Thankful

Of course I am thankful for many things. Too many, in fact, to list. But when all is said and done, I am most thankful for family. I'm just going to keep it simple with that...

Happy Thanksgiving--take a little time to sit back and be thankful.

Bad Blogger...

Wow. It's been quite a long time since I've blogged. Not tons to update on. We've been busy doing the usual stuff. I'll let the pictures do most of the talking.

Just like Daddy--Cash LOVES music!

Dane told me they did this at school and I thought it was awesome! What a great way to let kids hammer-and a great way to utilize old pumpkins!
They had lots of fun!

Cash loves baseball just like Dane-but Ross thinks he may be our prodigy. He's a lefty. And he bats left but throws right. How I made athletically-gifted children is beyond me.

Before the snow fell, we spent a little time out in Rockford at Lake Rebecca park-we all had a great time and enjoyed each other and the weather.

Dad and his boys.

Self-timer picture off the dock. Pretty good.

It's such a great park!

Dane snuggling on the chair.

And two quick pictures of the first big snow. It was terribly windy and yuck out that day, but we managed a few minutes outside.

Happy Holiday Season--I can't believe Thanksgiving is next week?!

A Weekend of Fun!!

Friday after school, we suited up and hit the streets of downtown Elk River for the first of many Halloween events! We've done this the past 3 years and have enjoyed the tradition. Dane of course, had a great time, but this year Cash really got into it! SO fun! And Daddy even came home early to come along!!

Raphael the ninja turtle and the cutest little tiger, ever!

Sunday morning we went to Sundance for more Halloween fun (and more costume changes)!
Here's Woody and Scooby in the background!

Yum. Cupcake decorating.

Sunday night we all went to my parents house for our other Halloween tradition-celebrating with Mom for her birthday and trick or treating with the Danielson cousins! We had a great time and the kids love playing together!

The two Spidermen (Dane and Hunter) running from house to house!
This lasted all of 3 houses for Dane as he was so exhausted already-no nap for him and a lot of activity.

Little monkey Cooper~

Arrggh matey...What a good sport Daddy is!

It was a great weekend--thus is the start of the holiday season! I can't wait!!!

New Stuff

Not lots of new stuff, but some. We've been preparing for a surprise 50th birthday party for my Mom. We had that this weekend and were too busy during the party to snap many pictures...but it was fun. A great turnout and a real surprise for my Mom. My Grandparents made the trip up from Alabama--it was awesome! Friday night our neighbors across the street had a house fire-looks like it has to be gutted. It was scary (gave all of us neighbors something to talk about) but everyone was ok. Finally, today we made a trip to the 101 market-something we've been talking about doing since before it opened this fall. The boys love going and had a great time. We're hoping to make it there this weekend with Daddy to do the things that were not open today-we'll have to see. Soooooo much going on over the weekend.

Dane enjoying some painting on our new easel the boys received as a gift from our friends the Huikkos, for their birthdays!

Cash being a goof asking me to take his picture!

The neighbors taking us on a ride around the block--this lasted all of 2 seconds before both of our boys threw a fit and wanted off. Not sure why...

The neighbors house after being hosed down and before being boarded up.

My Mom and her pretty little headband! 50 is nifty! (Her actual b-day is the 31st)

Cute!!

A lady asked me if I would like her to take a few pictures of us. This was her attempt to get us all looking!

What a great weekend! Hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween!

Pumpkins

We were busy this weekend-stuff around the house, an overnight visit with Grandma Tammy and Grandpa Jeff and pumpkins!
Saturday morning we went with the Larson's (Ryan, Caren and Addie) to Pumpkin Day in Otsego. It was a crazy busy place, but the kids had fun and we scored two big, awesome pumpkins! Thanks for the invite Larson's!

Cash pulling the wagon.

Dane playing "Klunko."

And a little playground fun before heading home for lunch!


Today we carved the pumpkins. We tried a new approach...Or Daddy did-

I saw it in a magazine recently and you know what?! It made it so much easier to clean out!
Thanks Hubbs!

Looking at all the gunk inside.
The boys didn't want to touch it. I didn't understand. I thought kids loved this kind of stuff?!

Dane drew his own face on the pumpkin and actually carved one of the eyes using his "knife." A butter knife. It took quite awhile, but he is one determined little feller.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!