Cheftacular!

On February 5th, the second graders of BFA put on a wonderful musical. The school music teacher wrote the words and music, and directed all the kids to put on this fantastic show, Cheftacular. It was so much fun to watch all their personalities really shine, and  I was so impressed that she got them all to participate and smile. I tried to put up a video, but blogger is being silly and won't co-operate.

Joseph and Kyle. I don't think these two can take a nice picture. They are always being goofy. :)

My little chef.

Joseph with his class

 

Pinewood Derby

Joseph had his first Pinewood Derby this year on January 24th, and what a fun evening it was. His friend Kyle came to cheer him on, and when he wasn't racing they were running around like a bunch of Monkeys. Even though Joseph didn't win, he had fun participating and cheering on his friends. He also earned his Bobcat badge, and  I am so proud of all the hard work he is doing to earn all of his scouting badges and achievements. He is already planning what he is going to do for his Pinewood Derby car next year.

The car

A fun night

Racing down the tracks

Joseph and Kyle being silly.

The boys

So proud of my Bobcat!

Mom, are you done yet??

One last one with Dad.

So proud of Joseph, and all the hard work he put into earning his Bobcat, and making his car.

Wisconsin Dells!!

Joseph had a four day weekend in January, so we took a family trip to see Sam, Nat, Brad, Maddie and Macy. Unfortunately for me, I came down with the flu the night before we were supposed to leave, so I spent the weekend on the couch. :( Ben, Joseph, and Brad flew into Minnesota on Friday morning, drove up to the Wisconsin Dells with everyone, where they spent two days, and then flew home on Monday. A great time was had by all between the swimming, playing games, and eating yummy food. Joseph and Brad could not get enough of the Wave pool, and only tried a few of the other rides. I am so bummed that I missed out on this trip, but I won't miss out on the next one!!

Sam and Maddie

Joseph riding the waves!

Waiting for the next wave

MADDIE!!

Bring on the waves!

Brad and Joseph chilling in the Lazy River

Family Pictures

 

So sometime last year before all the holiday festivities began we had some new family pictures taken. We lucked out as it was a beautiful day, and we were still able to find some trees with the fall colors. We were having so much fun that it was hard for us to stop laughing, and smile for the pictures, but we did manage to get a few with our nice smiles. I love my family so very much!!

 

My goofball!!

Joseph is King of the mountain. :)

All the kids were being goofy!

Blue eyed cuties!!

Best buddies!!

Two peas in a pod.

I finally made it into a picture. :)

We are family!

Joseph was so happy to be able to run for a few minutes while only the adults were needed.

Happy New Year

We spent New Year's at home celebrating together, and what fun we had. Ben and I went to see a movie earlier in the evening at this awesome theater with reclining seats. It was a perfect way to start the night, especially because the movie we watched was all about embracing life and enjoying all that if has to offer. When we returned home we enjoyed a Mexican fiesta, root beer floats, and lots of other goodies. As the night wore on we watched more movies, worked on putting together the puzzle Joseph had picked out, played games, and set off poppers. I was sure that Joseph was going to fall asleep long before midnight, but he held in there, and was so happy to toast the New Year. We hope that all of our friends and family had a safe and fun New Year's Eve!!

Getting ready to watch "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"

All ready to celebrate!

Cheers!! Here is to making 2014 a great year!!

Christmas Morning

We had a quiet Christmas at home this year. We enjoyed a delicious dinner on Christmas Eve, watched movies, and put together a puzzle. Once we had all gone to sleep Santa stopped by, and was kind to us. On Christmas morning I was up and ready to open presents at 4:30 in the morning, but Ben made me go back to sleep until the sun was at least up. So around 7am Joseph came running into our room, jumped on the bed and loudly announced that Santa had come and that is was time to open presents. Once we had finished opening our presents we had a yummy breakfast of traditional Breakfast casserole, fruit, and juice. The rest of the day we spent as a family watching more movies, and playing with all our new stuff.

Santa was HERE!!

Santa was sure hungry this year. He had five cookies to eat, so that he could keep going.

Can we stop with the pictures, and open presents yet??

Best Buddies

Santa knew that these boys take their Nerf wars seriously, and thought that they all need some new weapons and more ammo.

New shoes are always a hit.

Zoo Lights

I love looking at Christmas lights, and would do it all year long if I could. I was so excited that Ben agreed to go to Zoo lights with me this year. I knew it was going to be crowded and crazy, which it was but Ben was such a good sport to indulge me. I was really impressed with all the lights the Zoo did, and can't wait to go back. It was a great family night activity.

Joseph and Ben with a Peacock

Beautiful colors

Joseph there is a Tiger behind you.

Entering the Hippos tunnel. I was sure glad he didn't eat us.

Silly Monkey

Elephants

Under the Sea

A cool purple and green tree

Gorilla

That was fun. Can we go now?