Pictures of Wrigley

Let it snow let it snow let it snow

Well, I thought that once we got the first snowfall of the winter that I would be in the mood to Christmas shop, but I was wrong. For some reason I am just not as "ready" for the holidays as I usually am. It seems as though there are just not enough hours in a day to get things done that I need to do. Only in Iowa can it be 80 degrees one day and not even 3 days later snow 9 inches and be 16 degrees. CRAZY! My kids were happy to see the snow this morning. Maddie went to a friend's house and spent most of the afternoon outside playing in the snow. Carter begged us to let him play outside but since he has been battling a cold we decided not to let him go out. Both boys are sick with this cold and so far Maddie and Adam and I have avoided getting it! YEAH!

Tomorrow Maddie is going to Waterpark of America in Bloomington Minnesota. A friend from school called and invited her to go along. (THIS FRIEND IS A BOY!!!!) When his mom called to talk to me about it I was a little shocked, but then I thought Maddie hangs out with the boys at school anyway and so I think she will have alot of fun. They were going to go today but the weather was too crappy so they changed their reservations to tomorrow night. She will leave around lunchtime and will be home on Sunday early evening. I have not been to this indoor waterpark but from the looks of it on the internet it looks pretty awesome! She is a strong swimmer and that makes me feel alot better.

Our puppy is doing well. We are getting him housebroken and so things are getting a little better. I did alot of research on the internet on the do's and don'ts of training a puppy so that helped me some. The boys still are not quite sure what to think of the puppy when he jumps up on them but they are getting used to him and he is also getting used to them. Carter likes to grab the puppy when he jumps and sometimes the poor puppy gets jabbed in the eye.

I am going to get Maddie and Carter off to bed now because it is 9:48 and they are still awake. We just got done watching a movie that we taped called "Spookley the Square Pumpkin". Pretty exciting for a Friday night! The older we get the lazier we seem to be. After we get the kids to bed we will work on getting our finances in order for the banker before the end of the year. What a fun husband and wife bonding project that will be!

Have a great weekend everyone! Love, Steph

Our new addition!

Well, I have been waiting since the weekend to share the news about our newest addition to the family and I have not had the time to sit down and get this done. We are the proud owners of a puppy. His name is Wrigley (yes, after Wrigley field) and he is a chocolate lab. Maddie and Carter have been bugging us for a puppy for quite some time now and when Grandma Jayne and Papa Doug were here at the beginning of October they heard all about it. Grandma promised the kids that if we found a puppy for them she would pay for it and it would be part of their Christmas gift to the kids. We got the phone call from a friend of Adam's on Sunday morning before we went to church. There were 2 puppies left to choose from. We went and looked at them and the rest is history. He came home with us and the kids just love him! It is nice to have a puppy that we can train right off the bat to behave with the kids and not to jump up on them. Since Adam is busy in the fields I am the lucky one who gets to discipline the puppy when he misbehaves. It really is just like having another toddler to take care of. We are getting him housebroken and that is going okay so far. He stays in the kitchen and entry way/bathroom until I know he is completely trained so he won't pee on my carpet. I want to post some pictures for you but I cannot until I buy a new battery for my digital camera. It won't even charge anymore so I need a new one I guess. Maybe I will get that tomorrow. Well, I should go for now. I will post pictures as soon as I can! Love, Steph

What a wonderful day!

Wow, what a nice day it turned out to be! The kids were able to spend time outside this afternoon! They loved it! I just got them back inside a little bit ago and gave them a bath. Adam is putting on anhydrous for the elevator up by Fenton and should be back early evening so we will wait for him to get home to have supper. Maddie had her first soccer game this morning and Adam went over to watch her play in that while I stayed home with the boys. Last night Maddie spent the night with a friend from school so they took her to the YMCA for her game this morning. When she got home from her game she was really excited to show me her report card. She did AWESOME! She got "E" for enthusiastic in Art, Music and Phys Ed. She got "A"s in Religion, Reading, Language, Handwriting, Spelling and Math! We are very proud of her! We have parent teacher conferences this Wednesday night. Not much else happening here. Hope that all of you are having a good weekend! Love, Steph

Halloween pictures of the kids

Halloween has come and gone for this year and I am pretty happy that it is over. Carter did not like Halloween at all! He would not even ride in the same vehicle as Maddie because he was scared of her costume. Then when we started trick or treating he was scared of the other kids we saw in costumes. It was a really SHORT night trick or treating. I felt bad because Adam spent so much time making the John Deere costume for Carter to wear. Maddie was a little bummed about not doing that much trick or treating, but she was really cold too and wanted to be inside where it was warm. I guess that 29 degrees is just not the right type of weather to walk around in a costume in. After we got done we went to my mom and dad's house because it was my dad's birthday. We ordered pizza and hung out there for awhile and then came home so that we could get the kids off to bed. I did get some pictures of all three of them and will try to attach them here. Hope that you all had a nice Halloween! Love, Stephanie