School Pictures

Abel 1st Grade

Axel 4th Grade

Krisha's Bachlorette

We celebrated my sister, Krisha the other weekend for her Bachlorette gathering.  We had a great turn out, went to a fun show and had a really great girls night at Mystic Lake Casino.  Cheers to Krisha and tying the knot with Brandon!  (wedding isn't until June, we just got a jump start on the parties)  So many giggles during this night!

Thunder down under show :)

Ended up in the front row!
Yes, that is a dollar bill in his butt cheeks :)

Just for fun! 

The bride to be and her neighbor Barbara

Ladies

Kaylee and I- penis in the face
and let the giggles begin!

My mom, sister and the new in-laws

Me and my Mom

The whole group

The beautiful bride to be

Buchti

1st attempt on cooking Brian's great grandma's buchti
(a poppy seed filled sweat bun)

Letting the dough rise

Cutting into squares

Poppy seed filling

Not bad for the 1st try

Taste testing

Yummy

Buchti crazy!!!

2nd batch :)

Full Disclosure:  We are not regular bakers.  I love to learn how to cook new things and thought this year we should learn how to make Buchti.  It's a recipe that has been in Brian's family since his great grandma.  Brian has always loved Buchti any where we can find it.  I'm pretty sure we need to keep practicing our skills in baking. The dough seem to turn out all right but I think we rolled it to thin.  The poppy seed filling was tricky and took longer then we thought which threw off our rising time on the dough.  Brian and I tried a second batch later in the day.  We cut them bigger and kept the dough thicker.  Still don't think they turn out right yet.  The second time we used canned poppy seed filling.  Ann did think it tasted right.  Buchti was trickier then we thought and I'll have to keep practicing.  :)   

Co cousins

Picture catch up:  One of our favorite cousins from Colorado visits.  The boys had so much fun entertaining Seb.  They still ask when are Kellie and Seb coming back for a visit!

All the boys

Of course we brought them to Buca's!

Love our family in Colorado!  Thanks for the visit and hope to see you soon.

Halloween

Pumpkin carving

 

Trick or Treating down town

Abel- Kylo Ren (star wars)
Ansel- Ratatouille
Axel- Werewolf 

The candy haul!

The Rat was wiped out after trick or treating!