Last weekend we headed to Wausau to see Jim get inducted into the Wausau East hall of fame for his 1960 basketball team.
Its a total Hoisers story ....They beat Waukesha and were the under dogs. They went into the tournament 9-9 and Waukesha went in undefeated. But, as my dad tells it, the 9 - 9 record didn't really show how good they were. Their regular season was only 8 games so their coach sought out the 10 hardest teams he could find and scheduled games with them. It was the 1st high school game to ever be televised and there were 11,000 people in attendance (which dad said would have freaked them out if they knew) and there weren't any divisions or classes so, it truly was small school vs big school and all about talent.
He said the thing the team was most proud of was that they didnt have any "star" players. They played like a team, all the time, and everyone contributed. The teams still talks very often and they were thrilled that dad represented them. LOTs of email and text kudos to him from his friends.
Tracy and Tammy went online and ordered Lumberjack gear and a connection at Tracy's work, who lives in Wausau, pick up the gear and delivered to the hotel. It was fun to show up totally geared up.
Since we were in Wisconsin, we also made the most of it. Fish fry, Sam's Pizza, tour of Tracy's childhood haunts (grandparents house, school, her house, parks, etc), old fashions and catching up with Bunny's best friend Barb and her daughter Shelia. Jim also invited his high school girl friend to attend the ceremony and Jean was really fun to get to know. A lot like Bunny, sporty, smart and really engaged. Jim definitely has a "type" and very good taste.
Carl and crew were pheasant hunting in Berlin on Saturday, total coincidence and so Tom made the 90 min trip to hunt with them for the day. Not a lot of pheasants, but alway fun to see Carl and then Tom didnt have to do the childhood tour of Wausau.
It was a really fun, throwback weekend. Fun to be together and really fun to see Jim in his element, shaking hands and kissing babies.
Love to all!
Cuties
The "real" story behind Sam's -Hibbing, Duluth and Wausau
The boys!
The team and cheer team
A bit out of order but...the back of a photo Barb shared of Tracy/crew - see below
We picked up Tammy from the airport, she's adorable. 
YUM!
He loved his shirt! 
The program
He finally had a good excuse to wear his 60th birthday present:)
THE trophy was our centerpiece! 
Part of the slide show
The food was really yummy - The Mint, a 50+ year tradition
Jim during his speech
At 1/2 time - Wausau East lost and frankly, weren't very good 
Getting officially inducted with the Athletic Director 
Tracy's crew 
Joey basketball team played in honor of people fighting cancer, Joey honored Sue and the fact that she kicked breast cancers butt.
Another slide 
So cute
Slide show
Getting ready for the inductees
Lots of throw back photos
Dinner was really more like 2nd lunch....
Go Jacks!!
