cook smarts

Lacking homework I attempted to divert Isabel from her phone to the kitchen...  It worked, sort of.  She made soup for dinner, but watched a couple baking shows while doing so.


under construction

Construction work began on Isabel's smile today.  Our contractor suggested work would be complete in early 2019.

 


vball

season opener in Spring Lake Park.


brrrrlow

17° brrrlow this morning.


happy birthday

started her 15th year sharing good food with great friends.

Happy Birthday Grace!


cold

sub-zero again today.


'tis better

to send the card on time.  Hope your Christmas was merry.


color

putting on some color... in b&w.


christmas camp cake

Christmas Cakies ~ chocolate cake sandwiched between two chocolate chip peppermint pattie center cookies

Santa's Mug Cake ~ Alternating layers of 7 minute frosting and chocolate cake.

Reindeer Food ~ Twix bars, chocolate chip cookies, candy canes all chopped and held together by melted chocolate.

and lottsa SPRINKLES!

 


new construction

New on the market is this stunning single ginger bread family home. Built with attention to every sprinkle and story book style, Isabel and her friend Claire are sure it won't last long.


traffic

Isabel navigating the morning kitchen traffic.


chords

" she told me to just learn the melody, but I wanna make up some chords to go with it".  So she did...


genetic

Grace shot this with her iPhone during the LANY show at First Ave.  Like some other things in life, photographic skill appears to have a genetic component.


game set match

or maybe that's tennis, in any case, season finale tonight.


face paint

Isabel working the facing painting booth at the Halloween block party.


crafty

A tie blanket and a fall banner.


warmin' up

Pre-game serving chaos.


excited

she got a bit excited with their win over Moose Lake tonight...


dig

Isabel had some big digs tonight, but it wasn't enough to get past the Esko team.


practice

Isabel's in charge of face painting at the neighborhood Halloween party.  She was going to practice tonight, but looks like her friend Claire got to go first.


competitor

Isabel looking a bit smug after their win against Proctor...

 


huskies

The Ordean Huskies played the Proctor Rails in the season opener.  As you can see it was an exciting game.

 

ps.  I wasn't happy with any one photo... so if it looks like there's two Isabels, it because there is :-)


movie night

Mom's in Minneapolis rockin' with Bono and friends. Grace is footballing and shakin' a leg at the post game dance... high schooler ya know.  So Isabel, her friend Claire and I decided to go big for movie night.


back to reality

the last one was the "Facebook post".  Here's the real story on back to school...