catch-up

We went to minot on our way to bismarck in oct and stopped to see family. Emily loves dogs...she kisses harley with no fear on the mouth...yuck!(on a sad note, harley passed away this week) Soccer lasted in october this year and Michael had a blast.

Ashley turned 18 this year...can't believe it. She had a mystery dinner party with her friends a couple days after her birthday.

the crime scene where Mrs. S was poisened. Who did it?

Michael went as the Mad Hatter to the party and decided that would be his costume for halloween as well. Ashley was Anastasia.

With such nice weather this fall the kids were able to playoutside almost to halloween. The frogs were still out as well.

Ashley's birthday cake on her birthday. She chose I-Hop as her place of choice...so off we went.

The boys gave her a massive bottle of shampoo(as they are always using hers) and a UND sweatshirt. She wasn't sure of her last gift until she realized what it was. The Kindle. She downloaded 41 books that night. She now never leaves with out.

Halloween came and went on sunday, so on monday she got in her costume and had a blast. What a cute monster.....

okay so this one is slightly staged with our neighbors across the street.

pumpkins 101 lead by chris.

Emily slept through the carving but sure enjoyed them when she woke up. Had some friends over for some hallowwen fun on friday and we let jonny try bobbing for apples. To scared. next year.

We got some great halloween packages this year. We had the kids wait till oct. 29 to open them. Emily loved the candy necklace. Thanks Gma and Gpa and Mike and Jen for the great fun.

first of school

jonny was so excited for kindergarten...michael not so much. Yesterday jonny came home and said it wasn't as much fun as he thought and maybe he should go back to preschool...if only, if only.

emily turned one...in july

things remembered..

the office

Well my "office" is almost complete. Soon we will just have the bathroom left in the basement to finish. There is a another side and utility sink to add and some decor then I get to move in. Can wait. Jonny has been making some pictures for my walls, i guess he can't wait either.

Snowball

Ashley attended snowball this year. I guess it could have waited. Now I just have to wait another 17 years for emily./ I will have to find the hunting pictures and post soon.

EGF Tourney

Michael had his 1st tournament this weekend. He placed third in his bracket. He is the one in the green and gold singlet.

Jonny couldn't wait to stand on the top. Micahel lent him his medal which made his day.

grandpa's house

Emily loves her new cousin and thinks that he is her baby doll. When ever anyone else is holding him she looks confused.

Grandpa steps in to help jonny make a continous track for the trains.

We have made a couple of trips recently to Minot to see grandpa. Emily loves Grandpav and her uncle Cleatus(the dog) She yells at him when he walks away and loves his kisses..

ice house warriors

Berbet (they say tastes just like lobster) I think it looks like a slimy eel, which is too close to snakes for me.

The boys went up for another weekend to lake of the woods and had a great time with lots of fish. Ash and I stayed home again with a sick emily. Alot of you are wondering if she is crawling? well not yet...not even close as she seems to be sick about every other week. This last bout was double ear infections which we are still working on. We cant wait for summer. Lets skip spring...

Emilys Present

We finally found emily's christmas present (we had decided to wait until we saw the right thing). She has a strong mind and gets mad when the toys won't do what she wants them to do, but has arched to go in several times today.

chrsitmas 09

Just a few shots from christmas. Ashley has wore her new pjs almost every day since. thanks kadin and lucas. Raymond the racoon of course had to go to school with jonny yesterday.

Emily loved opening prensents this year.

While looking through the photos, I found this one of Emily and Michael. Not sure who took it, but what a pleasant surprise.

5 months

what is there to say....

countdown

The christmas countdown is on and the kids are excited. We found this advent calendar from Lego. They take turns opening a new door and building a new bagged set. Things range from people to trees. Ashley just built an ice skating stand and Jonnys' favorite so far is the streeet lamp.

Go Vikes!

Sundays that Chris works, we record the game and watch later that evening. He works hard all day to make sure that none talks to him about the game. Last Sunday we went to the play so once again recoreded. We went all afternoon without hearing a thing. After the play was over we were standing up to go and hear behind us...."The vikings won!"...what a bummer. This sunday he made it....they are still currently watching the game.

november recap

Wow I think November might have been faster than October. Ashley was in her high school musical Grease as a part of the chorus. She had a great time and is looking forward to next year. Here is a short preview.

Cousins came to visit, Michael and Sarah had some fun. Ashleys gingerbread mini village....she wanted to eat the village but not the candy, so michael built a fake wall and hid the extra candy in the "Candy House".

more em

Couldn't decide which to post so I posted a few. She was being a boppy baby today so I grabbed the camera.