Santa is so Flexible

 

 

When your mom works night shifts, weekends and holidays

Santa is so understanding. Write him a letter with a special

request and he will most certainly accomodate.

Christmas on the 21st this year, sure thing!

 

 

In Dolezalek tradition we laid low in new pajamas,

opened "brother-sister presents",

had snacks and cookies by the fire and

all piled into mom and dad's bed.

(thank god for a king sized bed because this

pregnant mama needs some space).

 

Thanks for being so flexible Santa.

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 



Kids and Dogs in Hats

Super Happy Brownie Girl

 

 

All Prettied Up

 

Christmas Carol bound with Mema and Papa

Christmas with the Dolezaleks

 



 

 

Santa Visit

 

 

Ava - serious and sincere.

and then there is Luca, goofball. Classic.

 

 

 

 

Thanksgiving - Wallden Style

 

 

Belle

maybe I'm a little too hard on Belle.

I tease her about her weight, 

complain about how stubborn she is, 

how she smells terrible from sitting in the ginkgo fruit, 

how gross she is to bring dead animals inside (sticking by that one)

and get frustrated that she has to sit in the absolute

middle of a busy kitchen...refusing to move her big behind. 

But, I sort of like her. Ok, a lot. 

She is sort of gross and stubborn, 

but she's also calm and tolerant, sweet and smart - 

maybe too smart. 

We made it through her hunger strike, 

her garbage eating, her compost eating,

and probably lots of other negative things that I've forgotten

but big Belle is a member of the family - good and bad. 

She's a best friend to Ruby and the kids adore her. 

Just an old big girl in need of some love. 

A Pretty Nice Little Saturday

Pre kids I never would have imagined how much I

would savor a stay at home Saturday. 

No plans, no obligations, sweatpants. 

I'm not saying it's all perfect - surely not.

But sometimes cleaning the house, watching the

kids and the dogs play and a husband putting in

a solid day of tree house building makes a 

pretty perfect weekend. 

Dustin and I laughed on one of our runs to Menards 

remembering an Old School quote that seemed fitting...

Frank: I told my wife I wouldn't drink tonight. 

Besides, I got a big day tomorrow. 

College Student: A big day? Doing what?

Frank: Well, um, actually a pretty nice little Saturday, 

we're going to Home Depot. Yeah, buy some wallpaper, 

maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. 

Maybe Bed, Bath & Beyond, I don't know,

I don't know if we'll have enough time. 

Halloween

cool costumes, hyper kids

way to score a bunch of candy for your pregnant mama. 

Grim Reaper, Flash, Black Widow

Growing

it's been so long since I've uploaded pictures and now

I have no clue when exactly any of these fall pictures

actually occurred - doesn't really matter I guess

it was a warm fall day and we wore shorts to pick raspberries. 

the great thing about raspberry picking is that you

can eat as many as you'd like while picking. 

we totally got our moneys' worth. 

Ruby is not a fan of posing for picture. 

Sweet tolerant pup.