Poopsie is 4!

Cooper turned 4! He had such a nice time. My parents were here and we celebrated with a spongebob cake and a trip to Mall of America to ride some serious rides! Cooper said it was "the best birfday efer" He rode the log ride at Nickelodeon Universe maybe 30 times! Four and Fearless.

I caught it!

Somehow I got this on camera, and it really amazes me! My mom and dad were here, again! (totally awesome) Anyways, there was a whole lot of hiding, fibbing, lying, and tricking about who was coming and when. It was all a big surprise during an entire day. The kids were surprised and my mom was surprised to see my dad come home from China a whole day early! We put on a good show for some strangers at the Minneapolis airport.

This is the boys attacking my mom as she walked out

Hey! Look Nana! Papa is here!

Too cute.

First snow and a tree

This was the first real snow of the season.

Aren't they precious?!

Our tree.

A Thanksgving of our own

This was the first one all by ourselves. That also means this was the first one where I had to coook...and no, the house didn't burn down! We survived. We had a nice time, although we all got a little nostalgic a few times during the day. Here's our little spread




Look at me, fatty Mcgee! O.k. first, this was my pie that I made that tasted oh so yummy. Second, I look like I have consumed about 80 of these pies by myself! Yes, I have already put on some of my "winter weight" but in my defense this is shot at a "very bad angle"

Randy

(get it?!)

Depression can hit anyone during the holidays. Even Duncan.

Wisco trip

We drove my mom to Wisconsin and dropped her off there at the beginning of November. Just a quick trip, but we did manage to get doughnuts and kringle! yum. We didn't take the van, we took Andy's car. Poor Nana had to sit back there with those knuckleheads for 6 hours!

by the way, those are sleep number beds that they had in that hotel room. We HATED them! We were all sore and stiff for three days after sleeping on them.

chocolate doughnut face

Leaf control

This is a little old-fall is now gone and winter has moved in...

Our house is on a corner. And it has several large trees. It looks pretty, until the middle of October. That's when it gets chilly and thousands of leaves are covering your front yard and it is your JOB to clean them up! We all got our rakes out and got to work. (Five pound loss for both Andy and I after raking everything up!)

Good news is, we don't have sidewalks. For all you desert people that means less work when the snow comes. (We only have to shovel the driveway)

Let the wild rumpus start in a pineapple under the sea!

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS & MAX!

(from Where the Wild Things Are)

COSTUME CHANGE

(for Cooper)

Yup, we did Halloween Minnesota style this year! As usual Nana TOTALLY out did herself and made us some kick a$$ costumes! We loved trick or treating this year, even in the cold weather. What a great day and night for us. My mom and dad are here now, and we're having a blast. More posts soon!

ps. we missed you this year Skyler and Zane!