Ben Did a Header into the Door Jam!!

Ben did a header the other morning into the door jam!!

He was trying to belly flop onto Scouts bed and he misjudged the edge. It really hurt, there were many Alligator tears and lots of throbbing to go with it.

Don't worry he is a tough kid and a few minutes after the crying he was back to running around and chasing Scout!!!

Camping Indoors

I know what you are thinking, don't worry Benjamin was not actually building a campfire in doors he was playing with his Adventure Set!!!



Our good friends Sandra and Brandon and Griffin gave Ben this fantastically fun adventure set for his birthday!!! Ben absolutely loves to put on his explorer pack and go in and out of his tent!! Lots of smiles, both by Ben and by anyone playing with Ben!!!



It is a good thing it is durable because it took Ben a couple of tries before he realized he needed to duck down before entering or exiting his new tent!



Enjoy the pictures of Ben and his new explorer set:)!!

We got up early on Christmas day and head south to Fairmont. We spent the day with my Dad's family. I did not have to work on Friday so we were able to spend the night and see Grandpa and Grandma Eisenmenger too. The Christmas holiday once again flew by in a flash. Before the holidays came to an end the Alm family joined the Knights for dinner while Leslie was in town. Wendy made a great dinner and we had lots of good conversation and laughs.

We spent Christmas Eve at the Knight's, Ben looked pretty sharp in his Christmas sweater from Grandma Alm.

First Winter Sledding Adventure!!!

SNOW ANGEL****
Leslie is home for the holidays. She was excited to get out into the snow and cold, she says she was in a short sleeve shirt in Switzerland when she left. NOT here!!!

Leslie made a snow angel and Ben wanted to hop in it:)!!!















Leslie says he is only as big as her torso



















Ben Loved his first sledding adventure!!!!
We made it down 4 times!!!

Even though he got snow in his face, courtesy of Scout, he had a blast, he was giggling and laughing as we sped down the hill.

He really loved the ride up the hill as well, He will get to ride for a number of years.






























Notice how Scout was on one side in one shutter shot and the other side on the next shutter shot!!! Crazy dog, he loves to go sledding as well!!!

Interfaith Outreach Sleepout

Well it is around 5°F out these days in Minnesota. The perfect time for a Fundraiser for homeless people in the Western Suburbs. Here is everyone who attended the sleep out and stayed out durring the night.

David and Ashley Modrow

Nick and Lovases cousin(JAY)

Stefan and Betsy (they did not stay out as Addie would not fare to well in the tent, yet)

Steve and Liz Smith and Captian

and the Knight's, minus Benjamin, but including Scout

We also had a number of visitors during the evening, My parents Sarah's parents, Cory, Derek Duchscherer, Anna Lovas, Jim and Kathy Walker, Tom and Debbie A.

We had a blast, a couple of roaring fires, plenty of hot chocolate and Adult mix ins:)!!, Chicken soup and Chili. We had tons of fun!!!

Here are a couple of pictures to illustrate the fun:)!!!

Here is Benjamin and Addie -

Ben loves to give Addie kisses, I think he learns all about kissing from Galina and the little ladies at daycare:)!!!

Ben loves to see Addie though and here is a picture of the two of them.

Benjamin Reaches 1 yr. Old

Benjamin had a wonderful week and a half, his birthday pretty much lasted that long...

Benjamin started receiving gifts from all his loved ones before his birthday and after his birthday, he has loved each and every gift he has received.

To anyone who gave Benjamin a gift, THANK you very, very much, Sarah and I are so blessed to have so many people love our son.

Here are some pics of Benjamin during the past couple of weeks...



Benjamin received a plastic cube which has foot holes and a platform for him to climb on, he absolutely loves this gift!!!
































On Thursday Oct. 23 our Friends the Julien's had their first child, a wonderful baby girl. Her name is Adelyn Rae, she is adorable. As you can see Benjamin is beginning to court her already:)!!! Benjamin was very gentle with Adelyn, surprising because he has figured out how to slap/hit the rest of us, he thinks its funny the rest of us do not!!!

Isn't she wonderful?!!















Here is Benjamin's Birthday cake from his party, Mommy did a great job picking this little cake out. Benjamin thought it was so yumm!!
















Here is Benjamin, Mommy and Griffin, opening up gifts, they had so much fun!!!

Griffin was a big help, he will be such a great big brother!!!
Again Benjamin loves all the gifts he has received and he was so happy a lot of people could participate in his big day!!!
















This is Benjamin before meal times, he is just like his dad, super happy to eat!!!














Over the weekend we went to a Bonn fire at our friend's the Brandhorsts. Al has all sorts of fun toys, one of them being this FarmAll tractor. we usually go for a hay ride through the cemetery around Halloween to get everyone in the spooky spirit!!! Benjamin really enjoyed sitting on it and cranking the wheel!!!