Thanksgiving

Deep-fried Turkey. Yummmmmy. It is now a tradition for my big bro and family to come up and fry up a turkey for Thanksgiving. The next day, we had our own MN State Fair: they fried a "Bloomin Onion", chicken wings and corn dogs - last year, they made cheese curds but the curds must have sat a little too heavy in the 'ol tum-tum b/c they didn't make it on the fry list this year.
We had a ton of fun while they were here! It was awesome to hang out with them for the weekend.
Hope you're all having a wonderful Christmas season so far!

Ellie's Photoshoot

Our friend, Jen, came over yesterday and did a photoshoot of Ellie and our little family. Jen is so creative and artistic! I can't say enough good things about her! Here is a pic of Ellie on the piano bench. Tried to get her to play a concert for us but she thought it was more important to sleep.

Jen's Website

Cousins

So sweet. Can't say any more.

Fall Pictures

Here are a couple pics from our fall walks since Ellie has been home from surgery. She's doing very well and is doing new "tricks" for us each day.

Happy Halloween!

Chubby Bunny and Wisdom Teeth

Have you ever played "Chubby Bunny"? Great game. Yup. Whoever can stick the most marshmallows in their mouth and still be able to say with clarity "Chubby Bunny" wins. They should have a game like that for people who just had their wisdom teeth removed except that no marshmallows are required. You just have to be able to say to the oral surgeon (with clarity, remember?), "Why in the world did you just remove a big chunk of my jaw? Did you pump fat into my cheeks?" But, alas, all I could utter coming out of unconsciousness was, "Huh? Ummm. Owwwwww. Ughhhhh. Huh?" The tooth fairy still rewarded me with $20! That's quite an increase from the last time she visited! (Lovely pics, eh? Yes, the swelling has gone down and life is great!)