Santa

We went to see Santa at the "Christmas in Cook" event and Izzy asked for a "pretty necklace, a ring, and a hair salon". Vinny started crying and said, "No! No!!". He wouldn't even go near him.

Louis is such a good boy. He still sleeps with Izzy but now Vinny tries to call him in to his room. He usually lays in Vinny's room while the stories are being read and then crawls into Izzy's bed so she can read to him. If he could only talk he would know a ton of books by heart.

The family picture that didn't make the Christmas card.

Izzy with her "cheese" face.

Isabel with her cousin Molly Nelson and with Grandma and Grandpa Nelson.

Wedding

In October we went to Grand Forks to my cousin Lynne's wedding and the kids had a blast. They were the first ones on the dance floor and Tony and I had to drag them literally off at 9pm. They swam and ate pizza in the room and they all got to sleep in "mom and dad's room".

Horses

Vinny and Izzy love horses so much that last time we went to Fosston Vinny asked to see the horses steady for the first hour of the trip. We tried not to talk about them because he would be so insistant that he see them right now!! The first thing they both do when we get to Fosston is run down to the pasture and call, "Annnnnnnieeeee, Saallllly!!"

Tony and the kids carving pumpkins. Izzy was really into it this year and she loved eating the roasted seeds.

My little "pumpkins".

Halloween

This year Halloween was so fun because Izzy was Little Bo Peep and Vinny was her lost sheep. She talked about it for weeks before and even tried it on. The only bad thing was that it came with a shepherd's hook which she used to "hook" Vinny with and he didn't like that one bit!