He's Here!

Another cousin for Lauren and Ella! Cal Thomas was born November 19th (a pretty special day in my opinion:) After celebrating my birthday in the morning, I got the call that Becky's water had broke and it was time to pack up and drive to Dodgeville. To our surprise we actually made it for the delivery, and mom, dad, and baby did great. We stayed at Becky and Eric's until Tuesday so we had plenty of time to bond with sweet baby Cal. Now we are back home and ready to get settled into our routine... and make up for all those naps we missed:)

Big brother Leyton is so proud of his new baby!

One More Week

Lauren only has one more week of gymnastics left until they break for the holidays. It starts back up again in January. I was finally able to get a picture of her on the beam (she usually wants me walking right along next to her ever since we had an unfortunate fall), but today she was ready to do it by herself again! Good thing she forgets quickly, she had quite the scrapes and bruising on her inner thighs... I was also able to get a picture of her and Leah together- Leah is in the preschool class right after ours.

Savoring the Mild Weather

These last few days we have been outside enjoying every last bit of "warm" weather. That sure is a relative term, pretty sure when it hit 60 degrees on those summer nights I thought it was freezing! Anyway, I am so happy we have been venturing out because Ella can now use the swing set! She climbs the ladder all by herself and then walks right over to the slide and goes down feet first on her tummy! She absolutely loves it. And she loves walking/toddling around outside. The kids had a blast and are currently taking long naps!

She gets so excited up there!

Could she smile any bigger???

Shutterfly Holiday Cards

It is already that time of year when one needs to decide on Christmas cards! It is something that I really enjoy putting together, and I honestly LOVE receiving them in the mail. I actually look forward to trudging through the snow to the half-buried mail box during the holiday season in hopes of finding photo cards from friends and family! As a result, I wanted to let all of you know about this great deal for fellow bloggers. Shutterfly is offering 50 free cards to bloggers. Shutterfly is a great photo site, where I do the majority of my everyday 4x6 photo printing. Their site is very easy to use, and their card designs are the best year after year. They offer fun and cheerful designs with an elegant flair. I am having a very hard time choosing this year. I definitely love the folded card because unlike other photo cards it allows space to write a nice holiday message.

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But there is something so simple and elegant about one photo...

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They literally have hundreds of designs to choose from, and I have a feeling I am going to be receiving LOTS of Shutterfly cards this year! Can't wait to see yours:)

So bloggers, head here to sign up. Write a blog post and 50 free cards are yours!

A Brand New Cousin

We went to Eau Claire yesterday to see Lauren and Ella's first cousin on the Weimert side... A baby boy! He was just a tiny little guy, 5lb. 6oz. and just so cute!

Gavin Thomas

The proud parents
We are so happy for them!

A Pink Poodle and a Busy Bee

For Halloween we stayed at the farm in NR and my sisters and I took the cousins trick or treating together. We came up with WAY too much candy, thanks to everyone- we only had six stops and somehow our buckets were overflowing. We ended the night with pizza at grandma and grandpas.

Ella went as a poodle

And Lauren was a crazy bee (this somber photo was before the sugar)

All six cousins

Lauren asked me to dress up, so I was a very simple cat.

We had a frightful visitor when we got back to the farm... it was hilarious. Grandpa pulled a rat out of his big gourd.

Doesn't look like the kids were too scared of him afterwards:)