Thursday, May 23, 2013

Christmas 2012

 New tradition:  Christmas Eve fondue

 Annual letter to Santa



 Audrey and Sami made this chain link at school in anticipation of Christmas

 New Keyboard!
We spent Christmas day with our Australian friends, the Ryans.

December Happenings


 Ready for school and waiting for carpool.  Love this pic!
 The Pere Marquette State Park trail race:  7.8 miles over hilly terrain.  No Wimps, No Whiners!  Thankfully, no snow/ice this year. . just some mud!


 Great River Road from Pere Marquette to Alton, Il

 Crossroads' Christmas program. . .I spy Annika, Lauren and Sami (Audrey was sick)
 All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth!
 The beauty of the Botanical Garden's train show never ceases to amaze.
 The Kemper Center for Home Gardening had a cool sleigh and a decorative gourd-laden Christmas tree.
 Head stands are "the thing" at our house these days. . .
 I spy Annika at the school Christmas program.
I spy Lauren at the school Christmas program.
 Audrey and Sami had a class Christmas party that ended with laying crowns at the feet of Jesus.

 Merry Christmas, Miss Linda!  All she wanted for Christmas was a clown doll.

Ashley gave the girls decorate-your-own bird houses.

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Columbus Thanksgiving
















Thursday, March 21, 2013

November Happenings

Sami's "star" day at 3K.  She had a big balloon in the mystery bag.
Audrey's "star" day at 3K.  Audrey wanted to put bubbles in the mystery bag.  
Family adventure to Purina Farms. . .



Sisters having fun playing in the hay.

I think Lauren was the only one brave enough to milk the cow!

Sisters on a wagon ride.
We received a free family pass for a ride down the Mississippi on the "Tom Sawyer"
Fascinating to watch a new bridge being built.  The highlight for the girls were the outhouses on TOP of the triangular structures.

After about a half hour the girls needed a popcorn break distraction.
I spy the arch!

Lauren's class did a special Thanksgiving show for parents.

A few of Annika's birthday presents.  
 Ashley helped make a gumball machine cake. . .

and showed us all how to use duct tape to make wallets and decorate pens.  

 We celebrated Ashley's birthday with JRT salt and pepper shakers.
 Annika had such a bad cough that we took the candle off the cake to blow it out and kept the cake elevated away from her.
 No, this is not a stage cough :-)

 New fun game:  Head bandz!
Traditional birthday photo shoot with Ashley:  8!!