Sadie loves the Boys

I don't know how to handle this! Whenever I turn my back.. Sadie sneaks off and sleeps with the boys! Here she is with Zach who crashed on the couch after school:
And here she is with Luke Sunday morning. Notice the guilty expression:
Any advice would be helpful! Thanks

It felt great to be a yooper!

Wednesday night us "Homechurchers" headed over to my pal Kathy's house for a potluck and a sledding party. A neighbor of Kathy has created his own "luge" type run, complete with warming room, hot choclate, bonfire, and an atmosphere of winter fun! Here's a few scenes to make you wish you lived up here with the wolf and moosen:

Susan bravely attemps a run:
Charlie and Ralph enjoy some guy talk around the fire:
A pile of girls.. and uh, one guy huddle in the warming room while the run is swept to perfection:

hanging out by the fire. the warming room is behind everyone. Festive, huh?
Kathy joined the men folk sweeping the run.
These are our comrades Ole, Han and Liz, enjoying the family time

Joel and Drew had thier own "male bonding" experience:

Rex Lex and Hannah Montanna

I want to start this out by saying that GOD is AWESOME!!
Without a myriad of endless details to confirm that, just trust me. It's true.
Okay THAT said:

Here is my darling new husband with darling little Hosanna at the Cornerzone last night.
And Grace, of corse. I asked her to smile... yeah...
Too much cuteness for one blog! Now this is the dearest little Zuri the world has ever seen:

Yesterday was full, frazzled and fun. Grace, Hannah and a variety of girls came up to see the "Hannah Montanna" 3D movie/concert here in Marquette. What a blast! Of corse we had to have a "Hannah Montanna" party, including cake and a Hannah Montanna wig. Zuri is sporting the wig here, and everyone was waiting for the cake so I had to snap this before she calmed down. But these three were dubbed (by Grace)Hosanna Indiana, Hannah Montanna, and Zuri Missouri.

Then a REAL, LIVE Band came over to eat at my house. This is "Rex Lex", a Christian Band from Madison WI who were invited over by Hannahs band girlies to enjoy my "Vegan Chili" and Fancy HM cake.Sadie insisted on getting in the picture.
We spent the $5.00 each to watch the band. I wished I could understand the lyrics because they were really talented and fun to watch. The lead singer gave a little message, which I always love, and Hannahs band did alot of dancing. (Except Hannah who stayed at my house with a nasty cold)
It was a fun night.

KID VIDS

Lots of videos for ya'll today. First of all, we have Joel. He started snowboarding lessons and I am just the super proud momma. He wanted to make a little "teaching video" for others :-) so here it is:

This is Stepson Zach shooting (but missing, alas) in his teams playoff game. They did awesome, but lost this game nonetheless. Wait! Arrrgh! I saved the wrong video! Oopsy. Well.. (sheepish grin) Here he is making a practise shot:

And now we have Luke making TWO pins at his wrestling meet Saturday. Double Woot! I was doubly blessed to be there to see it! The first one he pinned in the first round, the second was after a pretty good fight.

Luke Wrestles & Hannah Rocks

This is me with the lead singer of "Within Your Gates." This awesome band played next door to me Friday and I got to see the concert and spend time with thier singer.

Here's some action shots of my wrestling-type guy:

Luke gets a medal!! Woot!
Luke kicking butt:

Hannah kicks butt here.. but you gotta endure some fuzzy sound. My camera mic didn't handle the loud band very well, but hang in to the end because you will get a chance to hear hannah kick it out!

Be dental with me

Thanks, Luke, for the use of the toothbrush

Sorry I have been so slow to post but we have enjoyed alot of family this season! Yay! After all the Christmas and new Years events.. we then were blessed with an official "Batt" visit!










Hosanna helped Papa Charlie put together a new lamp! A gift from Super Grandma & Grandpa




And of course.. super cuteness herself: Zuri Shaddai



















And Sadie mae of course ;-)