Like Father, like daughter.......

Maggie just started swim lessons. This is the first type of lesson that she has done without us in the pool with her and she LOVES it! I think she will take after her dad when it comes to swimming!!

Happy Leap Day/ Snow Day 2012!!

This will be a memorable Leap Day! School was called off! I got to spend the day home with my girls instead of going to work. We made our first snowman of the season!! I just LOVE snow days!!!

Happy Valentine's Day 2012

Above are Maggie and Ruby the morning of Valentines Day with a bag full of Valentines for their friends at Daycare and flowers for Cheryl. Cheryl just informed us that she will be retiring at the end of the school year. It will be hard to say goodbye! We are now on the hunt for a new daycare. I haven't been great about taking pictures this winter!! But, the few that I have taken are uploaded in the picasa web album. Happy winter!! Spring is almost here!

Happy New Year! 2012

Maggie and Ali sledding. They giggled the whole way down!


I think the Weibergs said it best in their Christmas card:
As we move forward in 2012, let's remember that attitude is everything. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly.......Leave the rest to God. Don't wait for the storm to pass, learn to dance in the rain.
Happy New Year!! We rung in the new year once again at Boyd Lodge with the Souvigniers. Thanks to Bill and Bernie for a fun filled weekend! We all had fun sledding, and Maggie went ice skating for the first time! Also, we had a great time in the cabin playing lots of games, had a little dance party for the kids (thanks DJ Chuck), tried to keep a fire going in the fire place, and had great food! Oh, and Bernie was the Farkle champion this year. Way to go Bernie! Lots of pictures from the weekend in the picasa web album.
Bring on 2012!

Merry Christmas 2011

The #1 thing Maggie requested this year from Santa was snorkeling gear. I'm not sure where she got that idea, but Santa pulled through! Shortly after opening presents, poor Maggie got the stomach flu and was sick the entire day! She was a trooper though, and the next morning when she woke up, the first words she said were, "Mom, I'm all better now!"
Here is Ruby all dressed up and ready to go to Church.......in the background is Maggie resting on the couch.
Here we are at Grandma and Grandpa Demulling's for Chirstmas Eve. The girls got spoiled again this year from both sets of grandparents!
This is a pic from the weekend before Christmas celebrating with cousins Jack and Ali.
Santa came to our house on Christmas morning. Above is Ruby taking it all in!

A visit with Santa!

Ruby screamed when I tried to put her on Santa's lap, and Maggie froze up when it was her turn to talk to him.......Oh well! There's always next year!

Thanksgiving 2011

We had a great day on Wednesday getting ready for Thanksgiving! Maggie and I made the turkey cookies shown above and then once Ruby woke up from her nap we walked up to Chux to have lunch with Dad and say hi to Grandpa. The weather has been so nice lately! In the 50's and even 60' on Thanksgiving! We spent Thursday at Grandma and Grandpa Souvigier's where we had a delicious meal and went for a walk to the park to enjoy the awesome weather! Friday we went to Grandma and Grandpa Demulling's and got to see Trent and Aimee and the kids who made the trip up from Omaha! Also, the Dauwalters, Margo and Dan, Sara and the boys, Rhett and Jack, Great Grandma Helen, and Great Aunt Jean! Grandma Alice made some excellent lasagna and once again we all ate too much! All of the cousins had a great time playing together!
Saturday we switched gears and got in the Christmas spirit. We put our tree up and Chuck even got up on the roof to put some lights up too (pictures to come)! Saturday evening we went to the Campbells for a little pizza and bonfire with the kids and then on Sunday, we went to the Dauwalter's for Sidney's 5th birthday party! It was an incredibly busy weekend, but we had so much fun spending time with our family and friends!! All of whom we are so thankful for! Happy Thanksgiving!