Christmas Play

Papa Paul and Teri swung by to take the two oldest to a play -0 similar to the Disney Snow White -0 The kids absolutely loved it~! They had a great time with the grandparents and enjoyed the actors letting the audience participate in the show. I've been emailed a few great shots of the kids with the actors.

It is hard to believe that today is the end of the year - yet when Acer and I awoke, it was 42 degrees outside and raining. We have no snow at all in our yard, even the small piles that managed to stay with us near the driveway are all melted. I don't remember a winter like this before.

By the way, the record for today is/was 41 degrees in 1999. The average is 23 for the high temp. Average low for Roseville today should be 9 degrees - we won't come within 15 degrees of that. It has been good for us and Tilia to have a warm winter, especially her first year.

+* Polaroid is sending us the cord -0 so pictures of the kids and family should be more prevalent in the upcoming months.

Spirit Invitational Gymnastics meet - Hamline University

On Dec. 17th, Salix participated in her first gymnastics meet. It was a great time for everyone. Salix's friend, Bryn, cheered her on with Mom, Dad, Acer, Tilia, Grandpa Paul, and Grandma Teri.

Salix looked great - finishing high in the placings and scoring very well overall-especially on vault. All of the hard work she put into training for this showed! We all look forward to more meets this winter and spring! Join us in Chicago...Chicago Style Meet - February 9-11, 2007 @ thee Navy Pier.

Busy month, this December...

Items of Note:

We found a dog for our home - Goliath - a Great Dane from Willow River, MN. He has been wonderful with everyone so far. He marked the Christmas tree the first night he was home. Should have seen that coming! He's about 32 1/2 inches to the top of his shoulders so he is just the right height to lick the pancakes while they are cooking.

We've got a backlog of pictures waiting to be shared- however, I lost our cord to connect our camera with the charger! *%$@ing Polaroid's website won't accept our checkcard...merry Christmas.

Hope your holidays are wonderful and restful!

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.