Archive for the ‘holidays’ Category

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

grandma and bunnies

My mom arrived yesterday. I went to pick her up solo so that we could have a quiet lunch together and get some grocery shopping done. Here we are after peaceful meal. When the girls finally saw Grandma they were very excited. I can’t believe it’s been 2 years since the last time we saw [...]

Monday, December 26th, 2011

a merry christmas indeed

This past month has been a blur due to our jam-packed schedules and the fact that the girls really aren’t home long in the evenings (the bus drops them off close to 5 p.m.). It really did catch me off guard when the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas seemed like only a week. We were [...]

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

steak and chickens

It was the official Prairie Ridge Endodontics Christmas Party this weekend which amounted to 4 couples going out to dinner at a place called Lunker’s Restaurant. It is apparently “the” classy place to go to in town since it’s where the Watertown Dental Society had both events we’ve been to, and it was the place [...]

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

lost sleep with christmas cheer

Poor Violet hasn’t had good times the past couple of weeks. Last week she seemed to be fighting some kind of ear infection and was sleepless a couple of nights in a row. By the time I had decided to get her into the doctor she was already showing signs of improvement and better sleeping [...]

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

thanksgiving, crafts, and werewolves

We made our annual trek to Minnesota for the Thanksgiving holiday this year. Mike picked up the girls from school while I made the finishing touches on our laundry basket luggage, and then we left shortly after. I can’t tell you what a relief it is now to know that we only have to travel [...]