Peirce Place

2009-03-03T23:51:00.009-06:00

Gues who turned 9 on Feb. 9th in 2009? Lexi :-)

What a fun weekend! Start it off with a little wrestling with Dad...

Then time to Rock out with a little Rock Band 2...

First the boys... Dru on drums, Matthew on guitar

Then the girls turn.....

Then we packed up the 8 kids and headed up to the Dells for some waterpark fun!

2009-03-03T23:18:00.009-06:00

Let the fun begin!

Lexi

Maddy, Alyssa

Hayley, Chloe, Cassidy

See what happens if you're in the hot tub too long!

Dru ready to take on the Flo-rider!

The "boys" had a great time! Matthew & Dru

The girls kicked back and watched the boys for a bit.

The staff really helped the kids out, they had a great time!

Friday night was the "surf" board and Saturday was the Boggie board... Mom and Dad didn't make it this time around...maybe next time?

2009-03-03T22:45:00.006-06:00

Maddy, Alyssa, Lexi, Cassidy, Chloe and Hayley

It's a tradition for Lexi's face to end up in the cake - this time she got frosting up her nose! Yikes!

Good friends and great gifts

We ended the Birthday weekend @ the Chocolate Shoppe :-)

Christmas 2009

2009-01-15T11:58:00.016-06:00

Christmas Eve was at our house again with the immediate family....Aunt Ellie, Uncle Jeff & Wyatt were not able to come home from Alaska this year -new Baby on the way, plus they just got back from Hawaii. If I had the choice of Hawaii or WI, I'd take Hawaii too! We missed you!!

Gammy Gwen, Lexi, Dru, Poppa Jim and Great Grandpa JimLexi, Poppa Gary, Gammy Pam and Dru
Mark made another wonderful Christmas dinner - Cornish Game hens with an awesome stuffing! Cheesy potatoes, Asparagus, creamed corn and even a ham (which we were all too full to have for dinner!)

After dinner and opening presents (won't bore you with the numerous present pictures!) we tried out Wii Bowling! Fun, Fun!

Great Grandma Evie enjoyed her cuddle time with Stitch - now if it were up to us and Grandma Evie Stitch would have gone home with them but Grandpa Jim say no way (I don't blame him ;-)

Can't you just see the "love" on Granpa Jim face!?! More like "Evie, don't even think about it!"

Have to get a nice picture first :-) The let off a little steam from the holiday stress! Do * & & years olds have holiday stress??

Santa made it our house once again! He delivered Rock Band 2 - woo hoo! Not quite sure if that was for the kids or Mark ;-)

The Band Green Fog! Look out Jonas Brothers!
Dru takes after his Dad's music taste - he's a pro at Eye of the Tiger (but he doesn't have the "Rocky" pants like dad ;-)!

New Toy

2009-01-15T11:31:00.009-06:00

The new "Toy"....We have a friend that works for a bank and gets information on repo'd items and let us know about a 2003 Mr. Pike 16 w/a 90hp motor, trolling motor and trailer that was available...let's just say you couldn't pass it up. So, now I get to park in the driveway while the boat is in the garage until we can get it moved! But it wiil make for alot of family fun for summers to come - fishing, tubing and just hanging out!

Seriously...when Mark, his Dad & Lexi got home with the boat it had road/snow dirt on it and snow/dirty footprints on the carpet (2 unmentionables walked on it with their wet, dirty shoes ;-). So Mark & his Dad got right on cleaning it up. He can clean a boat but I can't get him to clean the house! (Just kidding, sort of, he does clean the kitchen/dishes ;-)

Where did I leave off....

2009-01-15T10:46:00.027-06:00

Snow, Snow, Let the snow begin! Ugh! Schools were closed and even my work (a call center) delayed opening! UGH...snowplows bite! I spent about 45 min. shoveling out the tiny spot behind my car when the snow plow came by..I moved and stood at the end of the driveway so he would see me and maybe slow down....do you think he did? NOPE! He flew right by and burried me up to mid thigh and filled in the spot I just shovelled and filled it up with more snow than I just shovelled out! Lucky for him I had big gloves on so he could see my "gesture"!

Can you see the love ;-)

A Little 4 wheelin fun with Dad

The master draws the perfect Jack O Lantern face ;-)

No Dad, I don't like pumpkin guts! ;-)

Hey Dru, this is how you do it!

Thie finished materpieces!

Hayley & Lexi - on their way to a Halloween party

Annual trip to Eugster's w/Gammy Pam for pumpkins - Dru, Lexi & Cousin Emalee

First day of school - 3rd & 2nd grade

2008-12-28T15:22:00.011-06:00

Dru's turn to go to Alaska - how exciting! Dru & Gammy Pam went to Visit Aunt Ellie, Uncle Jeff, and Wyatt in Delta Junction, AK. What a great time - I only posted some pictures, Aunt Ellie has some some more. Lexi's turn in 2009, unless we can work it out that the whole family can go!

