Winter of 2010

"Holy Snow"
The ally behind our house is ironically called "Snowdrift Ally"

My attempt at a snowman

Taking a break from shoveling

Sunset in Chester Springs

Merry XMAS

The 2009 Xmas picture

Mongo on Christmas morning

"Cat & Husband Lost...Reward for cat!"

Mongo's Christmas tree. Santa brought him a weeks supply of FOOD!

Mom quilted new stocking this year for the family
Mom's Stocking

Kellen's Stocking

Dad's Stocking

Conner's StockingCandy Cane Mice

Gingerbread House decorated by Conner

Halloween '09

Kissing M & M pretzels Recipe (Halloween version)

What you'll need:
1 bag pretzel wedges or wheels
1 bag Hersey's Kisses
1 bag M&M's (use according to holiday)

Preheat oven to 275 degrees. On cookie sheet, spread out pretzels. Place Hersey kisses on top. Heat in oven 3-5 min. Remove from oven. Place M&M's on top. Push down kisses until flat.

Cool in the refrigerator for 30 min.

Enjoy!

CANDY!!!!

Carved by Conner

Carved by Sandy

Carved by Mom
Craig's 2009 pumpkin contest entry: Cheese Burglar

Carroll's Pumpkin Farm

Carroll's Pumpkin Farm in Grinnell, Iowa.

Brook as a pumpkin.
Bryce milking a cow.
Big Orange Jumping Pillow!
Corn Shooting.
Riding in Cows

Feeding goats

Riding tractors

Deborah and her kids

Welcome to Laurel, Iowa

Taylor's Maid-Right

One of the first things we did on our trip to Iowa was have lunch at Taylor's Maid-Right in Marshalltown. What is a Maid-Right?...Only the best sandwich ever!
A Taylor's Maid-Rite is a loose meat sandwich made of finely ground hamburger. The hamburger is cooked and put in a bun, then served traditionally with mustard, pickles and chopped onions. And now after 70 yrs - ketchup is now available on the counter! Whoo hoo! Taylor's has been in Marshalltown since 1928.