Christmas Baking

We didn't do a ton of baking, but we sure had fun with what we did make:

We made chocolates for Santa-

And dipped lots of pretzels in the leftover chocolate-

Grandma L

We had yet another loss this year when Grandma L passed away.  She was a stubborn, gentle, hard working, loving lady.  Sauerkraut and dumplings will never taste the same. 

Cole took a nice snooze on our drive to Wisconsin:

It was a lovely service.  My grandma was so loved and respected.  We sure will miss her!

Navy Boot Camp

Kris left for the Navy and the day before he left, we held a little party for him to bid him farewell:

Random October Snow

Despite a rather warm fall, we did get a random October snow. 

And while the rain fell before turning to snow, we painted a few pumpkins:

Trying to catch a snowflake on his tongue:

When that didn't work, he resorted to just licking the flower pot:

Science Museum Day

We went to check out the new "Mazes" exhibit:

A trip through the cell lab:

It was Halloween weekend so we were able to build 'spooky' experiments:

And no trip to the museum is complete without a stop at Cosetta's

Grandparent's Day at School

Grandma wasn't able to join this year because she was in Wisconsin, but grandpa was able to be there with Cole!!

Blake's Preschool Pictures