Christmas, round two

Kati had to work late today, so she and Kyle came over afterward to share our second round. We enjoyed more food and even more gifts...

Then, we piled into the car and engaged in a bit of pranking...traditional caning...it was a blast placing canes in the new snow! Great fun!

Christmas, round one

It is a beautiful weekend for our first Christmas celebration, and Mom, Tom, Jean and Kati graciously offered to visit us again! We started off the weekend with a terrifc meal and lots of fun gift exchanging.



Jean and her new bowl...



Tom and his new memory



Kristin enjoying Tom's gift



again...still...



Mom discovering her new computer!

First ski of the year!

All of this beautiful snow called me to ski it today, so I headed out to Blue Mounds where the greatest trail groomers in the world had done their magic...incredible!

An old fashioned blizzard!

Every five years or so we get one of those winter storms that shuts everything down. We are completely blanketed in about 16 inches of heavy beautiful snow. I feel like it offers us the chance to stop running around and rest a bit, especially during this holiday season. We'll be baking cookies and having some soup and maybe even trying a ski...

Superhero neighbors

Every week we have our neighbors over to hang out with Kristin for a while, and every week we are surprised by their growth. But this week imagine our surprise when we found that our neighbors have grown into superheros! (Check out their muscles!) Leo told me that he flew over here and Oliver informed us that his car can fly too. So if anyone needs a ride today to escape the blizzard, you know who to call!

First snow!

The first snow is always a surprise...even as long as I have been living here in Wisconsin. The sheer magnitude of it and the way it blankets all of the grayness of fall. It has such a purifying effect on the landscape.



It also covers the food source for our local turkeys, so they come looking to us for breakfast. Frank gladly obliges and even shovels paths for them to access the corn he throws out for them every morning.

Oreo cows...

Not only do we have the finest dairy products in the country, we also have cows that look like Oreos (double stuff, no less!) Wonder if they give Oreos too?