Gingerbread House

Nora and I worked together to make a Gingerbread house, or as Nora would say "A Gingerbread Baby house". She talks about how the Gingerbread baby is going to come and live in the house. (She gets this from the book Gingerbread Baby that we read). We put doors and windows in the house so that the baby could get in to sleep. She did such a great job and was very serious about the decorating. I love that she is older and we can do these fun things together. Next year we can let Molly help (this year dad just took her to Wal-Mart during the decorating).

Ohio State

Brian and I went to out to Ohio for the Iowa Ohio St. football game and got to spend some time with our friends. We stayed with Andy and Lisa at their house in West Liberty both Friday and Saturday and met up with Phil and his wife Amy at the game. They were Ohio State fans, but we let them be with us!! The game was really close and the stadium is great. The band formed a Hawkeye that really impressed me! It was just a fun weekend to get away and be with friends. Now that we all have kids it is hard to find time for weekends like that!

Peterson's visit

My cousin Marlene, her husband Brent and their daughter Meg came to stay with us for the weekend from Minnesota. The adults went to the Iowa Minnesota football game and the girls had fun with Ashley (our babysitter). The picture above is cute because it shows all the blond girls playing together. The funny thing is that my side of the family doesn't have blond hair so it is rather strange that all the girls have the same color hair. It was exciting to take Brent and Marlene to the Iowa game and see how they liked the tailgate and the stadium. They did a good job of being neutral during the game and not all out cheering for Minnesota! It is great that we got to spend time with them and hopefully it is something that we can keep going.

Thanksgiving 09

This year for Thanksgiving my mom and dad and Brian's parents came to our house for dinner. My mom was a huge help in making the meal and Deb brought things..so having the meal at our house was pretty easy:) Thanks for parents! We had a fun and relaxing day. The girls loved having both sets of grandparents to pay attention to them.

Playhouse Disney Live!

Grandma Miller took Nora to see Playhouse Disney Live in Cedar Rapids. Nora loved the show!! Thanks grandma!

Hawkeye Game

Iowa played Northwestern today and it was a beautiful day so we decided to take Nora with us to the tailgate for awhile. In the morning Brian and her rode the train in and then I came a bit later when Ashley came to watch Molly. When I got there I took Nora to see the band and Herkey. She was so excited to get her picture taken with him! I told her that Brian needed to take her back on the train and she said, "no mom, I don't know what it looks like in there (the stadium) and I really need to see what is happening!" She really wanted to stay and I wish she could.
When she got to the tailgate her grandpa and made sure she had chocolate milk and a chocolate donut to eat for breakfast! Her grandpa knows what makes her happy!
So all that about the tailgate and the sad part was the Iowa lost against Northwestern 10-17. The quarterback got hurt during the first quarter and it was all down hill from there. The Hawks are now 9-1 and we head to Ohio State. Brian and I will be there next week with Andy and Lisa. It should be a fun game!

Happy Halloween

The girls went as butterflies this year. They looked so cute in their outfits. Nora got cold so they came in and Nora just helped pass out candy. They had such a fun time dressing up. I took advantage of the fact that they would let me dress them alike this year!