Happy Anniversary!

 Today Jack and I have been married for 13 years (and counting!).

 To celebrate we will have dinner at Ala Krell Kitchen (home).

For dessert......."Death By Chocolate".

And here is one of my favorite wedding pictures to share.

Sorry about the picture quality--its a picture of a picture, but still fun!

Sun And Snow

What a weekend!

The weather was absolutely perfect!  The wind is still and the temperature very mild.  With the sun shining as it is, I guess you could say it is even "warm".

We got a bunch of fresh snow on Thursday which was great for Chey and Jack's half day of school sledding party on Friday.  There were lots of kids on that hill enjoying sledding with their friends and fellow classmates.  They had tons of fun!

Saturday Hannah had a basketball game in West Bend and marked the girls first win of the season.  Final score; 12 to 10.  It was not a very high scoring game, but was one of the most fun to watch.  

Saturday was Cheyenne's last day of her basketball camp.  She is disappointed that it doesn't run longer, but is anxious to move on to whatever comes next.

Sunday...a day of rest, but with an absolutely beautiful gorgeous day as it is we won't be resting for too long.  There is no time to be in the house today!  Not on a day like this!

The kids went icicle hunting and found the biggest icicle ever! 

Sledding down a little snow hill we have on the lawn.

Ready to go into town for some "real" sledding.  I get a kick out of living in a house on 10 acres and there isn't a single hill for sledding.  Instead, we have to pack up our sleds and venture into town to go on the hill by school.  Too funny!

How 'Bout Dem Packers!?!

The game we have all been waiting for.  The results......what we all wanted (hoped) to see.  The Packers are off to the Super Bowl with a final score of 21 to 14 over the Bears!  Yeaaaaahhhhhhh!!!

 

We had our own little Packer party here at home.

Something "Cheesy"

We don't have any cheese heads to wear, but thought we could be complete Wisconsinites by making something cheesy to eat.  How about some deep fried cheese curds?

Deep Fried Cheese Curds

 INGREDIENTS:

1         cup all purpose flour (plus a little more to coat curds to absorb "sweat")

1 1/2   teaspoons baking powder

1/2      teaspoon salt

2         eggs beaten

1/2      cup of beer (could use milk)

1          pound cheese curds

DIRECTIONS:

Be sure cheese curds are fresh and are at room temperature

Shake them around in a little bit of flour.  The flour absorbs excess moisture from the curds.

In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.  Stir in the eggs and beer.  Add more beer for a thinner batter.

In a large, heavy skillet over medium heat, heat the oil thoroughly.

Coat the cheese curds with the batter.  Excess batter should be drained using a wire mesh strainer (I just let them drip from the fork I was using to fish the curds from the batter).  Fry the coated cheese curds for approximately 1 minute each--until golden brown.  Drain on paper towel.

Let cool for a little bit (they are extremely hot!). 

Enjoy.

*Helpful little hint; be sure to only do a few curds at a time to ensure best (yummy) results and avoid a major mess.

Happy Birthday Jack!!!

Today Jack is 35 years old.  Temperature on the thermometer was close to zero all day (9 degrees below this morning when we got up) with wind chills way below.  Needless to say, we didn't party outside.  Instead we did some baking.

When the kids got home from school they decorated a cake with sprinkles.

 

 

They put the candles on.

Of course tested the frosting, but shhhhhhh........don't tell!

 

After basketball practice and dinner we had time to do a little singing before Hannah had to leave for her dance.

 

Make a wish!

It was a bit of a rushed night.  Tomorrow it is lots of basketball for the girls during the day and then a party at M.J. Stevens at night.  Sunday is the big Packer game, so we are going to have our own little Packer party here at home.  Jack will grill out his belated birthday dinner request of stuffed pork chops.  I even looked up a recipe for homemade cheese curds we're going to give a try.  We'll have to see how that goes, but sure does sound yummy!

All in all Jack says it was a good day.

Happy Birthday, Jack!

Many, many, many more to come!

Minute To Win It In Chey's Classroom

Last week Cheyenne's class played their own version of Minute To Win It.  She told me this morning to be sure to check out the pictures.  Here is one of her.


"You Can Do It" - Feed a piece (or two) of uncooked spaghetti through the tab of a soda can with your teeth, without using your hands. The partner then puts the other end in their mouth and they transfer the can over to another desk - TWICE!

 I guess the class found out the games weren't as easy as they seemed.  None the  less, Cheyenne said she really had a lot of fun both watching others and trying the tasks herself.

Howdy There Partner

This week at school the first grade has had a themed dress up day for each day of the week.  Today was Western Wednesday.  Jack was pretty excited about going to school in cowboyish attire.  Although, he was disappointed because he couldn't take his pop-gun (no weapons--the teachers must have made that very clear) or wear his spurs.  Ah well, Jack was still totally excited.  It will be lots of fun for the kids.  I can't wait to hear all about it when he gets home.
 

 Cowboy Jack

Hannah's 2nd Band Concert

Last night we were treated to a live performance by the Central Middle School 6th grade band.  Hannah had her second concert of the school year.  There are over 60 kids (couldn't fit them all in the picture from where we were sitting) in the band playing all sorts of different instruments.  The biggest section is the percussion with about 18 kids.  As for the French Horn (Hannah plays), there are three.  The kids really improved since their first concert!  

Of course I forgot my camera at home and had to use the one on my phone (not a very good picture).  Hannah is the one "glowing" (I can't even make out her face--she is in white almost center of the picture).