Little boys and puddles - same wherever you go!

Hold on Auntie Ellie, you're in for a wild ride!

Whoa! I think this one may be even wilder! They start driving really young in Alaska! ;-)

Gotta check out the fandangled "fridge"!

2008-12-28T15:10:00.013-06:00

The gang visits Rika's Road House

The boys take a much needed snooze
Dru lost a couple teeth on vacation - He got a visit from the "Moose" Fairy (too cold for the Tooth Fairy in AK ;-)

Good buds :-)

Dru and his lady friend he met on the boat :-)

Gamy Pam's reading glasses are good for some entertainment and freat pictures!

Dru, look what Poppa caught!

We're having this fish for dinner!

Funny faces - careful, it's cold, they may freeze that way!

2008-12-28T15:00:00.004-06:00

Wow!!! It's been 20 years since we graduated from OHS....how can that be?!?! Where did the time go?? Everyone looked great - the years have been good to the class of 1988. We had our reunion at Christy's Landing on Lake Waubesa. A good time - lots of good friends and good memories - looking forward to the next one! If you're a Facebooker, there's more pictures on the Oregon High School group - enjoy!

2008-12-28T14:49:00.007-06:00

Mark's parents have good friend's that have a cabin @ Castle Rock lake (near Mauston/Adams Friendship area) and they invitede us up to take advantage of the weather and their pontoon. A great time was had by all! Kevin (Key-vin) took everyone for a tube ride and did his best to whip us all off (except the little ones ;-). Jim "whitewater" Peirce even had a go at it! Way to go Poppa Jim!

2008-12-28T14:38:00.004-06:00

Brewers, Brewers, Brewers! Mark and I were able to go to a handfull of games this year - great games, great friends! We'll see what happens next season - should be interesting since there will be/has been some roster changes/losses...Nothing new for the Brew Crew!

Mike & Mark and their Rally caps.....did it work??

2008-12-28T14:26:00.009-06:00

We took the kids to their first Brewer Game @ Miller Park on Labor Day. It was a great day, great seats -3rd base side about 27 rows up - foul ball territory, one landed about 5 rows in front of us...mom will be picking seats higher up next time...very scary how fast and hard that ball comes at ya!

2008-12-28T14:10:00.006-06:00

Mark had to work in Green Bay, beside work there's not much for a Non-Packer fan (yes, there are a couple of them in WI - not all are brain washed;-) to do in Green Bay so why not find a pet for your daughter - a Snake was not what Mom had in mind ;-) But I did warm up to it - very cool when it's so little..now if it was it's full size (about 2.5 to 5 ft), that would be a different story!! We think i is either a Corn snake or a Rat snake. New update on the snake - it's M.I.T.H - missing in the house! Well probably not missing - we think it's a safe bet that one of the cats got it...honestly we'd rather have the snake than the cats...anyone looking for a couple cats?!?!

2008-12-28T14:02:00.003-06:00

The pictures never quiet capture the beautiful rred of our Maple Tree!

When it's been so long do you start with the past or the present?!?!

2008-12-28T13:57:00.004-06:00

This summer Lexi was practing to join the side show @ the Willie St. Fair and Dru loves his comics and went larger than life with Mario :-)

2008-06-03T19:16:00.080-05:00

I finally did it! I have been a very bad blogger! Now that I've got it updated I'll do my best to keep it that way! Happy days! :-)

2008-06-03T19:16:00.078-05:00

Our thumbs have officially turned "green"! We've done so well (at least we think so as we have a some nice comments) on the front yard that we've moved to the back yard. We cut done about 30 arborvitae's (sp?) last summer and Mark put up a fence. We gained about 4+ feet to our back yard. Stone is too expensive and trying to seed it and grow grass was not something we wanted to mess with! So mulch it is! That looked so nice we decided to add some color - we picked all perennials and now pray like heck I planted them all right and they'll be back next year!

An Azalea Orchid bush (will have pinkish blossom's)

Spotted Deadnettle/Pink Pewter (will have pink flowers)

Asiatic Lily/Pink Pixie

Marcus Sage/Haeumanarc

Helena's Blush

Asiatic Lily/Petit Brigit

Rosy Glow Barberry

Asiatic Lily/Matrix

2008-06-03T19:16:00.077-05:00

The flowers/plants in the front of our house have taken on a life of their own! We couldn't be happier that everything is looking so good -who'd have thought that we could have it looking so nice?! Espeically when we first moved in and started the landscaping, Mark's mom tried her best to brighten up the place but we killed everything she brought over! Sorry Gwen!

