HALLOWEEN 2010

Happy Halloween everyone! Special year for Aaron and Emily. Aaron's 1st Holiday/Halloween and Emily 1st time going out to house to house. Last year(2009) she was sick, year before (2008) she got home from the hospital, (2007) she had a Trach and (2006) she was just born and lived at the Hospital.
We started early -4pm- went to Grandparents house to Annies. Then to town to all the Aunts and Uncles. Getting in and out of the car 100 times is a lot. We finished it up with Subway supper in Courtland (Katie and Jesse's house). The troops were ready to go home since it was about 8:30pm.

The spooky crew

The Sparkly Tinkerbell

The Lady Bug (aka Asian Beetle)

The pumpkin (aka rotten pumpkin - cause he was crabby )

Tinkerbell lost all her pixie dust. Every year Brianna falls asleep.. but Emmy is ready for more

Aaron's new babysitter

 Brianna wanted me to roll out her playdough but I was really busy with Aaron. She was whinning a lot. i turned around and said "unless you can change his diaper I can not help you at this moment." Brianna said with a straight face "okay". So she changed him all by herself. Go Nana!

Brianna took this picture. Not bad. Aaron has a tiger nose on.

Popcorn Ball making

A yearly tradition that Grandma Wendinger would do every year. Ever since she passed away almost 10 years ago my sisters, mom and I would continue the tradition on.

This year we made 242 popcorn balls. Every year it takes us 15 minutes to figure out what to do. Funny thing is we write down every year whom comes over, what the weather is like and what didn't work the year before.

Brianna, Emily and Aaron were wonderful kids today. I mentioned that Grandma Wendinger was babysitting. The Dragon slept from 8:15 to 12:15, Emily didn't have any eposides, and Brianna just out of our hair.

Best part we started the morning out with Grandma rolls. Growing up every Saturday Grandma would make 2 pans of rolls which then we would meet our family and Pauls family to eat them all up. I remember Paul calling the ride over here the Grandma bus. Dad would drive the bobcat over and we would sit in the bucket. (High class ride).

Reading through the book of previous years - Sheila and Mom

Brianna and myself

Annie was incharge of popping popcorn and boiling the sauce

Sheila was in charge of sifting popcorn and stirring popcorn mixture. Myself in charge of forming balls and mom wrapping them

Support staff. Emily and Aaron

Our harvest for the year 242 balls. Good yield this year

St. George store demolitation video part 2

These are the final videos of the demolitation

Video #4


 Video #5

St. George Store demolition videos part 1

 Video #2

Video #3

 

St. George Store

The Store in St. George was takin down October 27, 2010. To many this house was an eye-soar but to many others it was known with too many memories. 

The store had been in operation since before the Dakota uprising. Harvey Palmer operated the business from 1951 to1964. In June of 1964, Elmer and Louise Penkert purchased the general store and tavern. (Craig's Grandpa and Grandma - Patty's Parents). After operating the store for over 13 years the store closed its doors forever August 22, 1978. Myself I don't remember the store but minutes before it was torn down Roger was walking through. He pointed out the place that he proposed to Patty. Now knowing the landmark of memories is now gone. 

The Lafayette Excavating was hired to take the house down with the help of many other. Hauling the loads were Jim Gleisner, Roger Beranek, Lafayette Excarvating truck and Holy Land Haulers - Matt Wendinger.
They started on Wednesday and still getting the final layer of gravel on as of Friday.

Before demolition. Dad (Peter) doing one final walk through.

Garage down - first stab into the house

Roger sitting on top of cab

What a mess

Not much left

What a different view

Tooth Fairy

The tooth fairy came to our house last night and it wasn't for Brianna. 

Emily lost her 1st tooth. I am really stocked. 

Yesterday Emily was having bloody secretions and we didn't know why. 

We were thinking she had a sore in her mouth. 

After supper I wanted to get to the bottom of this bloody stuff. 

Sure enough all of a sudden there was a tooth on top of her tongue. 

The cup that we use was the same cup I used growing up. It is a Happy Joes cup which is now wore off

Some people put their tooth under their pillow and our house put it in a cup. 

(with water I may add. I don't know why)

Funny thing is mom had us put it in cabinet that dad had his change bowl and wallet.  

The tooth fairy treated us well.

Emmy loves her brother!

Emily just loves her brother. She can not get enough of him.

Why can't I go?

Sam is attached to Craigs hip. Goes with him everywhere. 

When Craig went to go plow or something Sam was just devastated that she couldn't go with.

Girls are ready

Getting ready for Church Brianna was reading a book to Emily.

Go Vikings

Aaron and I dressed up for the Vikings games vs the Dallas Cowboys.

Super cute we got the picture with Aaron holding up one finger.

Vikings #1

Farming 2010

Grandpa Roger was down by our place taking out corn. Emily was actually feeling okay.
I loaded up the 3 kids and we went for a combine ride. Roger let Craig drive the new
combine for the 1st time. Wow. I think I can drive it. Maybe not there is a drainage ditch on the other end. I would put it in there.

Emily, Aaron and I. Got my hands full

Sam was helping hall corn

Emmy riding shot gun

She wanted to drive

"cheese" She was incharge of intake poles

Daddy and his girls

Big Sister

Brianna is such a mother hen. She wants to do everything that mommy does. Even to the way I hold Aaron. Considering Aaron is 1/4 of her weight she does pretty well. She even wanted to put the Moby wrap on. That did not go as well. She looks all grown up in this picture

Aaron's 5 weeks old

Aaron is 5 weeks old. He is getting so big and strong already. He weights in at 10 lbs and 11 oz. He sure likes to eat. But food doesn't like him. Compared to Brianna he is a handful. Our nickname is Angry Dragon cause he is either sleeping or crying. His tummy doesn't tolerate when I drink milk or have too much dairy so mommy will be cutting that out. He wants to eat still every 2 hours which means he sleeps only every 2 hours.

He is pretty strong already. I feel he can even hold up his head really well. He is showing a few smiles every once in awhile but not too many since we are an angry dragon.

Oktoberfest 2010

Aaron's 1st baby sitter

Brianna has to give about 100 kisses a day.

Aaron's 1st babysitter. He was 2 weeks old and Anne Giesen had tons of fun playing with Him and both his sisters. Kim was out to take care of Emily which she wasn't feeling the greatest that week. Craig and I went to Eric & Suzy Beranek's wedding which was in New Ulm.

Brianna, Anne & Aaron

Aaron and Emily

The Kids