More Dishin'

Round two of Let's Dish...

Alisha was really concentrating on her measuring! :)

More meals for a very grateful Pintok family!!

Make sure the bag is all the way sealed before "massaging" the mixture. :)  

(That one is just for you, Eric!)

Valentine's Love

  A fun and clever Valentine's Day box for school for my friend's son, Mason...

Open wide!! :0)

 Rachel made robots to take to daycare as her Valentine's treat. Cute!

Here she is stylin'!! :0)

 Poor Sophie...no puppies for Valentine's Day.  She was sure hoping!!

She has reached the uncomfortable stage of her second pregnancy. 

Kurty graduated to a big boy's spoon today!

Happy Valentine's Day to my amazing family and friends!!  

Thanks for all of your love and support!

     A special thanks for all of your extra support and prayers this week for my mom. Her blood clot ended up being six inches long running from her armpit towards her heart but was wrapped around her pacemaker wires. So scary!!!  Love you, mama!!

Team USA!

We had a red, white, and blue day on Friday to support our country in the Olympics.  

It was fun and festive!  Go USA!!

" Ranger Danger"

Umm...Ranger, I think your dog bed is down below!!

     My friends, Darci and Mike, had a night out recently.  Their babysitter went to check on Ranger and found him on top of the laundry room countertop.  She quickly sent them a picture as she found it hilarious! Apparently, he has never done that before!!  Too cute to pass up on my blog! :0)

Let's Dish!

     A group of my co-workers pitched in to buy meals at Let's Dish for another co-worker and his wife, who has had some major medical struggles since November.  Alisha and I headed to Maple Grove to make the meals.  It was a lot of fun for both of us, but it was super fun for Alisha since it was her first time "dishing". My friend, Becky, and I used to "dish" a few times each school year for several years.  Too bad it's so hard for us to connect since she's very busy with three little boys these days!! );

I'm ready with my hat and apron! :0)

Here is Alisha concentrating very hard!!

We look forward to going back to make another set of meals in a couple of weeks for Jeff and Kim.

Seriously?!

When is this winter going to end?  COLD...snow...COLD...

Bundling up for our constant below zero temps and to shovel the deck once again...

 Dakota and JJ love to play on the deck while I am shoveling!!

Can't you shovel around me??

At least one of us has the right idea for staying warm...

Spelling Bee Time

Here we are with the "official" spelling bee dictionary...

BRRR!!!

During the "polar vortex"...

Katie's eyelashes froze!  Check them out!!

     Our animals even chose to stay cuddled up close to each other in order to stay toasty during these very cold January days...

     I did get to stay home from school for two days as it was cancelled due to the extreme cold temperatures.  I began to wonder if our pets always take their naps together since I was able to snap this photo of them on one of my days off.  My nephew, Eric, said he had to get his coat out of storage in Arizona since it had "dipped" into the high 50s/low 60s for their daily highs that week.  Poor thing!!

Then we were supposed to get 1-3 inches of snow yesterday...

Needless to say, I think the weather forecasters were a bit off!!!!

Although, the doggies always enjoy playing in a fresh batch of snow!! :)

We had three birthday celebrations on the same day last week!!

Here are Becca's very yummy Oreo cupcakes.

Paula enjoyed her treats when we gathered after school.

Deb and I took Barb to Texas Roadhouse for her birthday that night.

 We just couldn't convince her to ride the birthday saddle!!

Kawulok Christmas 2013

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Christmas Fun

A beautiful Christmas morning in Sheridan, WY

Our Christmas tree

Christmas Eve at home

     I should've known I was in trouble when my little brother, Steven, completely wrapped my present in duct tape!!  This was only the beginning of my adventure...

     Once I finally got the present unwrapped, I found the box FULL of shredded paper from his pharmacy!!! Of course, the paper wasn't shredded into thin strips but TINY squares that ended up all over me and all over the floor!  If only I would have captured a picture of my brother, Dave, vacuuming up the evidence!

     My next obstacle was unlocking a specially made box by Steven marked FRAGILE (just like Ralphy). Good thing I remembered to bring the key (which was another clue sent to me via a Christmas card earlier in December). This was definitely WELL thought out!!

     After unlocking the FRAGILE box, I had a series of questions to answer (without using my cell phone, a computer, help from others, etc...).  I had five questions to answer (ranging from easy to difficult).  I could ask Steven one question via FaceTime. Needless to say, it took quite awhile to answer all of the questions. PLUS, once they were all answered, I had to unscramble certain letters, which would then unlock this "puzzle" filled with MM's and my gift.

     This device was called a Puzzle Pod Cryptex, and my code spelled ANGEL.  It was quite the process but proved to be A LOT of fun for all.  (Thanks for the extra help, Paige!!)  I am sure that Steven was quite entertained as he saw it all unfold through FT. Brandon held the phone and got quite the kick out of his dad's uniquely wrapped present.  :0)  I much appreciate the Apple iPad gift card, and I can't wait to update mine as it's just about ready to die/or is possessed since it just randomly starts typing (usually 30-40 c's and x's at any given time)!!  More Kawulok Christmas pictures to come...