We went to see Santa...

...Or Grandpa? Before Christmas, we took a trip to Schaumburg, IL to visit Mike's parents who were there because of Glenn's job. It is a short lived job but rewarding, I believe. Glenn plays Santa at the mall there. This is a HUGE mall (a post on mall traffic in Chicago is a post all on to itself, all I have to say is so much for "good tidings to all men" - insert eye roll here). Glenn, Mike's dad is the pm Santa and is a very good one too. We had a total in with Santa so we did not have to spend the TWO HOURS in line - nice. It is good to have connections - now if only we had relatives at Disneyworld....

Hometown Website

Found this by looking at a blog of an old schoolmate. It is the url to the website of my hometown, Tuttle, ND. The website paints an idealistic portrait of a small town surrounded by hunting and fishing paradises. Now, everyone has a special spot in their hearts for their hometown, I know I do. Everything written on the site is truth by the way. But I do know I am happy not to be living there anymore... Check it out - you can see pictures if nothing else.

Click here for Tuttle's Website

Merry Christmas

This Year's Church Christmas Program

Here's some shots and video from this year's Christmas program. I have to say that everyone's kids clean up nice!

Abby is in the preschool group and they came first. I love this song and the actions but I realize that it looks like they all need to use the bathroom - FAST! They all did such a great job and there are some kids who truly want to be heard and hear them we did!



Luke is not a drama person - yet. Maybe as he grows he'll discover a love to preform. I know he didn't mind going up front but it didn't give him any thrills either. We'll have to see if he wants to do it next year.

Blackmail Material

Eeeshhh - It's been a long time

Hello everyone!

It has been a long time since I've posted to this, my main, blog. I'm sorry about that! Let me catch you up on some of what has been happening.

1. Libby can now say "AaaaaaBBBY" and we hear it quite often.
2. Luke will play Joseph in his class Christmas program.
3. I had the Jr. High girls from our church over to bake cookies on Saturday, Abby thought for sure she was one of them. We had a great time. We even took some of the cookies to our local fire station and did a little caroling for them.
4. I have a nasty cold. I don't normally get colds - maybe one a year. But boy, when I get them...
5. We cut down to basic cable. Yes, we did. No more HGTV, Food Network or Fox News. We'll see when the jitters start. After February, we might cut cable altogether and just go with the new over the air digital.

That's some of what has been going on here. You can check out my other blog: The Pressure Crock, if you are interested in a Chicken Tortilla Soup recipe.