NewYears Eve 2013

New Years Eve is a tradition.  It has changed from year to year, depending on weather and what is going on around the area.
Most of the years sense at least 1976 the yellow boots have spent it together.
I remember most the year of 2000 when all the computers were going to be shutting down due to the change in dates, none of the cash registers were going to be working and many thought it would be the end of the world.  I believe it was called Y2K.  All of us went to a motel in Mankato and celebrated with each other.  All the Giesens, Hackers, Schmidts and Meyer's were there and it was a wonderful time together. I do have a few pictures somewhere of that year that when I find I will add on to this post.
We have gone to Green-Isle, Gaylord, Arlington, Lafyette, NewUlm, and Mankato to name a few.  This last NewYears, 2013 - we spent at the "Hacker Ranchenda" located outside of Lafyette, Mn.
We spent the evening there where Du had cooked us all up some of his dumplings and kraut - it is well worth the trip just for thta!  We all brought food and Dave came also!  We ate together and then we played "poop on your neighbor".  It is a fun card game for a lot of people, and you didn't have to think real hard - much laughter went around the table with each card holding person!
We all spent the night there - it was dangerously cold temps outside, but, inside was the warmth of family and friends.
The next day all of us went to Mankato to take Jeff back and we stopped to eat at the Chinese Buffet back by the Toyota dealer. 
It was an ending meal to a wonderful NewYears!