Cookie Making with the Grandkids

A couple weeks ago 5 of the 6 grandkids came over for a sleep over.  We crammed in as much fun as we could!  We started by making candy.  Catherine loves to have her picture taken.

In between baking there was tree climbing.

 We also went out for pizza and looked at Christmas lights.

We came back to the house and made more candy.

 I'm sure there were more sprinkles on the floor than the counter top!

There was much discussion about having perfectly round pretzels for the candy to fit in.  You didn't want to have any that were "out of shape"!

Thanksgiving Day Football

We played.  I mean they played - I watched. A little game of football was played on Thanksgiving.  Watchout!  It looks like a throw gone wild!

Come on, Olivia!  Run!

Now you're doing it!

Good throw!

Here's Tommy in action!

Pie Face

We played a fun little game called Pie in the Face on Thanksgiving.  Everyone thought it was great!

New Floors and Stairs

This was one of those projects that started innocently enough.  I wanted new carpet in the family room.

Steve wanted to widen the doorway into the dining room.

And he wanted hardwood in his office instead of new carpet.  

Which meant we were going to get new stairs to fit in with all of the other improvements.

New treads are stained instead of carpeted also.

Finished product!  Pretty nice!

Lake Geneva.... again!

We made a quick trip to Lake Geneva in September.  We love going here. A friend of ours owns a condo and graciously lets us use it.  They were having a paddle boarding race one day.  It was fun to watch.  Our friends also own a Vespa type cycle.  Steve and I  made a few trips around the neighborhood on it.

We took a boat tour one day.  We have walked around the lake before and looked at the beautiful houses, but the tour also gave us background on them.  Lots of very wealthy families own these homes.  Such as the Wrigleys, Sears, and Montgomery Ward,

The path around the lake that allows you to stand in the yard of these homes and look at them.

Edie's 1st Birthday

We celebrated Edie's 1st birthday on Thanksgiving!  And we are very thankful for her!  The video goes sideways half way through. Sorry.....