked her but out the door.

Dan did not get a buck this year…not for lack of trying though.  He shot 2 does.  I guess he had to shoot something.  He packed the guns up and pulled out the tip ups and spent yesterday ice fishing. 

We are all heading to Costa Rica on Dec 22 for 8 days.  We are trying something new for Christmas this year.

 

Dan and Julie Lochmann

 

Hungry for steaks

Mmmmm!  Those steaks look delicious. 
 Michael and I are heading home from Hawaii tonight and will be back in Wisconsin tomorrow afternoon.  Michael has requested that I make a grilled steak soon.  We've had such great seafood here, but there's nothing like a good steak!

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Steaks with Mom and Dad

We enjoy making steaks with Mom and Dad. Dad seems to get a kick out of it and Mom usually eats ok. Making the steaks is easy. Patty makes everything else!

HAWAII UPDATE

FRIDAY WAS CHARMAINE'S BIRTHDAY!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A GREAT SIS' IN LAW!
 
Here are a few more photos Michael and Amy vacationing in Hawaii.
 
This morning we drove upcountry to Waimea to a "homesteader's farmer's market."  We believe that Homesteaders refers to the native Hawaiians -- who call this paradise their home because of legal Native Hawaiian ancestry.  Nonetheless, the farmers market was the coolest we've ever visited..... fresh organic produce    -- salad greens, herbs, tropical flowers,fruits, vegetables, herbs, goat cheese, lavender, eggs, some crafty stuff.   Julie -- your tie dye shirts, etc. would have done well.
  Michael was wearing a tee shirt from the UP of Michigan and we were warmly "accosted" by a woman from the gReen bay Area who now lives on the Big Island.  She went to college long ago on Oahu, met her husband there, chose to raise their children in Wisconsin because of the quality of schools in Wisconsin.... but vowed to return to Hawaii to retire.
I wanted to ask her if she had a room to rent... but I resisted.  Up Country Big Island Hawaii is a lot like driving to "Up NOrth Wisconsin" -- Away from the bustle of the big city, tourist areas,  the "REAL" America (I jest).
 
Need I mention -- the weather is fabulous!

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This is a picture of the shirt I made for Michael.  He wanted something to match his Homer Simpson Pajamas Pants.  Hopefully he will put a picture of himself wearing the whole outfit on the blog for all of us to see.

 

Dan and Julie Lochmann

 

Aloha from Hawaii

We know you're all enjoying the recent snowfalls back in Wisconsin.  We're trying to soak up as much tropical as we can.  I just put on some sunscreen for our morning walk on the beach. 
  Some day, I'd like to live here -- there it is in print. 
Amy

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Kyle & Mel

A nice photo of them from a wedding last weekend. Charm

Santa Elf

Hi Nick,   I posted this photo of my niece Sarah's baby, isn't he cute??   Charmie

Santa Elf, Hudson

This is my niece's baby boy Hudson who is 8 months old.

Santa baby

New photo of Elise & Landon w/Santa

GG

Here is GG getting some special gift. GG always looked like a Grandma in all her photos. I think some of the cousins are in there also.

Crivitz or bust!

Here is snapshot from Julie's slideshow last year. These are from Crivitz. Notice Dad's shorts and black socks.