It's the Holidays!

We spent Thanksgiving at Heather and Peter's new house.

Baby Isabella liked Cousin Will

Ted really enjoyed dinner

Getting ready to decorate our tree

Not bad for $25 tree outside our local grocery store!!

We got measureable snow today, to the kids delight. They offered to shovel. I wonder how long that enthusiasm will last?

It's beginning to look a little like Christmas....

Since the Packers didn't play today, and it was above freezing, it was GREAT day to get the outside Christmas lights up. This has been my duty our entire married life, besides for the three years I was pregnant and Ted took over. This year, I finally had some other help. It was great! We also got our 10+ foot tree outside the local "World of Variety" (I know, lame), but it was even CHEAPER than the score of a tree place I found in Elkhorn a few years back. It's in the garage for now.....

Anna lost her first tooth!

Can you believe it? My baby's growing up!

Baxter's new game

Ted discovered Baxter likes to play "hide and seek." He's really good at it, and sometimes it's super hard to find him!

No Reason

Hello my Faithful Readers--

So, wasup? OBVIOUSLY, not much here at our household. Actually, there have been some blog-worthy moments, but I have forgotten my camera EVERY time. Hmmm, here's an exciting literary version:

Last Friday, TOTAL blog-worthy moment....my BUNKO group in Elkhorn had a reunion! We had a group that played quite faithfully every month for about 5 years, but has fizzled. We got together again, and chatted too much to even play a single round. It was great to see everyone!

The kids had state teacher's convention the last Thurs and Fri of Oct, and the weather was BEAUTIFUL. We were outside a lot but also enjoyed a viewing of HSM3. If you don't know what that is, you don't have younger kids. We actually have had an awesome fall. But flurries have appeared this week!

My mom has moved into her new condo and is getting settled . She's only 25 minutes away, but we REALLY miss her around here!

Ted had some major job decisions to make, but is staying put at his WONDERFUL company that we moved for. I've started THINKING about going back to work, PERHAPS part-time. Stay tuned on that one.

There, now you're all caught up.

Busy, busy, busy....

It's been a busy week for us...

One of my favorite things to do is watch my soccer guys. Here's Kaleb at his last game for the fall.

And Will, #14, in action. He scored a goal soon after this shot!

I went on Anna's kindy field trip to a farm where we got pumpkins, a hayride, and toured some of the farm fields.

Our church had a Mother/Son night where the theme was GLOW--lots of experiments and running around in the dark.

HAPPY 40TH B-DAY MELISSA! Her siblings rented this wagon for her, and toured her around the MT. It was HILARIOUS

Before the festivities started, Anna got to try the horse out!

Melissa and Kassy's Great Mayo Adventure

For my regular blog readers, I apologize that you will have no idea what this entry means.....
For those who have been following Melissa's Mayo progress via my emails, welcome to our blog! Here is what parts of the day looked like:

Melissa in the car, perhaps at 5:30 am. Doesn't she look happy?

This is how her feet traveled for the majority of the trip (remember mole removals, just TWO days ago!)

Her faithful driver. I didn't even take my eyes off of the road to pose for the pic!

Driving over the Mississippi this morning, before it was even light out (photo by M)

This is how she was transported by her driver most of the day, just in a different vehicle. I only smashed her into a few things....

We found the "Patient Library and Computer Lab" and spent some time there.

I was VERY SORRY I didn't have my camera for her last appt.....in the lobby of the bldg we were in, there was an art piece of a man, TWO STORIES tall. All he had covering him was a leaf.....perhaps a maple? Melissa's face was PRICELESS.

Because today was so successful, I am thinking of becoming a professional-medical-assistant-who-can-also-drive-you-to-appointments. If you'd like references, please check with Melissa. Just don't ask about getting lost in Minnesota trying to find gas because it was cheaper across the border and almost making us late for her first appt! I also promise to improve my wheelchair driving skills.