Santa visit

We have a house nearby that takes Christmas decorating very seriously.  They even have a shed right in the front  yard where Santa and Mrs Clause sit during December and listen to the kid's wish lists. They send them home with a treat bag filled with peanuts, an apple and a candy cane. It sure beats standing in line at the mall.  I only had my cell phone camera along so the pictures are not the greatest. 

 Madelyn asked for a baby doll that pees and poops

 Owen was terrified and asked for nothing :) 

 Jillian asked for a Zu Zu pet and  legos

Lauren asked for an ipod docking station and a Zu Zu pet

Lauren turns 9!

On this day 9 years ago, our firstborn Lauren came into our lives.  We lived in a 2 bedroom little white house in Sioux Falls SD.  Will was a 4th year medical Student and I was a RN in the NICU working night shifts.  We celebrate her birthday today and we are so proud of  the young lady she is becoming.

Here we are at the hospital. She weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces. 

Lauren age 1

Happy Birthday Lauren!

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