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!

Happy Halloween 2011

We had a great Halloween weekend! Saturday we spent at the West End in St. Louis Park. There was trick-or-treating, a DJ, and fun games for the kids. Then we went out to lunch and came home for a well needed nap! Sunday we went to Grandma and Grandpa Souvignier's to celebrate Bernie's birthday and carved up our pumpkins. We have more pictures at the end of the October album in picasa- October has definitely been a fun month!!

October Fun!

We've had a great autumn so far! There have been so many nice sunny days- above are pictures from the Pumpkin Train ride with Grandma Alice. This year Great Grandma Helen, Joyce, Chad, Missy and Natalie joined us too! And then it was off to Randy and Mary's for a hay ride. There are more pictures in the October album in picasa. Maggie is very excited about Halloween this year! We hung ghosts in the tree out front and made pumpkin shaped cookies and checked out some Halloween books from the library! It's so fun to see such great excitement about the little things in life!! I just love it!!

Above are pictures from Scott and Jessica's wedding reception. What a fun day!! Maggie's favorite part was the barn dance! There are a few more pictures that I added at the end of the September album in Picasa.