gingerbread houses

Michael making his "who" house.

Chris and Emily worked on one together. She tasted all the candy first before it could go on the house.

1st home match

Michael's first home match. This ended in a pin by the opponent, but he had fun. He is the one in the all black singlet.

sledding

Jonny and Emily enjoying a ride from dad. 20 something degrees, a perfect day.

curls

Just a close up her curls...they are not so pretty all the time, more fuzzy than fuzzy wuzzy.

towers

Emily has been having a fun time practicing her tower building ability.

One thing i like about the winters here are the sun dogs(at least that is what we call them) that you can see almost any time on a clear day. Taken this morning after the kids left for school. The temp is exactly zero. feels like -14 with wind chill. Cant wait to see what the weather brings for thursday

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..