Thanksgiving

 My First Thanksgiving!

 Snoozin' with Great Grandpa

 Chillin' with Daddy

 Everyone (except me and Lilli Jo) took Preston down to see the ducks and geese 

(at least I think it was ducks and geese) and Preston got to throw some bread their way.

 They had just put up the snow fence so he couldn't get real close. 

We had tried to go down there the last two times we visited Jeff and Cindy but never got around to it.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with the Beringers in Yankton. Jeff and Cindy served as our hosts in their new house and Grandma and Grandpa Beringer, Jon and Deb, and Amy and Derek came for dinner.

We sure missed having Bryan, Jessica and Cyrus there. Bryan, as you know, continues to serve our country and Jessica and Cyrus spent Thanksgiving with her family.

The night before Thanksgiving we headed to my parents house for some homemade pizza and to make lefse. Uncle Rolfie and Abby joined in on the fun as well! I took some of that lefse down to Yankton with me and even got a couple people to try it! Someday they'll all embrace my Norwegian ways! Next time we get together, I'm going to try to get them to eat some smoked oysters, I think.  :)

We have much to be thankful for ... two happy, healthy children and wonderful families to support us.

Next weekend, we'll head down to Sioux Falls for Amy and Derek's wedding. Can't wait!

Lillian's Baptism

November 13, 2011

Almost everyone was able to make it to Lillian's baptism (we sure missed you, Grandma Trego!) and it was a great day. Her baptism was during the early service and we headed to Mom and Dad's house afterwards for a delicious brunch. Mom and I made most of the food the day before and Dad helped finish things up after church.

Nichole, Randy, Matt and Jessica served as sponsors and I cannot thank them all enough for being part of Lillian's special day.

Lilli Jo wore the gown that Allie wore at her baptism. It was made from Nichole's wedding dress. We used the blanket that was made from my wedding dress as well and again used the handkerchief that belonged to Great Grandma Lillian. The handkerchief will someday be Lilli Jo's.

This little girl is quite blessed!

Our little peanut is growing up so fast! She loves to sit up in her chair and she rolled over (tummy to back) for the first time last night!!

All Things Halloween

Allie's Spooktacular Birthday!

 Nichole and her friend, Courtney, made this super fun cutout for the kids to take their picture with!

 Morticia Addams, aka Grandma, stopped by to read some scary ghost stories

The birthday girl (and Turner!) ... I can't believe that Allie is 5 already!!

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Family FunFest at the Children's Museum

 All you Beringer USD fans ... don't let his face deceive you, it was very close to naptime. 

I assure you, Preston still loves his Jackrabbits!!  ;-)

 Playing a version of ring toss

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Boo!

 "Gimme Candy" and "Daddy thinks I'm purrrfect"  :-)

Our little fireman! 

We never did make it to the firehall with Grandpa Russ to see the fire trucks. Still on our to-do list!

Our little pumpkin!

Preston's 3rd Birthday, Continued

I'm a little behind on the blogging ... after a computer mishap, where we spent a couple days thinking I had lost all of my pictures (YIKES!), everything is back. HUGE thank you to our neighbor for helping us with everything!

Anyway ...

The weekend after Preston's 3rd birthday, we headed down to Yankton to Dustin's parent's new house! We were able to spend a wonderful weekend with his family and especially Dustin's brother, Bryan! Everyone came to the house (which is very nice, by the way!) and we had a huge meal that Saturday. Turkey, prime rib, mashed potatoes, stuffing ... all the fixings for a great holiday meal with the family. We'll still head down that way for Thanksgiving next week, but it was great to have the opportunity to have "Thanksgiving" with Bryan!

And we celebrated Preston's birthday!

 "I hear you have cupcakes and presents for me ..."

 Uncle Bryan!

 "Yep, I'm 3!"

 Patiently waiting for Grandpa to open one of his presents

 Cyrus, Jess and Grandma!

 Puzzles!!

"Um, there's a monster on my puzzles."

I'm 3 months old today!