Monthly Archives: December 2009

Another Christmas has come and gone.  For us this means that Ashten and Ryan are also another year older. We went to Chula Vista in Wisconsin Dells this year and were joined by my father, my sister Vanessa, and her boyfriend Jeff.  Then Brad’s father’s family, had their annual Christmas there as well, so we [...]


One of Tanner’s gifts was a HUGE bottle of Spongebob bubble bath.  He decided he wanted to take a bath in the jacuzzi tub, and of course used the jets. Enjoy the pics below.


For Christmas this year we are heading out of town to Chula Vista in Wisconsin Dells, so we had our gift exchange with Brad’s brother’s family early.  The kids got a lot of cool stuff,  you can tell we’re turning into a family of gamers (shock!). Ashten and Ryan also received their birthday presents since [...]


This year the two elementary schools in town did their Christmas program together.  Because it was so large it was held in the high school gym, which coincidentally use Orion Energy Systems’ lighting fixtures.  For those that don’t know, I work for Orion as their web developer. The program was really cute and the boys [...]


On Monday, Dec. 14. 2009 Ashten was running late for the bus (socializing you know) after school.  He ran to catch the bus, slipped on the wet floor and smashed his knee into the metal frame of the doorway spraining it badly. Below are the photos.


On December 9, 2009 we had a huge snowstorm across the entire state of WI.  Schools were closed, traffic was bad, etc! At our house the roads had not been plowed yet, so our driveway was also not plowed (we have someone do it for us).  The power went out shortly after 8 am, which [...]


Ryan really enjoys helping out in the kitchen, so this weekend he and I made Christmas cookies. Definitely lots of fun. View the rest of our Christmas cookie photos We used the following recipe to make the cookies Mary’s Sugar Cookies Mary’s Sugar Cookies Rated: Submitted By: Pat Photo By: What a Dish! Prep Time: [...]