Thanksgiving weekend 2010

We celebrated Thanksgiving in Sioux Falls at Paul and Darlene's.  Will's Aunt and Uncle and their son  and family joined us.  We had a great day!  The kids are shown here making homemade place mats.  The cell phone camera did not take very good pictures

 

The men watching Football.  Go Cowboys!

We ended our weekend with a "girls day" by attending the Nutcracker and having pie and coffee at the Fry'n pan.

Introducing.....

JOEY!!!

 We are so excited to bring a new puppy into our home.  As Jillian said this morning "the saddest day of my life was the day Abby died"  We were all sad, but life goes on and new blessings come our way.  So far he is sweet, adorable and loves to cuddle.   We had thought we would get a female and I had the name "JOY" picked out.  After talking with a breeder we decided on a male and my friend Steph had the idea of "JOEY".    So thanks Steph for your great idea- you win absolutely nothing other then the pride that goes along with naming the Eidsness puppy :) 

Halloween 2010

Happy Birthday Will!

Happy birthday to our favorite dad and husband!  He turned 36 today.  The girls asked me yesterday what to draw on their homemade birthday cards.  I told them to draw pictures of things he likes.  They drew pictures of footballs to show his love of sports and a tent to show his love of the outdoors, and a cross to show his love for Jesus. That pretty much sums up why we all love him so much!   His parents came down for supper and his mom brought down the famous angel food cake to top off our celebration.  We love you Will! 

Childhood friends

The girls and I had a great time this past weekend attending a wedding shower for my childhood friend Laura Barta.  We were neighbors for many years and shared countless hours together creating memories that we reminisce about whenever we get together.  One of those memories was playing Barbies together.  The girls and I thought it would be fun to buy her a bride barbie to symbolize our years of friendship.  It was a fun afternoon and I am so excited for Laura as she enters into this next chapter of her life

Madelyn turns 5!!

Here we are as a brand new family of 5 taking our first picture.  We lived in Omaha and delivered Madelyn at Methodist Hospital around 11 am in the morning. 

Madelyn was a happy baby.  She always had these big and rosy cheeks. 

Here is the birthday girl with her "princess cake" made by her Grandma Darlene.

Madelyn received a "bitty baby" and was thrilled! She is our girly girl and loves all things pink and sparkly.

Lauren made her sister a cardboard cake for her birthday.  Lauren spent over a week working on this project. 

As if her birthday party and presents were not enough, we also took part in our annual tradition of picking pumpkins from Grandpa Paul's pumpkin patch.  We hauled home tons of pumpkins and gourds.  It was a great way to end a very special day.  We love you Madelyn. 

I posted this picture because if you had a niece that was this darn cute you would do the same :) 

Madelyn goes to Preschool!

Madelyn started her second year of Preschool this morning.  She will attend Webster Public Preschool on M-W-F mornings.  She was very excited!

Her teacher's name is Mrs. Vondracek

The check in

A quick hug and she was off to join her classmates.