Hunting Traditions

Forgot to post these back in November. One of Todd's favorite

parts of hunting week is the tradition of getting a picture

with the gals. Then of course when he is gone us gals

need to do some 100% girlie stuff like paint toes.

Christmas Fun

Yesterday was Santa Day in Clear Lake.

Karlee even sat on his lap this year but Sierra won't

have anything to do with him.

Christmas beauties in their dresses from Ebay.

One dress from Texas one from Illinois.

Searching for just the perfect tree and finding it.

Most expensive tree we have ever gotten since we got

pulled over on the way there for expired tags. Not sure

how that happened but it did.

Decorating Fun.

Winter fun and first time out with the sleds this season.

Just some Groat girl traditions.

One Spoiled Dog

Yes he really does like to sleep wrapped around Todd's head.

Our Little Entertainers

Karlee & Sierra perfoming one of their favorite songs - "Giggle, Giggle, Wiggle, Wiggle, Hop, Hop, Hop"...

Becoming Best of Friends

The pictures say enough about

how the gals are liking their

new puppy.

Karlee's 4th Birthday Party

How can it be that our Karlee is 4 years old. She

is a pure delight to us and makes us laugh. She is

quite the entertainer that loves to dance and sing.

Princess was the theme of her party this year

and she loved all the Barbies that she got. From

the pictures maybe we should have gotten

her some new socks!

One of her favorite movies is Barbie's Diamond

Castle hence the Barbie and the guitar.

Our little groover. Maybe she will be a worship

leader some day or a country music singer.

Oh such fun toys and things to color/paint.


She also really enjoys to read and of course eat

birthday cake, or should I say birthday cake

frosting. Easier and less clothes to wash if you

just take the shirt off.

Our Family Grew by 4 Feet and A Tail

Uncle Larry and us bought the girls a puppy for their B-day

and Christmas gifts. So to say they were surprised would be

an understatement!

He is a Springer Spaniel named Packer and is 6 weeks old.

There were many hugs and kisses through out the

night, and many struggles about who got to hold him.

Princess Karlee and the puppy. It was love at first

sight. On most nights she is the one that still looks out one of

the windows and asks about Samson. She recently started

to talk about getting another "Sam".

Our new family. Todd needed another male in the house!

Can we sleep with him?

Packer Fans!

Go Packers Go! Touchdown!

Random Fall Pics

Wood cutting with Grandma, Uncle Larry and Lady or May

(cannot tell from the pictures which horse it is) It was a

beautiful fall day to be out in the woods.

We also took a walk out into the woods to check out

Daddy's deer stand. We hope he gets "the big one" this year!

Pumpkin carving with Daddy. Neither of the girls

wanted to touch the inside stuff.

Sierra really enjoys the outdoors. Not sure how we

are going to entertain her inside for the long WI winter.

Karlee we won't have to worry about. Daddy will

just be the indoor swing. That way he gets a work

out in too.

We took Karlee for an early birthday outing to

"Playhouse Disney" in the Twin Cities. She was so

tuckered out by the end of the day.

Boy is it hard to get a good pictures with both

of them looking and smiling. Aren't they the cutest!

We even got our outdoor Christmas lights out.

They like the moose the best. We are feeling pretty

good about all that was accomplished outside

this fall for getting ready to winter.

Now let the snow come!!!