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.

It's November Already?

It seems time has flwon by so I will just do a quick catch-up going backwards. The boys went trick or treating. Jonny was out a short time because he was tired from the night before.

Aunt Sarah made us these awesome hats. Jonnys is a spider.

I am 4 months...Yeah! real food here I come.

Vampires and wendy from neverland really don't mix. Ward Trunk or Treat.

Scout Nerd.

We took a trip to Itasca State Park and these are some of the things we saw...

Chris got hit by a fallen log? just kidding, he ran ahead to trick the boys.

Michael made this "boo" basket.

Michael deflecting a shot.

Carrots and more carrots. Going to cut a shred I guess for use in stews and carrot cake? maybne try namaking some baby food with them this winter. We harvested a 5 gallon bucket.
Emily taking a bubble bath...she loves to smile at Jonny.

Happy Birthday Ash!

Things we have been up to...

Jonny has been playing alot with emily. He loves to make her smile. Yet to hear her laugh.
No time to make salsa this year so we just canned the tomatoes whole to use later. Jonny loved to slide the skins off. "And now I know to can tomoates" said Ash. I know when she is older she will be grateful. We have another 5 gallon bucket ready to be done. Ugh. Glad I didn't do zucchini again, still have tons of that in the deep freeze, thatnk goodness for christophers insight to a food saver. I was talking to a girl at the Y and she said she freezes them whole and uses them later. Just core and freeze, Thaw under water and the skins slip off...guess that will be my project tomorrow, cross your fingers it doesn't freeze tonight. It is suppose to snow this week, so I am feeling the pressure of yard clean up.
Michael finished soccer on the 3. He is the one stopping the goal.

emily 9-13-09

garage sale

earlier this summer michael and his friends had this hobby of checking our local garage sales....so jonny decided to give it a try. he is pretty much free to ride his bike up and down the street. I have been a little busy with emily and he came back ine day with christmas garland and a decorated bike. he was so pround he had done it all by himself...so his bike got put up for a while..."it only cost a quarter mom." The next day I was getting ready for the day and came out to find jonny gone. opened the door and called to him, he rounded the corner beaming..."look what else I got, a candle for halloween." I had him wait while I grabbed the camera, then we walked down the couple of houses and offered to pay the price they were asking. they said np as they loved his business and anything that didn't sell was going the good will anyway. after the "talk" i hope that this will be the end of buying days...but thought to cute not to post.

extras

here are just a couple of pictures from last weekend. It was a lucky weekend for the kids because they got to hang with all of their grandparents.

jonny jumping off into the pool....michael was busy practicing the loch ness monster....ash just hanging in the hot tub while visiting with grandma and grandpa from the lake. emily in her blessing/christening gown and my dad putting her to sleep again...yeah...

tree stand

bow opener is this weekend so chris and the boys headed out to hang some stands. can't wait for some jerky, sausage and hamburger...yeah!

panasonic dmc fz28

For our 17th anniversary we decided to upgrade our camera to 18x optical zoom. I wanted one that I could be near the action and still get the shots of the kids faces, needless to say I love it. This photo was taken at Turtle River State Park. We were standing on the opposite side of the river and down stream when Chris noticed the squirrel going for a drink. I snapped the photo then in post editing I saw the cool reflection. What a great zoom, definitly worth it.

emily and emily

Here are a few photos of emily....

grandma and em 8-17-2009sleeping emily 8-11-09 playing with daddy before work 8-20-09

rolls

the basement is 1/2 step closer. the carpet is here and will be installed on monday. we are all excited and can't wait. then all we have left is to paint and floor the craft room and do the bathroom.