2010 Brunckhorst Family Reunion and The Jenny Mossman brood Biennial Niobrara River Rally!

And it begins! This is the first of many reminders/warnings about Gramma's Birthday Reunion/River Rally weekend or week, whichever you choose. Only you control how many reminders you get. ;)

We'll start with the Madison County Fair: the rodeo runs July 7th - 9th, entertainers this year are Kellie Pickler on July 10th (Paul's birthday) and Rodney Atkins and Jake Owen on July 11th. Please Contact your Gramma Jenny or Aunt Polly before May 1st if you would like to purchase tickets. The cost for all 5 nights is about $45.00. For more info go to: www.madisoncountyfair.com

Next up, the MANDATORY Quadrennial Brunckhorst Family Reunion and Gramma Jenny's 80th, Aunt Bertie's 89th, Aunt Faye's 93rd, Uncle Jack's 65th and Paul's 31st Birthday Bash at High Noon, July 10th! Dress to play sand volleyball, horseshoes and any other outdoor games.

And now for the Grand Finale! The Jenny Mossman brood Biennial Niobrara River Rally, July 12th & 13th! We will be packing up on Sunday afternoon the 11th and heading out at 6:00 am sharp on the 12th and departing the morning of the 14th (Kyle & Sara's 3rd Anniversary). A checklist of necessities and menu will be provided at a later date.

HOLLA BACK!

Now this is where I beg you to email me back and let me know if your able to attend/not attend The River Rally and if you'll be renting a tube/canoe for 1 or 2 days (canoe rental price unknown, but let me know if you are interested and I'll find out). I believe tube rental was $27.00 per day last year, so we'll say around $30.00 per day. The sooner you let me know, the sooner I can get the numbers to Aunt Ruby/Gramma and quit harassing you. For the love of all that's holy, please don't make me email you weekly. I love you all too much to make you hate me because of harassment. The End. Love Holly

Doug Hidden August 5, 1974 - January 14, 2010

Douglas (Doug) Hidden married to Stacee Frost (Ruby's oldest daughter) passed peacefully on January 14, 2010 after a brief albeit gallant battle with cancer. Doug was born August 5, 1974, he was 35 years old. Memorial services will be in Anchorage, Alaska later this month.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn men who have died. Rather we should thank the stars above that such men lived.

---George S. Patton, Jr.

Happy January Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary to Uncle Kelly and Aunt Brenda, they will celebrate 27 years of marriage on the 8th of January.

Happy January Birthday!

Scott turns 45 on the 10th!

James turns 25 on the 12th!

Aunt Polly turns 58 on the 14th!

Uncle Kelly turns 52 on the 17th!

Gramma Jenny and Jenny turn 80 and 24 on the 30th!

Happy 2010 Everyone!

Gramma's ringing in the New Year, party hat, horn and all. Happy New Year 2010 to all!

The 1st-Annual Cookie/Candy camp

Bend, OR Bust, all my chips are in.

I fly out of Omaha today at 4:30 after 14" of snow in the last 36 hours or so. Not too excited for the drive to Omaha. Lincoln Airport is reporting 25-30 mph winds with gusts between 45-60 mph, so visibility on the interstate should be pretty sweet.

Happy December Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary to Scott and Nicole! On the 28th of December they will be celebrating 7 years of marriage. Congratulations!

Happy December Birthday!

Auntie Faye turns 93 on the 7th.

Kyle turns 26 on the 10th.

Crystal Frost turns 21 on the 14th.

Aunt Robin turns 54 on the 17th.

Happy Birthday to all!

Trick or Treat, gimme all yer candy!

Happy November Birthdays!

Grayson turns 1 year old on the 20th!

Crystal Mossman celebrates her birthday on the 22nd!

Uncle Phil turns 53 on the 29th!

Happy Birthday to All!

July 2009, Frost trip to Africa

This is Dad's Bush Buck. He was pretty excited to get this because they are almost completely nocturnal and can be difficult to get.

This is a Kudu.

Dad made a perfect shot on this Nyala.

Dad's Eland and our PH Philip

This is an Impala. I hadn't shot a big game animal with my bow in ten years.

I tried to add some more pictures but it wasn't working. Aimee

Ready for the big one!

Miss Ashley, west coast style!

Happy Birthday to JR!

Lucky devil, his 31st birthday is the only event in October on the 7th! We are all gonna get together on the the 8th and watch the Thursday night Husker/Mizzou game and barbeque!

Happy September Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary to Uncle Phil and Aunt Robin, on the 20th of September they will celebrate 34 years of marriage!

Happy September Birthdays!

Stacee turns 34 on September 11th and

David turns 32 on the 27th! Happy Birthday to both!

Unload

Just after I get done making fun of mom for asking for rain and getting way too much, the sky opens up and unloads down here! It's raining soooo hard I can't even get a photo that does it justice. On the bright side, maybe it will take the freakin' humidity with it when it goes? Hold on Norfolk gang, it's coming your way!

On the mend.

Molly and I met Gramma, Stef, mom and Aunt Ruby for lunch on Friday in Omaha after Gramma's doctor appointment. All is well and Gramma's out of the boot, she doesn't have see the doctor for another two months, Yahoo! Lance and I are heading to Norfolk this weekend to do anything that Gramma needs done, so I'll get to see her in action. H

New contact info, I neeeeeed it!

Please take a moment and email me (hollyjkrause@gmail.com) your contact info when you have a sec.

Mailing/Physical address

Phone numbers - home/cell

email addresses - work/home whichever you want contacted on

blog sites

Social Security numbers (just kidding)

Thanks, Holly

Are you kidding me Norfolk, 6 inches?

Look ma! You get what ya ask for and sometimes more than ya need. Hopefully you dug out the tubin' lifejackets for Gramma!

Holla Back!

Just out of curiosity, does anyone check out this site? If ya do please respond with a comment. I am tinkering with the idea of combining it with my personal site.

June 12, 2010! Game on kids!

They've picked a wedding date, June 12, 2010 in Norfolk. So, if you like to have a good time mark it down on your calendar.

Like me, Zach and Ashley are counting down the days!

I know it's hard but we're gonna make it little buddy, 11 days, 9 hours and 45 minutes till kick-off. Go Big RED!

A few more tubin' photos!

I had a blast tubing in July with every single on of you and I am totally looking forward to doing it again next July for Gramma's 80th birthday. It's totally relaxing to go with such a fun loving bunch we can all be ourselves around! PS. William you're the man! If you can't already tell by the picture.

Summer Fun!