HAPPY 40th Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Last night we celebrated 40 years of marriage for my amazing, wonderful, AWESOME parents! Thanks Mom and Dad for the model of what love is and can be!

P.S. Our little Doodle Man has his first tooth!!!

Jingle Bells Batman Smells (And P.S. So Does May)

We took the older kids to see a plat at Stages Theater in Hopkins this week. It was called "Junie B. Jones, Jingle Bells Batman Smells (And. P.S. So Does May). Riley has been into us reading her Chapter Books and Junie B is a favorite. This February, we're going to see "If you Give a Moose a Muffin" and hopefully "Pinkalicious" this Spring. I love Stages:) Meg has a cool picture of the stage at the end of the play on her blog today too.

TIGF

Thankful that my friend's little guy got his liver transplant and seems to be recovering and doing well with his new organ. I am als thankful for the family in OK who gave the organ of their own small child so save this one and I pray for them in a difficult time. Why do little people have to suffer? But at least Collin has a new chance at life!

Proud Pastry

Ok, so I normally cheat when I'm asked to bring an appetizer. I bring shrimp or something I bought in a bag and have to just heat it up. But my friend Emily had this at her cookie exchange and it was so good I had to make it. Pretty easy too. Even I didn't screw this up! I was supposed to make it for my holiday party this weekend, but that got cancelled, so I made it for Adie's b-day party:)

Our Free Tree

The first weekend in December, my friend Missy, who also happens to be our real estate agent dropped off a nice gift from Edina Realty. Our Christmas tree was free this year and it is a pretty darn nice tree if I do say so. And I am a fussy tree picker! It has to be tall enough, fat enough, full enough, a certain kind etc. I would say this tree is just about perfect. I'm not going to complain one bit! Thanks Missy!

Adie's Birthday!

Happy 3rd Birthday to our beautiful niece, Adie-Bug! Pictures are from her party this weekend. Brynn liked the cake:) Doodle fell asleep in Brynnie's crib for a quick cat-nap snuggling her pink elephant. Better that than the pink poodle;) We also got to meet the newest Tredinnick, Graeme (pronounced Grahm). What a cutie!

Doodle's First Visit with Santa

This weekend, just before the snow hit, we went to dinner and a play date at Rosedale with a friend from high school and her family. We started at Santa and went from there. Now Doodle had not napped all day for some reason and was CRANKY while we waited in line. I just got him settled down seconds before we sat on Santa's lap, he cried a little, then he got curious...and then not another tear after we left Santa. Huh? Was it the anticipation? Riley also appears to have another boyfriend:)