A Picture Update

Hey all! Happy Friday!  Here are some pics from the week…

Maya is big into composing her own music. Well, she writes out a bunch of notes and we play together with me on our out of tune piano, and it’s quite an experience. 

On Wednesday night the girls slept over at Boom’s house and Laura and I went to the T-Wolves game. 


Thursday was a very busy day.  I started out the morning with a run- a house near us has gigantic Rudolph inflatables on their lawn. 

We spent the morning/afternoon at Boom's house for Thanksgiving Meal #1! We facetimed with Auntie Mari and Avery and the girls had lots of playtime. 

Callie enjoyed matching all of G-ma's pies!

Then later in the afternoon we headed over to Uncle Dan and Auntie Hanna's house for Thanksgiving Meal #2!

We also celebrated Mitchell's 5th birthday and had more dessert.

There was also shenanigans with whipped cream…click here for some videos of those shenanigans.

Finally, Mitchell opened his presents.

It was a great day!

To recover, we did basically nothing today. Maya stayed in her big Lynx jammy shirt all day. We did do some cleaning and I did some cross-stitching (ok a lot of cross-stitching!) but it felt good to be home with no plans.

Have a good weekend! 

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope you all have a lovely day!

Timehop Tuesday

Here we go!

Happy Birthday Mitchell!!

Mitchell Man is 5 today!!! 

Happy birthday, buddy! We love you and can’t wait to celebrate with you later this week! 

Weekend Wrap-Up

Hey all-

We had a pretty relaxed weekend and I didn’t get too many pictures.

I worked hard to finish my 2nd cross-stitching project and made veggie curry.

I chose the hummingbird project because when Chris and I were in Jamaica at the start of 2024 we went to a hummingbird sanctuary and it was magical! 

Speaking of magical…this weekend also revolved around WICKED! I listened to the soundtrack about 10 times in preparation for seeing the movie today.

It was SO GOOD. And nostolgic. About 20 years ago we were lucky to see the original cast show on Broadway, and it has been one of my favorite musicals ever since! 

Have a great Thanksgiving week! 

A Picture Update

Hey all!  TGIF.  It has been another busy week.  Chris got us a nice new sign for our yard and Luna checked out the brief stint of snow, followed by some warm and cozy time. 

I played in a staff vs. student basketball game at my school and it was ridiculous.  I scored no points, but also did NOT get injured, which is what Chris and my mom were worried about.  So I'll call that a win!

Speaking of basketball, Callie had her first game tonight!  Well, she didn't play because she strained her quad muscle in practice, but she looked official in her uniform.  Below you see her shooting during warm-ups, and paying attention to the coach during a timeout.  They won 32-26! After the game Maya and I got chicken (Maya was VERY excited) while Chris and Cal went elsewhere for food.



While it doesn't feel like the holidays should be so close, the Christmas music has started on the radio and everyone in our family is all about it.  Each year I search for the Luther Juletide 2001 album to listen to.  It was a CD we always listened to during Christmas that my dad loved.  When he died, we weren't able to manage all his fancy music technology, so the album was more or less lost at that time.  Yesterday I was determined.  While I didn't find the whole album, I was able to remember the name of my favorite song (a medley of three Christmas carols arranged and commissioned for the Luther College Christmas concert that year). After a lot of internet sleuthing, I was able to find the composer, and ultimately a link to a free download of the song.  It is called Rejoice! and is about 12 minutes long.  It is so beautiful.  If you'd like to hear the song, click here.  I hope you enjoy it! I have already listened to it a number of times since I found it and it gives me goosebumps a bit every time.

Have a lovely weekend.

Timehop Tuesday

My Timehop today is dedicated to my younger child, who has a history of GOOFINESS.