We love the Lantana - we have 2 others that are pink and yellow and a dark orange and lighter orange. They are annuals but they bloom all summer and creep out and get about 6 times this size in width

The Iris's just wnet nuts! We'll have to split those soon!

2008-06-03T19:16:00.055-05:00

Memorial Day - already! What a great day! The weather was perfect , no bugs, good friends and great food! We spent the afternoon playing bean bags and then for dinner Mark broke in his new smoker. He was a little leery about making the ribs (he loves them but has never actually made them). We used a sweet & tangy rub and hickory chips for the smoking. Smoked them for about an hour and then threw them on the grill for character "grill marks". It was a success! There's a BBQ & Blues fest in De Forest June 6th & 7th and Mark's already to sign up! ;-)

The 3 Amigo's

What a perfect meal!

Finger lickn' good!

2008-06-03T19:16:00.046-05:00

The maiden voyage - we finally got our butts in gear and got the boat out! The fishing wasn't the greatest (everything is a bit behind due to the cold and late winter -should be getting better around the 1st/2nd week of June) but everyone caught something and the kids had a blast going fast in the boat - fearless!

2008-06-03T19:16:00.045-05:00

The kids particiated in the Lake Melvin (Dane, WI) Fishing Extravaganza -what a fun time! Each kid got a t-shirt, medal, lunch and entered into a raffle (they gave away fishing poles, tackle boxes, brewer tickets etc.) - no charge! It was a nice day - not too hot and not too tocld. The fishing was a bit rough - there was supposed to be crappies and blue gills but we only saw bullheads! There were some fat bullheads after those kids were done (about 120 kids were there).

2008-06-03T19:16:00.034-05:00

Dad and I finally broke the dry spell! Dad & I go turket hunting every year and I think it's been over 10 years since I got a bird (yikes, was it really that long?!). Not the one I wanted (he was just too smart and was just far enough away from me that I could shoot!) but I got one. The bird is just a bonus, I get to spend some time with my Daddy-O and that's always a good thing!Mark got his deer mount back - it turned out really nice!

2008-06-03T19:16:00.030-05:00

Kids will be kids - Lexi and Dru love to wrestle and found a new sport, crash cart in the kitchen! Well maybe that was some of Dad's idea ;-)

2008-06-03T19:16:00.023-05:00

Lexi has a new interest - Track! She's is doing the shot put, long jump and 50 meter dash. She may not be the first but she's having a great time with her friends!

2008-06-03T19:16:00.017-05:00

Back to school - Lexi and Dru took part in the Science Fair. Lexi and her friend Chloe tried to see what would happen if they watered plants with Soda, Vinegar and plain water....I guess the plants they picked were just to tough...nothing really happened except the one w/vinegar got really stinky! Dru, continuing the science fair tradition made a baking soda and vinegar volcano :-) He was a hit - everyone wanted to see it erupt and he didn't fail to please the crowd!

2008-06-03T19:16:00.012-05:00

Dru turned 7 on March 26th - we didn't have a big party (it was over spring break) but he got a couple cakes and a brand new TREK bike! He really likes it a lot!

2008-06-03T19:16:00.006-05:00

Lexi turned 8 Feb. 9th - We took a couple friends and went to the Chula Vista for the night. Everyone had a great time!

2008-04-13T23:01:00.015-05:00

All about smiles, hugs and kisses - what a happy christmas!! Wyatt got some new "Moose" books from Lexi & Dru. He grabbed the book and kissed it he was so happy! :-) Who wouldn't want to kiss a moose?! Espeically one with a "moosetache"!

2007-11-11T18:50:00.000-06:00

Mark has been putting in long days this bow season and it finally paid off. He shot a nice 13 point Buck Sat. morning.

2007-10-15T19:00:00.003-05:00

A little catch up from the summer - the kids were very busy! Fishing, playing in the rain, riding bikes, learning how to roller blade (yes in the kitchen), losing teeth, going to the Dells and starting school!

2007-10-01T20:22:00.000-05:00

When we weren't seeing the sights we were stuffing our faces!

2007-10-01T20:04:00.000-05:00

So much to see, so far to walk, hike and ride to! We were beat!

2007-10-01T19:54:00.000-05:00

We went to the I-did-a-ride so see what it what the dog sled teams were like. Lots of Dogs! Lexi was in heaven !

2007-10-01T19:33:00.000-05:00

There was so much wildlife too see!

Bald Eagles, humpback whales,

Seals, Puffins etc.

2007-10-01T19:29:00.001-05:00

Checking out the garden - green onions were not the favorite....but Aunt Ellie took care of that with Cookies!

2007-09-03T19:53:00.000-05:00

Auntie Andrea & Wyatt - We were so happy to see him!

