Cheye's First Middle School Concert

Oh YES!!! Middle school choir and orchestra!

6,7, and 8th grade choirs and orchestras...

With a surprise performance by the Honor Choir.

Cheyenne's 6th Grade Choir sang 2 beautiful songs!
The concert was an hour and a half long.
Cheyenne and her best friend, Anna.

Meredith, Cheyenne's "Big Sister" from St. Olaf, came to the concert!

Play Day with Willow!

We are lucky to live around the corner from Mariah's BEST friend, Willow!

Once in a while we are lucky enough to get to hang out for the whole day!

On this day Mariah and Willow are cooks!

Willow never met a pizza topping she didn't like!

Mmmmm! The most delicious pizzas EVER!

They also made PUPPY CHOW!!! Mmmm!

Mariah and I don't like peanut butter

so we use almond butter.

New Friends

Our new friend, Diane, is a neighbor of Mom and Dad.

She invited us over to meet her animals.
She is very sweet and we totally enjoyed our time with her!
Cheyenne is 12 and LOVES horses!
I think this is Reba.
Diane is going to give Cheyenne riding lessons in the spring!
Mommy and Mama hope to tag along for some lessons too!
We have to research and learn everything
we can about horses and their care before then!
Mariah fell in love with this guy.
His name is Elmer.

Diane has horses of every size.

You are bound to find one just right for you!

She also has alpacas and goats.

Carol and Reba bonded.

Free to A Good Home

This is the mama kitty who moved her babies into Mom and Dad's wood pile.
Kitten #1

Kitten #2
Kitten #3

Kitten #4

Kitten #5

They will NOT move into our house...

We already have 2...
We can FOSTER them until they are old enough to move to YOUR house!

Interested???

Family Night

We had a great time making egg rolls and cream cheese wontons.
The finished product... DELICIOUS!!!!

Sisters...

Fall Art

Mariah proudly shows her fall leaf collage wreath!

Pony Girl!

Fall Trek to the Orchard!

It was a BEAUTIFUL day!!!
We took a hay ride... A tour of the orchards.

Mmmm! The apples were amazing and delicious!!!

Photo Op

Plugging through the corn maze...

The Breakfast of Champions

Nothing is better than a pint of Raspberries for breakfast...

Unless you can do it in the buff!

Days of laughter

Who is that masked (wo)man?
Serious concentration on her cutting...

Look! A "cookie"!

Mariah's Monarch

Mariah got a caterpillar at the State Fair.

It made a chrysalis.
It turned into a butterfly and she released it...
AWESOME!!!

Mariah's First Day of Preschool

Mariah, almost 5...
Starting with the goofy smiles already...

Mariah goes to school 3 mornings a week.

**I took pictures of Cheyenne on her first day of school...

The camera is messed up and the photos are gone forever...