Music Class

Brett and his good friend Miriam

The whole class with Mrs. Crist

Brett took Music class this school year and had so much fun.  He would go every Tuesday after school for an hour and couldn't wait to do it each week.  At the end of the year they performed at a concert.  He is already talking about next year.

Starting a new tradition

Front Row at the boys State Basketball Tournament

Jay had grown up going to the boys state basketball tournament and had been waiting to take the boys.  We decided this year that all 3 should be ready to go and sit at a gym all day for a weekend.  We had great seats, we were front row right behind the bench!  It was a lot of fun to see many friends that also have the passion for basketball as much as our family does.
It got to be a little long for the boys but they still had a good time.  We were also able to see Uncle Nick for a little bit as he was there recruiting.  Can't wait to do it again next year!

Our little Artist

Drew had some Artwork selected to be at an Art show at our local gallery.  He was pretty proud of it!

Life with 3 and a dog......

No need for words the pictures capture it all!

Brett doing the booty dance

  

Our little Picaso!

Drew had some artwork selected by his art teacher that was put into a art show at our local Art Gallery.  He was very proud of his work and so are we!  Way to go Drew!

A Huge Success!!!!

Many of you know I had a dream to help start an Empty Bowls in the community in which Jay and I chose to call home.  Little did I know just a little over a year ago when we made our decision to stay in Marshfield I would be on the steering committee planning an Empty Bowls and making it a huge success.
Here is a previous blog post explaining my dream!

Empty Bowls was on Saturday and it was a HUGE success.  I never thought it would go as well as it did the first year, I was wrong!  We had over 500 people and raised about $6800!  The excitement and energy that was at the event was incredible.  So many wonderful comments and so many wanting to help out next year. 

I love that I was able to share in the dream of so many others to bring Empty Bowls to our community.

I can't wait for next year!

A little rearranging

Drew's new bed tent

Girls get canopies and boys get hoops!

lots of ball time

legos and cars still hoping to change the wall color but waiting until we really know what he wants

Brett now has the bed that was in Drew's room.

Of course he gets a hoop too

Reed arrange and organized his room for him.

Christmas Decorations

Many of you have been asking for pictures of the house when it was decorated for Christmas.  Well, I thought I had taken a lot more pictures but I guess not.  So this is what I have:

What you didn't see; one more Christmas tree, lots of Santas, our Nativity sets and more.  I promise next year I will bet better about taking pictures.  

When I put it all away I had 22 bins so you can imagine the Christmas Decor until next year. We would love for you to come and see it in person...hint hint

The Christmas Tree in the billiard room

Living room mantel

A Christmas Miracle!!!

Few weeks ago......

We were at Walmart and Santa was there for the children.  Brett went up very willingly but Drew seemed hesitant.  We let Brett tell Santa what he wanted and get his picture taken, but still Drew wouldn't go near Santa.  As we were walking away Drew grabbed my hand and said, "Can I just go tell him for what I want?"  So we walked back over and Drew asked Santa for a white dog that was already trained and didn't shed.


A couple days later.......

We explained to Drew that we were not going to get a dog this year because the type of dog that we would need (my mom is very allergic) is hard to find and Santa wouldn't want to make a mistake with the type of dog that he would get us.

Fast forward to Dec 23rd.......

My mom and I went to lunch in Stevens Point at a dear friend's house.  We were asking her about their new dog and she explained how they LOVED Peshi, but Peshi did not like her husband.  They had even hired a trainer to work with Peshi and Jim over that past year.  They did not want to take the dog back to the pound but wanted to make sure Peshi went to a good home.  

I asked Judy if she was serious about wanting to find a good home for Peshi.  Peshi is the dog that we have been looking for! He is a white Cockapoo which is a non-shedding, hypoallergenic breed.

I explained to Judy that she would be our true Christmas miracle if we could take him home because my boys would LOVE him.  She wanted to talk to her husband first and she would get back to us.  Judy called us that night and said Jim would love for him to come to our home.  They wanted to make sure that Peshi would like Jay and the boys and that if it didn't work out that we would bring him back and they would find him another home.

Dec 24th.......

Jay and I got up early Saturday morning and told the boys that we needed to run some last minute errands.  We had no idea if we were coming home with Peshi or not.  When we arrived at Judy's house, Peshi was a little hesitant of Jay but warmed up very quickly.  We decided we were going to take him home and see how it goes.  When we got home I came in first and explained to the boys that we had their first Christmas gift and they needed to be very calm and no screaming!

Jay walked in with Peshi and they were so excited and Peshi LOVES the boys! 

The boys meeting Peshi for the first time

Peshi in the car to our house.  He sat in Drew's  cars seat.  It was pretty cute.

If I had any doubts about Santa,  I am a full believer again:)

UTPA in Chicago!

Once again this year Nick's team played in Chicago and we went down for the weekend.  We weren't able to spend a ton of time with him but the boys took advantage of every moment the could!

Makes me smile:)

The LEGO store!!!!  YIKES!  Luckily walked out with nothing:)

Reed and Drew being ball boys

Drew getting all the hugs he could get.

One of my favorites from the weekend:)

The boys with Uncle Nick and the "Penguin"

The Bennett Men

Really???  We went into Target shopping and came out to find this!  Not even a note...so frustrating!!!!!