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Hello...
Not much is new in our world. I am busy at work and Ben is busy wrapping up his last semester of classes before his student teaching assignment starts in January. We are preparing for Christmas little by little. Most of our shopping is done and this past weekend we managed to get a picture taken for our Christmas cards. I didn't add the actual picture we're using but you'll get a good idea of what it looks like. Most of last week my best friend Haley stayed at our house as she was unfortunately in town for a funeral. Peter got to spend a lot of quality time with his Godmother. She really enjoys seeing him as he grows and changes oh so quickly. Last night Peter refused to eat Spaghettio's off of a fork from me and insisted on feeding himself (as you can see). He hammed it up real nice for the camera. We hope all is well with you and we hope you are enjoying your own preparations for Christmas. Come again soon for more funny Peter stories. :)

Thanksgiving

Hello everyone! We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving Weekend! Grandpa Punky & Grandma Berta came to Mankato to spend the weekend with us. The five of us went to Randolph, MN on Thursday to eat with Ben's parents & 2 sisters. Ben worked the rest of the weekend at Menards & Grandma Berta & I did projects around the house...We put up the Christmas decorations, sewed, rearranged Peter's room, etc. It was a busy, yet relaxing weekend. Grandpa Punky & I had a couple of dates--we went to 2 matinee movies on Friday & Saturday afternoon. Here are some pictures...The pictures of Peter eating are a little redudant, but I couldn't resist adding them as each one is cute in it's own way! He sure did like eating his Thanksgiving meal! We finally bought an artifical tree this year. The last two years we have used a real tree (such a mess!). We love our new fake one! It's 7 1/2 feet tall and it's really full. It was a lot of fun putting it up & decorating it. Peter hasn't caused too much damage yet. :) Well, we hope you're all enjoying the start of the holiday season. Come back soon for another update!

Miss us?

Hey everyone! We have been so busy with nothing very exciting so I haven't posted in awhile. Ben has been going to school, working & tutoring like 60 hours every week! I have been working full time as well and we've both been juggling Peter, lovingly of course. :) Grandpa Punky & Grandma Berta are coming to town on Wednesday & they are staying until Monday morning. We are very excited to see them, but I think they are even more excited to see Peter! On Thursday morning, the 5 of us are traveling to Randolph to spend the day with Grandpa Ed & Grandma Paula & Peter's 2 aunts, Karla & Rebecca (Ben's sisters). The rest of Ben's family will be elsewhere for Thanksgiving. Ben works most of Thanksgiving weekend at Menards, so Berta & I will be doing projects at our house. We're going to put the Christmas decorations up, hem some of my clothes (I've lost 30 pounds), wrap presents for the holidays, etc. Other than that, we don't have much else to share...Oh, Ben found out that he will be doing his student teaching next semester in Nicollet, MN. That is 10 miles west of North Mankato. It'll take him less time to drive there every morning, then it would be to drive across town to one of the high schools here. He will be teaching two 11th grade classes & one 8th grade class. He is looking forward to it very much! We hope you all have a fun & safe Thanksgiving holiday. Hopefully we'll take some pictures soon so that we can post them here. Come back again next week!