Blizzard in North Dakota

We woke up to a blizzard this morning. Wind chill near 41 below! Church and all other activities for the day are cancelled including Marshall's Eagle Court of Honor that we have been planning for a long time. Gram and Grand dad came in for the big event and are leaving now with out having witnessed it. The cake is in the freezer to be saved for a later date, the balloons are deflating and the programs are outdated--living in North Dakota is an adventure. Why are we happy here?

Two Boys Birthdays

Marshall celebrated his 17th birthday on 21 Nov 2008 and the next day he shot his first deer. YIKES, two hunters in the house!
Here he is enjoying his favorite plain angel food cake. I won't post a picture of the deer :)

Taylor celebrated his 14th birthday just one week later on 28 Nov 2008, Black Friday this year. He enjoyed his favorite cheesecake for his treat. They are both getting so tall. Marshall is 5'11", and Taylor is almost 5'6" tall.
It is so much fun having these boys around, they are such good kids, I am going to be really sad when Marshall goes off to college.

Our Friends

We invited our friends Chuck and Sharon Campbell for Thanksgiving dinner. They are both blind and live alone. Sharon is battling cancer for the 2nd time in the past couple years. They are such a strength to me and we really enjoyed having them in our home

After dinner we had our annual Thanksgiving pie/dessert night. The chocolate fountain was a big hit once again :)

Thanksgiving Trifle

Brooke always makes trifle for our Thanksgiving dinner, but since she is away at school (we miss you Brooklyn) she gave Taylor the task. He not only made a trifle that looked fabulous, it was oh so delicious!