Mia's got teeth!

 I got toofers!  Two razor blade sharp ones!  

The first one popped up back in December.  And it's twin came shortly after. 

Mia is keeping those little chompers busy.  Look at those cheeks!

January Birthdays at the lake

Kendall, Gramma and Boz had their birthday celebration at the lake...winter style!  And, well, it was Lola's birthday celebration too but baby Mason doesn't even get to go to the grocery store at his early age let alone make a road trip to Michigan!  It was tons of cold and fun.  

 Tessa and Molly

 Mia cozy inside watching the bigs and the cousins outside

 Archer Lake...those are fish huts and ice fisherman out there.

 Kendall, Tessa, Zack, Nate and Molly...ON THE ICE!  What!  Seriously.  I'm having palpitations.

 Oh, and here's another grande idea...

And, now we are endangering the neighbor children's lives...

New Hats for the New Year

 Our Midwife Cheryl made us these really super cute hats!  Thanks, Cheryl.

Ice Skating New Year's Day 2013

 Molly

 Nate (in the orange, fallen on the ice), Zack (in all black with the beanie cap)

 For some reason the girls...who all can skate just fine...like scooting around with the ice walkers.

 Nate speeding around the rink

 Although this may have the looks of a proposal, I believe Tessa was helping her cousin Molly get up.

 Ice Princess...in the nice & cute sense.

 Nate couldn't stay away from Puck&Sticks session going on next door.  He's the goalie in orange.

These kids love them a money-sucking game room, don't they?

New Years Eve 2012!

 The Rosebrook's came up to celebrate the New Year with us.  Since there was snow, the big and little boys headed out to ski for the day.  The girls stuck around the house but didn't stay cooped up inside.

 Kendall, Molly and Tessa busily building a snowman

 Kendall, Snowman, Tessa and Molly

 Miss Tessa                                                       Miss Mia

 And, Miss Mia is just abandoned to chill in her stroller.

 The party got started early and last late!  Nate and Zack doing Gangnam Style dance!

 Tessa joins in on the Gangnam Style dancing!

 Kendall ready to party at midnite!

 Molly at minutes to midnite!

Even Mia got out of bed to come join us ring in the new year!

  10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1...

 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

And we were all in bed at 10 after midnite!  shewsh.

Merry Christmas 2012!

Christmas Eve 2012

It's Christmas Eve and following a nice family dinner and attending church, the kids busied themselves with preparations for the visit from the Man in the Big Red Suit!

 Not sure if you recall, but last year Comet lost his collar on our deck! A really small collar for a reindeer if you ask me...but that debate is done and over. 

 Nate and Tessa hung on to it all year long and hoped to get it back to Comet this year.

 

 Tessa is leaving a message for Santa explaining the Comet collar debacle!

 How does it go...and children all nestled by the fire with glee...or something like that...Here's our fire, our children and can't you just feel the abundant glee?!

 Mia has no clue.  She is all snuggled up in her Santa jammies, stuffed in baby jail and taking in all the hustle and bustle of the bigs!

 Nate and Tessa set a Christmas card out for Santa too.  How cute.  And, maybe strategic? Maybe they were thinking about all the times their mother says that they are lucky they are cute? 

 So, we have a cup of hot chocolate, a carefully selected brownie, a few carrots for the sleigh pullers, Comet's collar and a friendly note explaining that Nate and Tessa dutifully kept that collar safe all year long and are responsibly returning.