Lexi & Wyatt - Meeting of the young minds

2007-09-03T19:44:00.000-05:00

Wyatt could just be the Happiest baby I've ever seen!

He was the center of attention and on the table - how could you not be smiling?!

2007-09-03T19:40:00.000-05:00

Aunt Ellie showed Lexi some Yoga positions - Impressive!

2007-09-03T19:29:00.000-05:00

After our "showers" we put our Pj's on and fed Wyatt dinner (as the New Mother of the year is having a "beverage" of her own ;-)

Lexi checked out the "Walk down" fridge ;-)

2007-09-03T19:24:00.000-05:00

Outhouses, Solar bag showers in the Green house...Couldn't visit Aunt Ellie & Uncle Jeff w/out righing it a bit..

2007-07-30T20:18:00.000-05:00

Project time - we took advantage of what we had around us

We made a project out of Lexi's Nature book - wild flower

paperweights :-)

2007-07-30T20:10:00.000-05:00

The Mason Homestead
Lexi had no prpblem leaving the door open when using the outhouse - she was a little "free spirited" in the "neighbor- free" zone!

2007-07-11T22:47:00.000-05:00

There were so many other animals to see around Aunt Ellie & Uncle Jeff's!

Lexi was so happy to finally meet the Dogs - Mancha, Nellie & Tecate. Mancha showed her some tricks (Lexi had to "speak" in Spanish).

The Goats - Cheeva (sp?) and Callie

Then to see the Honey Bees! Uncle Jeff won't even vist those guys! They were working really hard - you can see the Honey comb, yum!

We went for a boat ride but didn't go too far - the motor just returned from repair & Jeff was afraid to try it out :-)

Damsel Flies

Here Ducky, Ducky - Lexi tried to bait the duck so she could catch in in the fishing net (Poppa would be proud!).

Let's see what's out there.....

Lexi saw her first Moose - she was taking a little swim...

One animal we weren't so sad not to see... a BEAR - not much need for BEARspray in Wisconsin!

2007-07-11T22:20:00.000-05:00

Which came first? The chicken, the egg or the Crazy Chicken Kid? Lexi spent a lot of time in the chicken coop - good thing she wasn't pouting (right Dad?)!! ;-)

She may have made some Chicken friends but had no problems having the "others" for breakfast :-)

Beware - Chicken Scratch Fever is real!!

2007-07-11T22:10:00.000-05:00

We finally made it made it to Aunt Ellie and Uncle Jeff's - gotta love the green outhouse w/white polka dots! We even brought a post card from WI (w/Cows on it ofcourse) to add to the decor - reading material is a must!

2007-07-11T22:05:00.000-05:00

Good thing I had my "Off" on when we stopped at the Knotty Pine for Ice cream!

2007-07-11T00:15:00.000-05:00

Next it was off to strike it rich!
Ellie was an old pro! After all that hard work, we ended up with about $16.43 worth of gold - paid $12.00 for a "locket" to put it in!

2007-07-10T23:54:00.000-05:00

We stop to see the Pipeline and where does Lexi go?? Straight to the rocks - good thing she had extra room in her suitcase cause she came home w/a whole bunch!

2007-07-10T23:44:00.000-05:00

Can never get enough of that Baby!

2007-07-10T23:41:00.000-05:00

Sat. we stopped at the Tanana Valley Farmer's market - great Lemonade and Kettle corn!

2007-07-10T23:38:00.000-05:00

Day 2 - after a good dinner, skipping some stones at the river, some QT w/Ellie & Wyatt...Lexi was already in the "can I have that, can I have this" mode. Wasn't too happy when she was told "no" (I'm sure Gammy Pam will say this looks just like some one else she knows ;-)

2007-07-10T23:37:00.000-05:00

Julie had treats for everyone - can you guess what?

2007-07-10T23:33:00.000-05:00

We stopped @ Ellie's friend Juile's cabin - Only in Alaska do you have Moose tracks in the flower boxes!

2007-07-10T23:30:00.000-05:00

Wyatt's new trick -sitting up! Glad we were there to see it! Lex wasn't so sure about the whole baby thing but she warmed up to him really quick and it was fun to see the 2 of them together.

2007-07-10T23:29:00.000-05:00

Oh yeah, I know you! :-)

2007-07-10T23:28:00.000-05:00

Who the heck are you?

2007-07-10T23:25:00.000-05:00

We made it to Fairbanks!

2007-07-10T23:22:00.000-05:00

You can make a "fort" anywhere - hope the flight attendant doesn't see that I don't have my seat belt on!

2007-07-10T23:14:00.000-05:00

Here we go! Just waiting to get on the plane..

2007-07-09T09:19:00.000-05:00

Yikes! I've finally done it, created a "blog"! Now to get the pictures added! Will have plenty to share!