Beautiful winter

Kind of an anomaly, isn't it?  We woke up to beautiful frosty trees this morning.  Everything was white...it was so pretty!!

Thanksgiving + Ben's birthday

We went over to Heidi and Joel's house for Thanksgiving this year, despite the terrible weather.  We left a day early so we'd beat the snow....North Dakota is extremely unpredictable from November to, oh, May?  We met Mom and Don there...it was really great to be together!  Heidi cooked her little heart out and everything was excellent.  While we were there we had a little birthday party for Ben. 

Watching the jack rabbit through the downstairs window

Heidi the wonder woman :)...making mashed

potatoes and looking fabulous doing it!

Joel cutting the turkey in his prisoner outfit

We had another birthday party for Ben on his actual birthday date.  He got some great stuff from Grandmother and Grandpa and an ipod shuffle from us...let's hope this one doesn't go down the toilet.