Weekly Post

Oliver had his first day at doggy camp!  I was really nervous because he has never been off leash with other dogs, but he did great.

Liv created a "family workout plan".  This was a PIYO day.  

Wednesday the kids were off from school.  We spent the morning at appointments, specifically the dentist.  This was our first dental appointment where everyone did NOT have great reports.  Ethan has one cavity, Cole has 5 watches (two are on teeth that will fall out soon), and liv was great-but she did have to get one tooth pulled.  The kids highly enjoyed themselves with the preschool toys in the dental waiting room.

Wednesday night we went out with a bunch of friends for burgers and custard!  

Liv spent the night goofing off with her friends.

We had a nice quiet Thanksgiving with just the 5 of us.  Shawn worked most of the weekend, but he did have this day off.

We put up all our Christmas decorations.

We went Galactic Bowling.  It's the same as regular bowling, but with neon lights and loud music :)

We got our annual tree ornaments.  Liv chose this cute mirror!

Cole chose Jamal Charles

Shawn chose Sheldon, and I got Miss Piggy

Ethan chose Jared Allen

The boys spent a while arranging all their football players together

We went to Helium Fun Park.

We jumped off the towers.  I even jumped off the high one!

We got Mad Science Ice Cream.  It's where they freeze the ice cream with liquid nitrogen right in front of you!

We pulled out the puzzles :)

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We started last week with Parent Teacher Conferences.  Everyone is doing great!

The boys have been spending time downstairs "working out".

We had our first snow!

The dog LOVED it!

This is Ollie waiting by the basement stairs.  The kids will go down and play and he sits and waits patiently for them to let him in.

Liv is a procrastinator with her homework.

Most mornings she is eating breakfast and trying to finish her homework before school!

Liv had a meet this weekend.  She took 2nd overall and did great.

Her next meet is the Wisconsin State meet! 

We had Pie Night tonight and celebrated with our neighbors.

Lots of good pies.  Liv was a good helper!

Weekly Post

The highlight of our week was Shawn's birthday on Wednesday.  He opened presents in the morning before the kids left for school.

Shawn and I went shopping and out to lunch for sushi.

Unfortunately we had Young Mens, Young Womens, Activity Days and Scouts Wednesday night so we didn't get to go out for dinner.  But, we did have cupcakes when we got home late that night.

Oliver went to the spa for the first time.  It's not really a spa, rather just a nice nail clipping, ear cleaning, bath and blow dry!  He LOVED it.

Liv helped me with a service project we are working on at the church.

The weekend was busy.  Ethan work several hours Saturday morning with boys from church raking and cleaning up someones yard, while Cole had basketball for a few hours.  Then the boys went with some friends to an indoor water park for the rest of the day.  That evening Ethan went to the church for a party for all 12-13 year olds across several stakes.  I would have loved to have been a fly on that wall.  A room full of awkward 12-13 boys and girls.....sounds interesting :)

Finally got Ethan's track pictures.

Liv had another meet this weekend.  It was in Madison, so she and I went and spent the day up there. She did great and had a lot of fun (especially with the photo booth and props)!

Sunday was a big day.  It was the annual Primary Program, and Ethan had to teach Deacons Quorum.  I wasn't there, but Shawn said everyone did great!