The Original Cast

We just came home from a great week in New Mexico spent with Chris' family. We had great weather, great food and lots of fun and good conversation!
Here is the original Carlson Crew and aren't they cute!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

A real Thanksgiving Feast! This "feast" stretched equally as far the other direction. the entire "Great Hall" was filled with 1st graders eating their feast on rolls of brown paper and homemade placemats! Gunnar is second from the bottom on the right.
Gunnar has talked about his little friend Iiro all year .... they talk Star Wars and play on the playground at recess. I ....had in my mind that he was from, well... Japan? So this feast was the first day I got to meet Ihro? He's from Finland!! Gunnar and Iro the Swede and the Finn living in Texas!! That's America!!

11 months today...

Dane is 11 months today....
In all his glory. Teeth, slight runny nose, crawl, stand, walk along the couch, the only word he says is "Auda" every time he sees Audra he lights up and says her name almost clearly!!!!

Soccer Player Wanna-be

A younger brother waits.... waits on the sidelines. Season...after season.... until finally his day will come. The warn shoes of his brother's last season Adidas....he cheers (really echoes the cheers of other fans) "GO FIREBALLS!" At last......soccer season has ended. We hang up the cleats until next season when this little machine will get his turn on the field.

Mother Teresa (a.k.a third grade biography)

Before she fainted....
Yep....she fainted. Turned green, overheated, nervous energy fall to the ground, caught by another mother fainted!!
One for the record books!