Christmas Eve in Duluth

We stopped in Duluth on the 24th on our way to Canada. It was only 8 degrees, so needless to say we didn't stay out to long!

Sophie and Dad....

April

Sophie and Mom....

Heading back to the van...

Ye old famous lift bridge...

Winnie really enjoyed the chance to run through the snow!

Merry Christmas!!!!

Merry Christmas From the Gilbertsons!!!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Gilbertson Christmas 2008

All the kiddies (except Hailey....)

Hailey!

Ethan...

Sophie and Polly....

Jessica and Lydia

All Gilbertson Christmas Photos....

Sophie Gets Her Ears Pierced

Picking out the earrings.....

Getting ready....

This is going to hurt!

That wasn't so bad!

Lookin good!

Minnehaha Falls

Sunday before Happy's 9th birthday we stopped by Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis. For mid October the weather was beautiful! What a great place to stop! For 2 years I lived 2 miles from there and this was my first visit. Oh well......

Minnehaha Falls

9th Birthday!

Today we celebrated Henrik's 9th birthday. It turned out to be a beautiful day for it! All the cousins and friends had a great time playing games and just plain being kids.

Highlights of the day were Lego's and and video games.

Check out the Birthday Photos!

Happy birthday Henrik....

Happy Grandparents Day!

Happy Grandparents Day! I hope everyone is having a great day. The picture to the left was made by Sophie in daycare for Grandparents day.

The kids have spent the day shopping for pop (had to be grape or orange crush Dad.....) to make icees with the manual icee maker. After more than a few spills we had some success and there were icees all around! Relaxing this afternoon and planning on swimming this evening again.......

Best wishes to all,
Henrik, Ethan, Sophie and Chuck

More Geocaching!

Yesterday was spent playing at the park, swimming and geocaching. We hit two geocaches, the first was right by the new Think Bank by Walmart north and the second was by Northern Hills golf course, right off the Douglas Trail. Henrik found the first and Sophie and Ethan found the second. The second geocache was pretty interesting, it was a fake bird wired to a branch! Looked pretty real until we figured it was the cache.......
Hi to everyone. Chuck

Mn Twins

Last Friday we got to go to the Twins game with Nana, Papa, and Phillip. The boys got to have slushies and cotton candy. The Twins won 4-1. Lots of fun.

Baseball

Sophie loves playing baseball. She can't get enough of it. She makes sure that I stand 2 (sidewalk) squares away from her. No more, no less!

Sophie Fix

Sophie and Nick at Annie's graduation.















Sulley!

















Sophie showing off her recently rediscovered sunglasses at Gammie's!



















Box elder bugs..........

Ora's Video

Here is the photo video from Grandma Ora's funeral. We will always miss her! Chuck

Catapult!

No windows were harmed in the taking of these pictures..... (thankfully!)

Catapult!!!

2nd Grade Como Zoo Trip

Yesterday was the Elton Hills second grade field trip to the Como Zoo in St. Paul. I volunteered to chaperon, which was quite the experience! And it just happened to be the day every school in the state choose to attend the zoo! Crazy!

Henrik, Hunter and Mohamed on the gorilla (Hunter is sitting in front of the gorilla).









Henrik, Hunter, and Mohamed at the fountain in the conservatory.














Dennis, Hunter and Henrik at the pond in the conservatory. "Don't touch the water!". Yeah, right.......









More pictures from Como Zoo!

The Definition of Cool

Sophie Cool! Anytime I'm wearing or Sophie is wearing sunglasses she make sure that she mentions how cool (in Sophie speak 'tool') we are! She still working on the 'c' sound......

















Jess, Gammie and I stopped in Pelican Rapids this past weekend to see the pelican. Did I mention how cool we were standing next to the pelican in sunglasses?


















Cool?

Grandma Ora

Grandma Ora passed away on May 18 and her funeral was this past weekend. While it was sad to see her go it was fun to see the entire family. Special thanks to Keith and Jeannie for having everyone over to their place!
Chuck

Feb. 21, 1922-May 18, 2008

Ora M. Gilbertson, 86, of Detroit Lakes, died Sunday, May 18, 2008 at Innovis Hospital in Fargo.

Ora M. Lucken was born to Ole and Caroline (Gustafson) Lucken on Feb. 21, 1922 in Fertile, Minn. She grew up and received her education in Mentor, Minn., graduating from Mentor High School in 1940. She then lived in Milwaukee, Wis., for a few years, and worked in a laundromat. On July 22, 1943 she married Harold A. Gilbertson in Erskine, Minn. They lived in the Fertile area for many years, before moving to Detroit Lakes in 1972.

Ora was a member of the First Lutheran Church Quilters, American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, Emmanuel Nursing Home Ladies Auxiliary and the “Birthday Club.”

Surviving Ora are her three sons, Keith (Jeannie) Gilbertson of Rochert, Bruce (Brenda) Gilbertson of Starbuck, Minn., and Mark (Carolyn) Gilbertson of Prairie Du Sac, Wis.; one daughter, Kristie (Ken) Friese of New York Mills; 13 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; a daughter-in-law, Eleanor Gilbertson; as well as many nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Harold (Feb. 6, 1993); one son, Richard; two brothers,

Myron and Lloyd Lucken; and three sisters, Gladys Abbott, Esther Tice and Ruby Lucken.

Rocket Shoot

The rocket shoot was a success! It was a bit windy and cold, and both boys lost their rockets, but either way everyone had fun. Henrik swears that his rocket went the highest and Ethan is sure his rocket is in the "atmosphere" (he means outer space!). We were joined by Uncle Bob and Auntie Ruth as well as Haily and Ashely!

More pictures can be seen here.