Party and another birthday

 The girls had their Christmas party at daycare today.  The sugar cookies and Grinch-santa hat treats were a hit! 

We also have another birthday in the house.  Bessie turns 2 today!  She's a great dog despite her faults.  We've found all of the packages that get delivered to the house, she takes the liberty of opening for us.  And it turns out she loves playing with balloons. 

Santa, birthday and cookies, oh my!

The girls saw Santa last weekend.  Another year of being scared of him even though they knew it was Uncle Mike.



Daddy had a BIG birthday this week.  The girls put on their party dresses to celebrate.

Audrey cutting out the sugar cookies

Decorating the cookies



Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great week and Thanksgiving meal- celebrating with family! 

 

Evelyn (between fits) playing the piano

Blowing out the candles on Grandpa's 90th birthday cake!

Audrey enjoying that cake

Last weekend we survived the snowstorm.  Without power for 11 hours, except when Brian got home from work and started the generator.

Dominos by candlelight.  Audrey is pouting because she lost.

Ready to go outside.  Takes longer to get them dressed than time playing outside.

Horseback riding!

Dave and Lacy invited us out for some horseback riding.  The girls loved it and all the other animals.  Also had a nice picnic on this beautiful November day. 

 

Thank you!

weekend pics

We had a lazy weekend for a change. 

 

The girls having their morning java.

 

Yes, Audrey is missing her mouth

I asked Audrey to get dressed so we could go to the park.  This is what she came up with.  Not sure how I got such a diva.

Audrey says daily that she wishes we could go swimming.  She's in for a long winter, but was happy just to put her swimsuit on for around the house.

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin carving

 

Trick-or-treating

 

Future superstar Audrey!

 

One last hoorah at Bengston's Pumpkin Farm

I think we need another carseat for Brown Bear

The girls love the new jump house from Uncle Mike and Aunt Jodi

Audrey learning to iron

And the girls making their own lunch

Pumpkin Farm Fun

We took advantage of a beautiful day and went to Rader Family Farm.  So much to do there.  The girls had a great time.

 

It's been a while...

Audrey got her flu vaccine.  She negotiated to get the nasal spray instead of a shot, so the bandaid went on her nose

Evelyn got a new stuffed bear - it is bigger than her, but she carries it almost everywhere

Eating ice cream. 
Audrey takes a lot of pictures with her eyes closed, so I told her to keep them open this time :)

Evelyn's birthday party - a little late

 

 

Counting to two

Cake!



Evelyn's tree from Uncle Mike, Aunt Jodi and kids.  We look forward to watching them both grow :)

Refused to nap, so fell asleep watching TV - looks like Grandpa!

Pretty girls

Evelyn turns two!!

Our sweet Evelyn is two years old today!  She is talking so much more and is very loving and snuggly.

 

We had banana split for her birthday dessert.  Here she is licking it clean.  She loved the stickers she got from Aunt Linda and Uncle Mike. 

Happy birthday to cousin Grace also!

Look at that barn!!

The before

Another before

During - after it was power-washed

After - roof got painted

After

Went to another fair to watch Daddy in the dunk tank.  This is Audrey dunking Daddy.

Got to check out Victor's marker