Fun Filled Week!

Well, it's been a while since we blogged. The kids went to the Zoo last weekend to see Santa. It was great because Santa actually comes around to each of the tables and visits with the kids. Ollie was asked what he wanted and he asked for a "star" which I found odd, but Santa reached into his pocket and pulled out a glowing Star...maybe he really was Santa! The kids did not want to sit on his lap, but it seemed OK to sit on Mom and Dad and they could sit on Santa's lap.




We also went sledding for the first time with the kids. We have pulled them around the yard before, but ye olde Yak Dad gets pretty tired much to fast for their liking. So there is a very small hill in the park by the house and they got to slide down on their own. The first run was a bit rough, a very slow wipeout,


but subsequent runs were fabulous. Tons of smiles an happiness.

Even Peg got in on the action!



This weekend was tough. Ollie got sick on Friday and couldn't keep anything down. That was horrible, but in true twin fashion, Hazel would not let him go it alone and she got sick on Saturday. Jerry and Geri were gracious enough to drive up from New Ulm so that Peggy and I could meet the Sisters and Brother in Laws for dinner and then actually drove back home. So 4 hours of driving and 3 hours or so of baby sitting. It was very nice of them to be so helpful. Dinner was pretty excellent and it's going to be hard to top that event.



Tonight we decided to make our Ginger Bread house. Having never done one before, I leaned on Peg and her strong creative skills and bountiful experience in building said homes. Peg has done Habitat for Humanity, so I knew she could build a Ginger Bread Home. Her memories hearkened back to early childhood when her father and the girls would hot glue the house together. I would say that bit of info was a savior for putting up a solid foundation for the sticky frosting and candy that went on after. It was very fun and the kids didn't even fight over the candy...well...much. Ollie's hoarding mentality kind of gets the best of him...but I would say they did an excellent job!



We are nervous about the "Snownami" coming over Christmas. We are hoping it will still be drivable as we have much traveling to do that day.

Hope all is going wonderful to everyone.

Snow!

Well, we finally got some snow yesterday. It has become brutally cold, but when I got home last night it was still tolerable and we decided to garb up the kids and tromp around in the snow. While Peg and I shoveled the drive, the kids ran around trying to make snowballs for their snowball fight! It was very cute. Eventually we showed them how to make snow angels. Might have been one of the funniest things ever to see the kids flailing around in the yard. I bet the Haze made 10 of them.



"one more angel Daddy" she kept telling me as I tried to get her in the house.

After we got in we decided to have a fire. This would be our third fire since Peg and I have been married. That's actually less than one per year. Pretty paltry, but I think we are finally going to start making it a weekly endeavor.



The evening was fun because we invited the McCullough's over for games....but really we just gabbed a bit and had a few drinks in the red room by the fire. Very relaxing and a wonderful evening.

I actually lost the pictures we took in the snow, but was able to find a software on the internets, thanks to the google, and was able to recover the deleted pictures from my flash drive. That really made the night.

Happy Holidays

Thanksgiving has come and gone and we are well into our Christmas season. We have trimmed the tree and we even put some lights on the bushes outside the house this year....they are fairly paltry but we are working on beefing them up. It's finally gotten cold and so it feels more like the winter season. We have been shopping for gifts and even sent a few out to relatives out of town. We feel very efficient this year. Peg and the kids have been to 8th floor Macy's and we plan to take the kids to their first Holidazzle down on Nicollet Avenue in the "big city".

The kids are going to be more ready for Christmas this year than in previous years and that is really exciting. They were jazzed to help put decorations on the tree. Sure, only two branches 1 foot off the ground got all of the ornaments, but it was very cute to see them excited and entertained by the whole endeavor. They understand that when a present is wrapped, that there is something exciting inside now, which will make for a great Christmas day!

New Kitchen!

Well, it's been a really long time since we blogged Lots has happened since the I last mentioned the basement. It's just about completely done now. The kids are playing down there regularly and we just have a few minor details to finish up. I am very happy to be done. We also had our kitchen refaced. We had that done the week before Thanksgiving. So after that was completed, Peg and Jerry put up the tile backsplash. They did a fabulous job and now all that is left is for Peggy to put a new color on the walls and we are finally done with our fall projects. You can see that from the old view to the new our kitchen has really brightened up!