Visiting Wisconsin

We all packed up the van and visited with Paul and Teri for the weekend. Papa Paul showed everone how to sing in barbershop style- with a solo even! Michelle and I were impressed. (Pictures to come - darn you blogger) We also checked out every tree on the lot at the Pleasant Valley Tree Farm.
It was 15 degrees on sunday - Teri thought this to be excellent tree shopping weather - the kids saw this as excellent hot cocoa weather. I can't blame them. Papa paul eventually walked off with a nice looking Frasier Fir. I'll get into tre types later. We've cut a deal with super Bill for a free tree - a balsam fir.
Not my favorite, but it'll work. I'm wondering what you all think of tree types for Christmas...which is your favorite?...What characteristics do you look for when choosing a tree?


Have a great week!

awhile..

With Tilia sleeping through the night, more than less, blogging hasn't been "on schedule". Iapologize. We've got some updates in the works.

Thanksgiving !

Seeing that stuffing the three kids and us into our van and driving around all weekend seemed like a bit more fun than we could handle, we decided to have a remarkably low key Thanksgiving dinner at our new house. I think everyone in the family enjoyed the lack of stress from the travel. The kids were able to play outside (57 degrees) and enjoy themselves while the adults enjoyed the great meal that Michelle cooked up. Hopefully, more of you can join us next year - or for Christmas day at our house! If you couldn't be here, we've done our best to make it virtually possible for you to experience our Thanksgiving dinner - through the modern technology of underground tubes:

We'll be traveling to Papa Paul's next weekend to help him choose a tree for the season. Acer is ready to cut it down all by himself. Have a wonderful holiday - keep us posted!

Wishing all a happy holiday.

We just recieved a shipment of wooden shoes - straight from Holland. Papa Paul must have had a great timee over there. The shoes made Tilia smile - the combination of wooden shoes and a the sight of Michelle is hard to beat no matter who you are. She sure looks an awful lot like Michelle. That's probably a good thing.

Definitely give us a call on Thanksgiving- Salix will be expecting it.

2 cute, hey?

Tilia Pics

Finally, we have replaced our digital camera. Do I really need to say "digital" before camera anymore? It seems to e that since film cameras are used so infrequently that from now on, they should be referred to with an accompanied adjective (film) and "digital" cameras should now be referred to as simply cameras. Look for more pics soon. I just couldn't continue camera-less...If you need us we'll be out happily snapping the wonderful, yet fleeting moments that children bring.

Chicago Style Gymnastics Meet

Salix's team is all signed up. She is anxious - almost as much as Michelle. Join us in Chicago for a great weekend at Navy Pier. Dates - February 9, 2007 - February 11, 2007. If you've seen Salix lately, you know she's full of flips, spins, and splits-sogymnastics is perfect for her. We'll post more meet schedules when we hear about them. Oh...if you ordered a wreath,they should be in around the 19th.