The Extraordinary Ordinary

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Finally! Warmth!

Mother Nature finally took pity on us and gave us a little sunshine and warmth on March 18th. We took full advantage by playing t-ball, riding bikes, and riding skateboards after school. Hurray!

Once again, Matt and the girls got all beautified and attended the Father Daughter Dance at Moccasin Elementary. Eleanor, again, spent much time running around with her girlfriends. And Carolyn was a wall flower. That is, until "Let It Go" from the Disney movie Frozen played. That got her and daddy dancing!

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Coldest Winter EVER!

I'm not going to post actual stats but this winter has been rough. Major snow accumulation, a high number of days below zero, and just plain misery. Actually, I enjoy the snow days. The beauty of the total white snow cover. But come March, it was just like someone was playing a terrible joke on us all. The snow kept falling, the temperatures still freezing.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Christmas Time: Traditions, Cookies, Parties, Giving, Receiving, Love & Happiness

Christmas came early for this lady when the gorgeous Restoration Hardware chairs came that Matt ordered for me! Also a great gift for the kids: 3 huge boxes and tons of giant bubble wrap!

We got a jump on our Swedish tradition and made a batch of pepparkokar to give the teachers, principal, secretary, and bus driver.

Hank and I surprised Carolyn at her Kindergarten Christmas party

And possibly beginning a new tradition, Nicole came over for a deliciously fun day of cookie baking!

This year, Christmas at Buddy and Jackie's was the Sunday prior to Christmas (they surprised the KC Ohlunds and had Christmas with them).

Hank really does love puppy Gus. It's the red sweater he thinks is "not cool" :(

Brody in Hanna's high heels :)

Puppy Winnie spent the week with us. The kids just loved having her (all 5 days) and were helpful walking her (the first 24 hours). Puppies are a lot of work we found out. But darn cute they are!

Christmas with the daycare kids. All in their new cozy blankets from Sandy!

And a great tradition is our late night, jammie and coffee drive looking at Christmas lights.

To our surprise, the Jessie family put out lights again this year (the scaled down version though you can hardly tell).

Carolyn sneaking to get that last candy cane out of the tree

The LeRoy Family Christmas Eve party was such a grand affair as usual. We really enjoyed seeing Jeana and Nate's house and think they are great hosts.