2010 Sam Davey Holiday Program

5th grade recorder ensemble

All the 4th and 5th graders

Carolers. Next to Alex is Emily.

She really gets into her singing. I love to see that.

Girls Weekend 2010

Our finished pieces of art. Mikki and I also made ornaments for our girls and Amy made a water dish for Mr. Thor. I can't wait to see them all.

The piece we made for April, who couldn't join us. And, yes, I was supposed to be puckered up also but forgot for the second picture. So, good thing I'm cute. lol

Trick or Treat, Smell my feet!

Apparently, I forgot to post the Halloween pictures. Here's our little tick or treat group all ready to go.

Aubrey as a puppy

Mikayla as a purple fairy princess

Alex as Penny from Bolt

Pre-Halloween Activities

Alex's pumpkin at School

The overall winning pumpkin for 5th grade. Hard to tell here but it also lit up.

April, Jen, Ang, Jen, Amy, Mikki and Sara at the Red Parrot.

My wig really got around!

At work. Bubba, Sugar and Bubba's cousin Bubba

November

Oh, what a busy month it has been!!!
I can't even believe it's the 20Th already. Where has the time gone?
Much of my time this month has been involving the Girl Scouts as we had 3 meetings after work, this week alone. Good thing those girls are so darn adorable!
We've also been dealing with issues at school. Progress Alex had made last year, has disappeared while dealing with the class bully. We're taking it one day at a time, and this last week was mostly good.
Academically, she has been doing very well. I had been very concerned that she was behind in learning her math facts but, at conferences, her teacher said she was where she was supposed to be. I am constantly amazed at how she is able to retain things when we are studying. I wish I could do that. :)
This past weekend, I finished my Summer 2010 trip scrapbook and started working on the Christmas cards. I haven't been crafty in a while so it was a relaxing day.
And, this weekend, I'm sitting at Amy's house for Girl's Weekend. Last night, Mikki and I arrived shortly after 5. Because we were first, we are parked in the garage. lol Sara arrived about an hour later. Amy made us a wonderful lasagna dinner and of course we had been snacks (mostly dips - we do like our dips!) and drinks. Today we are going to LaCrosse to paint some pottery and Lord knows what else.
Until next time..........

Wilderness Water Park

For our 11th anniversary, I decided we were getting out of Eau Claire, if only for one night. I worked til noon and we left our house about 12:30, grabbed lunch at McDonald's and away we went. Our first stop in the Dells was the Original Wisconsin Ducks. Very beautiful and relaxing. After that we checked into the hotel and Alex got ready to go to one of the Water parks. We planned to spend a couple of hours there before going to Kahunaville in Kalahari for dinner. No smoking drinks this time. Maybe next time. After we got back to the hotel, Mom offered to stay with Alex so we could go to the Casino. We came back with $40 more than when we went and it was a nice time. But we were exhausted and then went to bed.

Alex's side of the room. She picked out our hotel and room for this trip. And while the room was an upgraded one, it was still half the cost of the Kalahari. Yikes.

Our side of the room, complete with balcony.

Mom and Alex at Kalahari

After dinner at Kahunaville, we walked around the Kalahari a bit to see if there were any big changes since we had stayed there last. And although we didn't see it, they do have a new indoor amusement park.

Water park #2. I didn't take any pictures of the 1st water park thinking we would get back to it. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. This part of the complex allows for year-round tanning. And all the water parks are a lovely 82 degrees year round. You might find me here in February!

Having fun! I love it when she's smiling!!

Water park #3

Waiting for the bucket to empty

Lazy river

Water slides

We checked out of the room at 11 and stayed in the park until 2. We had planned to get some lunch at one of the cafes but I refuse to pay $9 for a slice of pizza and a soda. So, we got Alex dried off and made our way to Culvers for lunch and then headed back home. I don't think we were 10 miles down the road before Mom and Alex were asleep in the car. Alex slept the majority of the way home. I guess we did a good job of wearing her out! The only stop we made on the way home was in Osseo for gas. We would have been 5 miles short of making it home. :)

Wisconsin Dells Ducks

Front view of the Duck

Alex and Mom

Happy Anniversary to us!!

Real Ducks and Duck Butts

Wisconsin River

The Duck's butt so to speak

Where the flooding from Lake Dalton occurred

Lake Dalton

Oh Deer!

These guys better hide soon

Oktoberfest in Black River Falls

October 2nd in Black River. Very small festival that had gyros, llamas and celtic music?!?!?! Hmm.... The beer was good!

Living Displays are not for me!!

Last night, I was using Bob's computer downstairs when I thought I saw something move out of the corner of my eye. But, I was tired and surely must have been seeing things. Oh do I wish I was wrong. Upon second glance, I saw a huge BAT circling the rec room (lovingly called our sports room). I instantly screamed and then screamed again to call Bob who was upstairs. Unfortunatly, Alex was in the shower and the sound of water in the pipes made him think the sound was coming from outside. I was now watching the cats awaiting their turns at attempting to save me while I dialed my phone to call Bob for help. So lucky I had my phone as I don't know what I would have done. To get upstairs, I would have had to walk through the Bat's play land. And while Sprout has caught a bat before, this one was very healthy (as Bob said) and was flying too high for her. The whole time Bob was trying to collect the bat...... EEW EEW EEW Sorry, flashbacks!...... I was intermittently screaming and shuttering as it would fly by the door of the room I was in. Finally, Bobber caught the bat and all was safe. It took me quite awhile to unclench my hands from the chair. And, I only did to text Amy of my latest scare. Our conversation became living displays that even Martha Stewart wouldn't want a part of. Even if glitter was involved. Icky, Icky, Icky!!!

No more BATS for me, please!!!

Oktoberfest Friday

Bob's all happy cuz it's time for Oktoberfest!!

The new Festmeister

Bob and Troy

Oktoberfest Saturday

Alex with her face painted

Oh lala - Troy

My crazy husband!

Troy, Elizabeth, Krista, Elijah, Tony, Kris, Mikki, Bob, Jen, Mom, Alex and Aubrey

Oktoberfest Sunday

As part of our Fruends of Oktoberfest, we were able to have lunch consisting of pork steak, dumplings, sauerkraut, pumpkin bars, brownies and drinks. Yummy. Although, they didn't provide ketchup for my dumplings. Now I know for next year. :)