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!!!

Fall Family Fun

What could be better than making apple pies and

then going on a bike ride to wear it off. Now that it is cooler

we like going out to ride and check out the fall colors.

We went to an apple farm in Stillwater but weren't

too impressed so bought some honey crisp apples and decided

to have a picnic lunch at a park. Was a fun day even though

it wasn't what we started out to do. Flexibility is the name

of the game!

We also went to a pumpkin patch that had a petting zoo too.

I didn't think we were ever going to get the gals out of the

little bunny area.

There were goats, llamas, chickens and little horses too.

After getting home from the pumpkin patch we made

our favorite pizzas. Chicken ranch for Todd, regular for

gals and 3 Meat with BBQ sayce for mine. Sierra liked

dipping the meat in the BBQ sauce and licking it off

and then putting it on the pizza.