"Old" Time Hockey

New this year, a coaches game for charity. Marshall was back on the ice after quite a long hiatus! I do have to be honest - I was nervous for this "old" man! It was great fun to watch and he skated as if he'd been playing all along! He keeps talking about getting back on a team. Wait and see?

Can't catch ME....!

I don't bake for Christmas. Sometimes I make Chocolate covered pretzel rods to give as little gifts, but that's about it and Marshall ALWAYS makes Chocolate Chip cookies for Santa (and himself!)

Our baking tradition happens at Grandma's House. Decorating gingerbread men. Let the sprinkle-ing begin!
New this year, and as it turns out popular with lots of family's. The gingerbread house. Grandma and Grandpa made their's from scratch, butI guess Grandpa's architech skills don't transfer to houses made of dough. Slight structural failure! Leave it up to Marshall to make the most of it!

Say What....

I added some more quotes to the "Say What...." section on the right side. Be sure to read them!

Long Lost!

You might remember me mentioning awhile back that Trent had a loose tooth. We'll it actually did finally fall out. Two months (an eternity!) of wiggling and wiggling. This tooth seemed like it was never gonna fall out, and we were getting aggressive with it!
The tooth fairy brought Trent $5. He wanted to keep the tooth, so we suggested he write a note. He did and with out complaining one bit about the pink, stuck the tooth in the little"lost tooth holder" my Grammie gave me when I lost my first tooth. "Dear Tooth Fairy, can I keep my tooth please?"Trent also left us this message on the computer. BIG SMILES!

Chasing Time Rewind

Not enough hours in the day!
We'll have to settle for a 3 minute replay instead of the full report!

We took Callie to the ballet, Cinderella.

We carved our pumpkins.Callie wanted a three eyed, alien pumpkin.
Marshall got innovative this year.
Trent did his all by himself. He did such a great job! I really liked the face he created. I don't really like the "throw-up" pumpkin he wanted to do, but it was inevitable.
We took our annual LaCrosse hunting trip. I however did not take my annual Hobby Lobby trip!
It is usually the highlight of my trip, but I decided this year I really didn't NEED anything and didn't want to be tempted by SALES!!! (I did get a chance to go a couple month's ago after a tennis match so I didn't feel completely deprived.)

I thought it would be cute to stage a leaf fight for pictures. Trent took it a little too seriously! Nothing like an arm-full of muddy, wet leaves flung ruthlessly into your face!Hockey is in full swing.
For Grampy's birthday I got him some "pin-up girls" stickers for his ski helmet. The look on Trent's face when he realizes what he is looking at is priceless.
Lastly, we had a destination Thanksgiving, Door County! It was a nice little get away.

Do you hear what I HEAR?

It's official. I know they've been playing it, but now Marshall has tuned in here at home!

Click-Or-Treat!

Callie decided this year for Halloween she wanted to be a TV. I talked Trent into being the remote.
It was a little windy for Trick-Or-Treat this year, you can imagine how that went! The best part of these costumes was watching Trent try to reach up to ring doorbells with his arms stuck inside his box!