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          HAPPY NEW YEAR                  
 
Exciting News about the J Riekena Family
 
 
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WELCOME TO GRIZ COUNTRY!
  

Life on the Home Front

 

Happy 2010! We welcomed in the new year with our yearly tradition of late night sledding and snowboarding only this year it was on ice. The LoLo herd of elk has been crossing back and forth between the mountains and gracing us with their presence. The kids spent most of the holidays playing Wii Cabela hunt games and we all watched football bowl games. We are having a mild winter with little snow on the ground which made it difficult to track deer during hunting season. Jason still managed to shoot a 4 X 4 buck.  

 

 

   

MISS JR STAR AWARD WINNER

 

2009 Montana Grizzly Football Team!

            

The University of Montana Football team were runner-up in the FCS Title game and finished the season with a 14-1 record. The seniors compiled a record of 50-5 to be part of the winningest team this decade in college football. Congratulations to each member of the team!  

 

 

   

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

JOHN WITTROCK 

 

PS...Oklahoma Sooners won their bowl game

 

Little Griz Wrestling Begins February

All Kids are wrestling for Eagle

 

FAVORITE MOVIE OF THE MONTH: 

 

IT's COMPLICATED  

 

A very funny movie starring Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin & Merly Strep about how divorces changes family dynamics and life with kids!  An aged, divorced mother becomes "the other woman" in her ex-husband's life when the pair enters into an unexpected affair during an out-of-town trip. Jane (Meryl Streep) has been divorced from Jake (Alec Baldwin) for a decade. The mother of three grown children, she owns a successful Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and maintains a friendly relationship with Jake, who has since been remarried to the much younger Agness (Lake Bell).

 

                                       In Memory of Francis Rose Thomas

                                   100 Years old went to see our Lord in Feb.

 

                                     

 

                         Please Pray for our Troops!

GRIZ RECORD 14 - 1

 

GrizJam DVD

 

Congrats - 19 Seniors

Thanks for the MEMORIES!

                 

  

 

"Live life with no regrets, you will never have to wonder "What If".  

 

Miss JR  

 

 

   

                         Wittrock Family Reunion - Cookbooks  

Family History Link Okarche, Oklahoma  

The Wittrock Cookbooks made quite the debut at the Wittrock Reunion. 

 

My Mom's recipes were included from one of the original Okarche Cookbooks.  

 

There is a dedication to John & Teresa Wittrock in the front of the cookbook written by Irene Garrett which is fabulous. They had ten kids which are all unique and have been good friends to each other over the years. We have been blessed with a great family tradition that will live follow the next generation.

 

Special thanks to Ruth Knecht for preserving family history and recipes!

  

Just Remember United States of America GIs

  

                 A website dedicated to our Fallen Soldiers was launched to

               recognize those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our Freedom.

                                            JD Riekena - January 14, 2007

                                                    Fallen Heroes Memorial

                                                4374 American Heroes

      

 

Our neice Jaime joined the USMC and leaves for Parris Island this month.  Good Luck in the Marines!

            

   Her brother Josh joined the Army.

 

    Her other brother Joe joined the Navy.

 

 

 

Thanks to All Armed Forces for your Service!

 

Please remember Fr. Stanley Rother who is in the final phases of cannonization of becoming a Saint in the Catholic Church.

 

Please remember Carleton Ruthling, a good friend of mine who passed away suddenly who dedicated his life to humanitarian efforts. God Bless You!

 

Please keep my Dad in your prayers as he was recently diagnosed with a rare disease idiopathic myopathy which is treatable over time with drugs. 

 

  

God Bless AMERICA!