matchy matchersons!

robes made by grandma blessum.

dane's is from last year, but this year brody is upright and needed more than a hooded towel so he got sleeves, too!!! lucky!

and following robe time, we have matching thomas jammies from grandma smith!

these boys are getting so big and growing up so fast! sniff, sniff :(

some october & november activies

boxes are more fun than toys

celebrating grandpa's 68th birthday on october 30th!

halloween 2011....mario's a little upset with the moustache

luigi tolerates his for only a few minutes

and mario decides to tough it out and wear it all evening

trick or treating at grandma and papa ken's house!

here, have some of my spaghettio's.

mmmmmm, tasty.

brody, just reading a couple of books before bed.

cheese!

more cheese!

trains, barns, and jets...interesting combo

having thanksgiving supper back in our house!!! yay!

brody loves to help vacuum....or just do it himself!

dane, showing brody how do brush his teeth real good. 'good job, brody! you got all 4 of 'em!'

more pics of house after we moved back in!

living room!

kitchen and dining room pre-counter tops....

....and countertops installed!!! (:

the ever-helpful brody assisting in the sink installation.

pics from september/october 2011

we went to rugby one friday night, and sami was cheering for football there!  yay! sami's our favorite! :)

kitchen shortly before moving back in

dining room

living room

master bedroom

boys' bedroom

boys' bedroom

dining room/kitchen

getting some home essentials from lowe's! two drivers always helps to get the job done!

and we dropped off thousands of pop tops at the bismarck ronald mcdonald house! friends and family have been saving them everywhere for us, so we decided it was time to drop some off! thanks for collecting!