2008 has proven to be a very busy year for the Surine family. Let me bring you up to speed, in case you've missed out:
January: Jill's brother Joel got engaged! He and Ashley Rechtzigel will be married on Oct. 25, 2008.
February: Jack turned 1 and also started walking.
March: Jill attended a scrapbooking retreat weekend with a group of friends AND attended a Bon Jovi/Daughtry concert! (Good month for Jill!)
April: We travelled to Outing, MN to stay at Julie Maday's (Dad's) cabin. It snowed almost the entire time and we lost power for a couple of hours, but we still had a great time.
May: Jill's brother Jon got engaged! He and Christi Dikken will be married on May 9, 2009. We also travelled to Pierre, SD to stay with Jon and Christi over Memorial Day weekend. We rented a suburban and went to Wall Drug, Mt. Rushmore, the Needles Highway, and through the Badlands. We had a great time. Jill's Mom also retired from teaching and received the Teacher of the Year award. What a way to go out!
June: Jill's cousin Missy got married to Jason Ditbenner on June 7th. Welcome to the Weidemann family, Jason! The following weekend Jill's friend Krista was married to Shane Peterson. Both weddings were beautiful. Kate still talks about the "princesses" in the pretty dresses. Brian also played in a golf tournament in June through work and had a fun time.
July: We went home to the farm over the 4th of July weekend. We spent some time out at Dikken's gravel pit where Kate got to go fishing! We had a blast. Jack proved that he was quite a man when he touched a fish for the first time (the same weekend as his Uncle Jon also finally braved touching the slippery little creatures! ha ha. Just teasing, Jon). Brian and Jon also went golfing at Stoney Creek. Brian's work, Uline, hit 1 Billion dollars in sales last year, so they had a big shin-dig at the Depot in Minneapolis. It was a semi formal party so we got all dolled up for the event. We had a really fun time. The Green Lake Bible Camp had their annual quilt auction this past weekend. We were lucky enough to be invited by our friends the Kreies to spend some time with them at the Medayto Lodge. It was a lot of fun to spend the weekend with them and we can't wait for next year!
I'll do my best to keep this blog updated. Once I figure out how to post pictures and all that fun stuff, I will add some so you can see how big the kiddos are getting! Hope everyone is doing well!
love, Jill
