THIS JUST IN.....
Looks like Grandma is cancer free!! Thanks to all of you out there who have kept her in your thoughts through all of this! Damn the cancer and damn the Cowboys!

It' been a crazy couple of months. Things have calmed down around our house and we are waiting for snow! (Lucy left, Marigny right)


Last week was Thanksgiving. We would like to thank Auntie Kristy for sharing her pumpkin cheesecake with us. Can you think of a better way to practice our fork-skills? (Lucy)


Maringy


One of our favorite things to eat is apples.....(Marigny left, Lucy right)


And we LOVE to crawl around naked.....peek!


There is a lot to see from our living room window..... (Lucy left, Marigny right)


One day we when we looked out the window there was Grandad! So we asked him in for coffee and toast.... (Lucy left, Marigny right)


Since we couldn't be with our Grandma and Papa Bear for Thanksgiving we had an early celebration with all those crazy Umhoefers!! Great Grandpa Art and Great Grandma Dot made it all the way up North from the Falls.....


Grandpa Art read lots of books with us.... (Marigny left, Lucy in lap)


To bulk up for winter we are learning to forage in the yard.....(Marigny)


And drive in our cars to the co-op for some real food.....(Marigny left, Lucy right)


Alas, poor Lucy had a car accident and had to be consoled by Papa Bear.....we will post that video as soon as we get a chance....


This is our Dad's attempt at humor....a "basket-ball".....you know, he can really cramp my style sometimes.....(Marigny)


Mom's college-pal, Becky, and her son, Owen, visited all the way from Arizona....


Owen and Marigny sittin' in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g......


We want to give a shout-out to Mary Jane for sending us these sweaters....about a year ago....yup, they still fit!! Thanks for keeping us warm! (Lucy left, Marigny, right)


And finally, we are giggling with joy over the arrival of our new twin amigos, Maghnus and Gavin!!!


Welcome to twindom little buddies!!!! (Gavin front, Maghnus back)

We got together with our "Girl Posse" yesterday. All of our Moms and Dads looked like fools waving their hands in the air, jumping up and down and making oogity-boogity sounds just to get us all to look at the camera.

Left to Right:
Maringy, Lucy, Ashley, Meadow, Lauren, Jaydin and Adison

Mom and dad finally gave us our birthday presents from Uncle Jonathan. We had been waiting and waiting!







We learned that Chileans have small heads!



Then we "hung out" in our hammocks!







Here's the a video of the present opening. We are not good at opening presents yet, so it is a pretty long video.





Thanks Uncle Jonathan!!!!! We love you!!!!

Lucy and Marigny walking around the house tonight. Enjoy!

Check out http://shutterwi.blogspot.com/ to see some pics of Nick and his chainsaw skills!

Brrrrr! We are up North again to have an early Thanksgiving with Grandma and Papa Bear. There is some snow on the ground and a fire in the furnace. It was still warm enough a couple of weeks ago to play outside without jackets. Marigny found some fluff......

And Lucy found a leaf....

Maringy pushing Lucy in one of their new walkers......