last couple of weeks

So we begin with Ethan's first pinewood derby. My dad, Eric and Ethan had so much fun designing and making this car. He took 10th place out of 20. not to bad but there is much to be improved upon for next time. Next we move on to Archer's 6th birthday. We had such a fun day, we started out by going to the store and picking out what kind of b-day cake he wanted me to make him. Then we picked out 3 very fun presents.. a nerf type of gun that is like a tommy gun (super fun, both g-pa and eric want one) a super box of playdoh (24 cans!) and a set of markers. G-pa Dave & G-ma Michele gave him $10 and so did G-pa Ron and G-ma Jane so we went to the store again and he bought spongebob operation.

After that came my b-day; the big 32. I got breakfast in bed and my favorite chicken for dinner and of course a yummy chocolate cake. For my birthday I got my hair done. I put some red in it as that is something i don't think i have ever done before. I quite like it!

the new "do" straight

the new "do" curly. Eric likes my curls...

beef..it's whats for dinner

don't worry; they did get vegatables too!

ice forms

The week before Christmas we had FOG and at night it would freeze and stick to everything. Very cool!

Christmas Jammies

When Eric was little, his Aunt Diana would give him and his sister pajamas, a toothbrush and an ornament to open Christmas Eve. She has kept that tradition alive by doing it for my kids! We look forward to it every year and we always say "we need to take a picture of the kids in their pj's and send it to Aunt Diana" but for some reason that never happens!!! This year I am dedicating a whole post to the PJs.

Kroff Christmas Party 09

Again, a huge THANK YOU to Marianne and Dana for their hard work to produce the party again this year (I helped a little; however I have requested more work for next year). I was pleased that so many cousins were able to make it this year! I'll try to list them off the top of my head..All of Uncle Jerry's kids were there! Out of Uncle Bob's family was Diane; Susie and Ron; Steph, Mike and Donna made a special appearance,they were driving back to Montana from Vegas. From Uncle Paul's family was Stacy, Shelby and Shalese. We missed all the cousins from Uncle Brian's family, Uncle Joel's family and Aunt Kathy's family!
We ate soup, had a visit from Santa, had an amazing lady do face painting for the kids and one adult... and of course we had the pinatas. So much work goes into this family get together and I know that Grandma and Grandpa are watching and smiling knowing that we keep the tradition.
I only got a couple of pictures and then the batteries on my camera died!!

handsomeness

isn't he handsome?!?

Lynx of the month

Archer brought this home today!

I was so proud; I even cried a little.

We made 3D gingerbread cookies today.



And Ethan was diagnosed with a rip roarin' case of strep throat. HE IS SO SICK! poor kid. He is mad because he missed school today and he has had perfect attendance for two years and this ruins his record... darn germs anyway...