Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Family, health, love, and FOOD! :) Special thanks to all our family -- we love you and we are thankful for YOU.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sesame Street Live!

Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? Sesame Street Live came to Dubuque, Iowa on the day before Thanksgiving. It was AWESOME! Addilyn kept saying, "Hi, Elmo!" "Hi, Abby!" "Hi, Cookie!" She has talked about it ever since. The look in her eyes when the characters first came out was worth the price of admission!

Sesame Street Live!

Arts & Crafts

Addilyn made her first turkey out of a pinecone! She also made some pilgrim hats made out of fudge stripes, a marshmallow, and chocolate. Thanksgiving must be coming soon!

Arts & Crafts

Tent Time

Tents are fun! Nothing better than eating celery and playing in tents! :)

Tent Time

Little Caesars Crazy Bread

Mmmm... CRAZY BREAD!

And speaking of crazy, check out this video of Geema ("G.G."). She has no idea that she is on speaker phone for all of us to hear her! MEEEEEOOOOOW! PUUUUURRRRRRR!

Little Caesars Crazy Bread

Tater Tots "Rock"

She's a prodigy! Okay, okay, so we told her what it said before we started the video...but, it's a good start!

Tater Tots "Rock"

McKenna's First Birthday

Cousin McKenna had her 1st birthday party today! Fun games, good food, a park, and CANDY!

McKenna's First Birthday

Karaoke ABC's

A B C D E F G H I J K ... yay!

A B C D E F G ah ah ah ah ... yay!

Q R S, T U V
Q R S, T U V
Q R S, T U V
Q R S, T U V
Q R S, T U V
Q R S, T U V!!!!!

Karaoke ABC's

Go Hawks!

The Hawkeyes play the Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio today. The odds are against us with our starting QB injured, but if we win, we go to the Rose Bowl! GO HAWKS!

Go Hawks!

Dried Blueberries

Never, and I mean NEVER, put a dried blueberry up your nose...for any reason! It just might get stuck... until you sneeze it out. One of life's lessons on Veteran's Day. The terrible twos begin soon and we will be posting some important lessons as we encounter them.

Dried Blueberries

Happy Halloween!

Tinker Costume - Grandma Judy made it!

Scooping out the pumpkin guts

Carving the pumpkin

Tinkerbell!

Wow! It's Tink!

Witch, Tinkerbell, and the BumbleBee

Bert & Ernie - Grandma Judy made these costumes, too!

Trick or treating with a Tinkerbell wand!

This is FUN! Free candy?!

Tinker & Herky

A scary Halloween house!

We had our first Halloween party at our house this year. It turned out great! We had S'mores, hot dogs, baked beans, fried chicken, cheesy potatoes, caramel corn, and apple cider. Hawk fans watched the Hawks soar to a victory over Indiana to keep their record undefeated at 9-0. Bert and Ernie, Herky, and Woody (from Toy Story) even came by in their costumes. The night finished with some amazing trick or treating - the weather was perfect! We even found the neighborhood that gives out full sized Snicker bars! Woo hoo! Happy Halloween 2009!

Happy Halloween!