Monday, December 8, 2008

Thanksgiving, Sisterhood, Birthdays...

Thanksgiving at the Benton's. We also had a second Thanksgiving with Gma and Gpa Maloney, (but forgot the camera).

Who knows??


Nell cooked for about 12 hours. She's crazy (to our benefit).



Anna made a cake to celebrate Nell and my birthday. So sweet. We haven't had a home made birthday cake in years!


Sunday, December 7, 2008

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Random Pics from last two months...

Onyx is definitely Violet's dog!

Last Fall walk...
Milwaukee skyline


Wednesday, November 19, 2008

First Professional Photos

These photos did not come around easily. We had to cancel two sessions with our photographer, once due to weather and the other due to Bob's grandmother's death. We finally made it through the 1 and 1/2 hour session with Anna, Nikolai and Helena, using food bribery, funny faces, begging and pleading, only to have our photographer accidentally erase all the pictures. So, we went in again and redid the shoot. We are happy with the outcome and despite all the tears (babies) and headaches (parents).













Tuesday, November 4, 2008

YES WE CAN!!!!!

Note our t-shirts, courtesy of Sally. Thanks!


Monday, November 3, 2008

Fall in the Woods

I will never tire of these woods a block down the road from our house. We are so lucky to live by acres of natural land yet within five miles of downtown. Housing market is terrible, but I think we are stuck in the right place.










Monday, October 27, 2008

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Godess-Mama Extraordinaire

Auntie Nell flew me and Violet out to Florida for a visit. We stayed in the ocean-front condo with her (not too shabby). We had a great get-a-way, and plan to go back with Bob with us next time.



Violet is a true "water baby." She wasn't frightened of the waves at all, much to my amazement.




The Zoo




Great restaurants
Auntie Nell insisted on ice cream more than several times during the trip.



View from Nell's balcony at sunrise. Why was I up that early, you may ask. Well, internal clock was slightly off due to the time change. Can't complain after seeing this.