Christmas Pictures

Linda asked for Family pictures this year (not really professional shots, just something new for her picture frames)...she didn't think we did it and she was really disappointed, but we had met the Hafemanns at Eden Prairie Mall the week before Christmas and took these and put them on a new digital frame that we can e-mail photos...so the pictures will change all the time and she won't even know when we add them! I forgot the camera on Christmas Eve and Riley was a sniffly mess on Christmas so this is it for Christmas pictures for us...sorry! 

Happy Birthday Brynnie!!!

Happy Birthday to Rowan's partner in crime and best buddy! Our niece Brynne turns SIX today...How is that possible? We love you big girl! Have a fun day on the ski hill!!!

Happy Anniversary!

45 years ago today, my parents said I do...and we are sure glad they did! Look what happens "all because two people fell in love!" Thank you Mom and Dad for being a strong reminder of what love can do!

Happy 8 Adie-bug!

I'm stealing this picture from Meg's blog...Ithink that's fair since it's our gift she is holding up :) Happy 8th birthday to our ski racer and Ladybug whisperer. We love you bunches Adie!

Thanks for Grady!

Last weekend we celebrated Grady's Birthday and Thanksgiving with the Schuster Side of the family down at Jessie's place. They have a few new barn kittens that stole the show. Riley has named them Snuggles and Sally Gray :)

Basketball!

Ok, one last try...this year basketball switches to all girls on the team. Riley decided to do one more year to see if she likes that better than the co-rec format. If she likes it, she will be a 3-sport athlete (one in each season, not all at once!). If not, she will likely stick with Softball and Volleyball, both of which she loves! Mom is crossing her fingers, because I do like basketball, but Rowan is also going to try it out this year (just clinics for Kindergarten) so I may still get a baller yet :) And if I don't, I'm ok with that too. I enjoy the sports my kids play!

LFL 1.0

In case you forgot what our LFL looked like before...we are forever a part of the Little Free Library Coloring Book and have already been asked to be part of any followup coloring book as a "before and after" feature! I love being an Little Free Library steward! So. Much. Fun. So many fun people!

Eeek, I can't believe it took me this long to post about this. Last week we finally got to re-install our LFL that has been getting repainted by an artist friend of mine (Melanie Schumacher...a friend from my magazine days who is talented in so many ways!). 

The original button design did not survive the winter, hopefully just because we used the wrong kind of varnish and not because MN winters are that brutal. I am hoping this new design will last a few years because I really love how it turned out! 

We wanted a four season look...Mel did an amazing job! We will likely repaint the post in the spring, but we ran out of days where the temp was high enough to paint. The temporary locker has been put away for now, but it will be used again when needed. It worked great!

Fall Leaves...