thanksgiving in illinois

went to illinois for thanksgiving this year. first we went to lee's parents house in atkinson until friday and then headed over to rockford to see our family. i needed some better pictures for our christmas card so we took some pictures out at the ledford's cabin by their personal lake. here is mom, tyler and i on their outdoor swing. luckily we had a gorgeous day!me and my bro with thier lake in the back groundtyler had to get on his knees to dance with lee's mom fran :) mom, lee sr, lee jr, and fran (in green mode)

my bro and his sweet new truck in yellow mode :) this pic could be a dodge ad i think.

lefse making

we had lefse making at my uncle wayne's house this year. it was just as fun as always with family, games, fun, etc. below is torie and tylerplayed some cards (lee, mom, ronnie in the background being the dj, and polly) the girlies that were there making kissy faces :)

here's a cool pic of some family playing wii in the living room with the red feature on my camera.

a weekend full of babies

i visited geri and mckenna this weekend. mckenna is now 15 months old, i can't believe she's so big already! she has such a personality already. she's so independent. below is a picture of her dad, mike, after he was chasing her and had caught her. she loved that game with him. and when she ran from him, she swung her arms out and about all crazily; it was so cute and funny and had geri and i cracking up!here is her stop-taking-pictures-so-i-can-play face; goofball! :) i love some of the faces she makes!! especially when she uses her eyebrows.

walter and mckenna just hangin out.

something was very funny! geri in the background.

also this weekend, my best friend from high school megan's older sister jenni had her first kid. a daughter named liliana mae. she weighed in at a petite 6 pounds 5 ounces and 19 inches long. can't wait to meet her. congrats to jenni and matt, and to aunties megan and shannon!!

halloween 08

went to throwbacks in woodbury for halloween. there was a great band playing and had so much fun! below is a group shot of all us softballers! manda the beer wench, johnny the red neck, kunde the senorita, tyler as ricky bobby, me the cheeto and meg the fat stripper.

me and my bro!! i was so glad he came out for a bit!

me and my girls! (doin the "vanessa") i love these chicas!!!!