fun, again...no way!!!

tessa came to visit us before she went back home to san francisco, and as usual, it was epic!

game night: popcorn, pictionary, and some competition!

then we moved onto the "popcorn toss". we were all throwing and catching popcorn like crazy....it was hilarious!!! now, that's good stuff right there!!!

quick winter update

although it seems like winter vacation is long gone, i can't help but let my mind wander down memory lane and giggle about all the fun we had together:) all the wintery games we got to play while in birchwood: sledding, snow shoeing, ice skating, four-wheeling, ice bowling, snow ball fights, ice fishing, bonfire....i mean, it was excellent!!! then off to rhinelander for the packer game, more sledding, indoor bowling, yummy dinners, fancy office tour (congrats again grandpa mark), and then, finally, back to madison.

whew!!!

costume change

pictures from the memorable "nutcracker" evening! quinn is so excited to go back to grandmama and grandpapa's house to try on all the costumes again!!!

i think they have this move perfected....no one puts baby in the corner!!

strike a pose

and again.....i think she's a natural, huh:)

dance. dance. dance.

a little clip from the recital day at ballet. i love her posture here:)

talk about after dinner entertainment!! this was one of my favorite nights with the family, for sure!!! so impressed with everyone's dance moves:)

then we found our bin of ballet costumes...so glad grandmama held on to these:)

we think you're SUPER!!!

jesse and i dug deep into the creative vaults, trying to find a super awesome gift for the kiddos...and i think we did it:) one simple tutorial, a trip to the fabric store, hours up in the studio together (which i must say was pretty fun), a trusty sewing machine, a pinch of luck, and wah-lah! a super cape, for our kids and our super nieces and nephew!

december 25th 2011

twas the night before christmas when all the through house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse....wait a minute, yes, there were, two little kids, who were way too excited for what was to come:) i believe they were up at midnight, 4am and then we were all up at 559am.

the first look at what that jolly man named "santa" brought us!

what is it......what is it????

o christmas tree

i prefer to get my christmas tree on a snowy wintery day....hearing the snow crunch beneath our feet, walking through a woodsy snow filled scene, trying to find the perfect tree, BUT, sometimes you just have to be content with just the novelty of getting a christmas tree:) and so we did! and it was still fun.

we are quite picking when it comes to finding the "perfect" tree. i think it takes us about an hour, and with this one in particular, we came back to it about 6 times, but still had to make sure there wasn't anything better out there...ha, go figure!

ryder did a great job cutting the tree down......timber!!!

time to drag it out....