Snow!

The boys love snow.  I kind of like to scoop snow.  So in the midst of all the sickness in our house, we escaped to the outside for a few minutes of winter wonderland fun!  And now they want more snow when they are healthy!

Always be prepared!

Basketball

The night before the stomach virus hit our house a couple weeks ago, we took the boys to watch their cousin play in a high school basketball game.  Riley got pointers on how to dress and they both picked up some moves while watching.  We have played basketball every night since then, except for the nights that were filled with fevers and buckets for catching the goods that exited their stomachs.  We hope this weekend is a healthy one in this house and in yours, too!

National Lutheran's Schools Week

Monday, Ri and I helped serve lunch.  While I was washing dishes, he sat and watched the BIG kids.  He really wanted to just be one of them..

Tuesday was Class Color Day...B wore Illini Orange!

Wednesday was Career Day.  Brody was a construction worker, although he reminds he still doesn't have a plan for when he grows up.  Ri was a working guy, you know, mom, like Daddy, Grampy and Uncle Dave.  They also were paired with big kids for some reading fun.

Today was pajama day and crazy hair day!

Tomorrow is Roller Skating!  A first for the boys...

For the record...

His eye had an unfortunate meeting with the end of a large pipe wrench.  I was not involved!  

93 and 92.

Sick day attire

He looks really sick, doesn't he?  His Tylenol was working...a couple hours later, his fever was back and he didn't have much pep in his step.

Merry Christmas

Fancy Clothes

Over the weekend, we attended the wedding of one of Kurt's cousins.  In the boys' words, we put our fancy clothes to attend.  I made them happy by wearing a pair of heels and packing mints for the church.  It's the little things...

Santa!

First year of Santa with no tears!  I did have to drag Ri across the floor to meet him, but again no tears and even a smile!

Week of musical delight.

I had the awesome opportunity to attend Garth's World Tour in St. Louis.  Excellent performance and we were so close we could see him sweat!!

Later in the week, Kurt and I made a quick trip back to STL to see Black Veil Brides in concert.  Google that, You Tube that and then maybe chuckle a bit that Farmer Kurt and I attended!  The real reason for attending was to see the boys' beloved Uncle Jesse...

The boys really wanted to go too, but alas, they will have to wait for Uncle Jesse to visit them. 

Joseph & Mary

Mary even had heels on!  

Reindeer Ranch

The Polar Express

Ginkgo Leaves

They make a great pile to play in, but boy are they heavy compared to other leaves!  

Randoms from the month of October.

Grandma Sandy painted both the boys a pumpkin this year.  Pretty fun surprise to come home to.

Elephants ears as big as the kids!

We grew our own pumpkins this year.  They were supposed to be mega pumpkins but they were planted late and somehow miraculously escaped being harvested by a combine.

Walnut harvest #492 of the season.  We think we finally have them all!

And finally, the way I spent most days...

Halloween 2014

Darn the cold weather!  Kurt's skirt looked better without jeans...

What a difference a year makes...

This year, we were quite delayed in sending out his birthday thank you's after some major printing problems.  When it was Ri's turn to autograph them all, he had a hard time sitting still long enough to sign more than a couple a day.  Finally on Sunday, he was given the choice of finishing his stack of thank you's and then playing outside OR he could write a few, take a nap and then have 2-3 to write each evening.  He decided he would finish them all because he didn't want to do anymore in the evenings!  Smart boy.

Soccer season has started!