Just some March stuff

Wayne getting us treats from the Twist Cone... 

parka, stocking cap, and a big pile of snow in the background.

And here's a little movie of our favorite little girl dancing....

Grandma Day - At the Zoo II

Aubrey and Grandma attended a zooclub class at the Great Plains Zoo again in February.  

The kids learned about the rain forest and the animals who live there.

 While we're waiting for class to begin the kiddos get to play with play dough.

 Storytime.

 Learning the layers of the rain forest.

emergent layer

canopy

under storey

forest floor

 Art project.  Aubrey is the best cutter in the class  :)

A demonstration by a bird that would live in the rain forest -- if he didn't live at the zoo.

Florida 2013

Finally some pictures from our trip to Florida Jan 30 - Feb 6.

We flew into Fort Lauderdale and rented a car.  We drove to the Duncan Conference Center where Wayne attended a 'Head of Staff' training conference that he found very helpful.  Debbie had free time to visit, shop, walk on the beach, and mostly sit by the pool!!

 Prayer labyrinth and outdoor worship space.

Here is the South Dakota gang who were attending the conference.  

Kent Stillson from Lutheran Church of our Redeemer, Watertown, Wayne, and 

Tim Sersen from Good Shepherd Lutheran, Aberdeen

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After the conference we drove south through the Florida Keys and stayed for 3 nights in Key West.

Driving across the overseas highway through the Florida Keys.

Southernmost Hotel - it was so nice!

 Our first Key West Sunset!!

One of the 3 pools at our hotel complex.

Key West resident.  Lots of chickens, roosters, and cats on this island.

The America 2.0.  We had a 2 hour sail on this schooner one afternoon.  

One of the highlights of our stay in Key West.

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Leaving the harbor... two cruise ships that were docked at Key West.

 Tank Island, Key West, Florida

The crew said we were sailing at about 11 knots!

Coming back into port.

 More Key West residents!

Each evening there is a Sunset Celebration at Mallory Square.  

Vendors, street artists, music, and lots of crazy people!

And of course beautiful sunsets.

 Banyan Tree.

 mmmmmmmmmmmmm.... key lime pie!

 We read about Garbo's Grill and that it was one of the highest rated places to eat in Key West.  

Found it... its a food cart!

 Southern most point of the continental US.

Christmas Brunch

This was Christmas Day... the day we had planned on having Christmas brunch with Travis, Lisa and Aubrey. Unfortunately this was day 4 of the "sickness" so we got together to skype with Eric and Kristy and postponed the brunch.  While it was great to see and visit with Eric and Kristy, poor Aubrey didn't even feel up to visiting with us or with Uncle Eric and Aunt Kristy.

By Saturday, December 29, one week after she got sick, Aubrey was finally up for
Christmas brunch and opening presents.  They gave us a family portrait.
A perfect gift and reminder of the fun summer gathering we enjoyed!

Aubrey got pretty excited about the bead project we gave her!

New slippers.

Getting ready for egg bake!

Grandma loves the snuggling. Aubrey is demonstrating a game on her computer (Leap Pad).

We unpacked the boys' Castle Grayskull.
We can't remember how many times we have moved this toy set that we got in the mid 1980s.

White Christmas

Upstairs tree.

 Dicken's Village.

 Dicken's Village.

 Dicken's Village.

 Downstairs tree.