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| Cold Temps and Drifting Snow made for some interesting and early mornings. |
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| Getting Colder |
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| The beginnings of a WI Snow Storm. |
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| Weather Wins |
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| The Wisconsin River Bridge on Hwy 12 in Sauk City, WI. |
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| If you are keeping score...the Fish were undefeated! |
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| Someone should have taken their Shanty off the ice prior to previous week's rains and temps in the 50s. |
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| Legos have taken over our home. A majority of which are Star Wars Themed. |
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| Dad and Grady (Right of the Goalie) |
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| Grady Giving 5's to the Badgers |
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| Friday Night was Hockey Night for Grady and Dad. Thanks to a co-worker our seats were on the glass next to where the Badgers come onto the ice. Grady got fist bumps from lots of the players and Coach Eaves even stopped to shake his hand. Badger Goalie Joel Rumple even thanked him for coming! The Badgers won 1-0 to extend their unbeaten streak to 11 games. Grady says he wants to learn to skate and play hockey now. |
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| Grady and Audra showing their brand new haircuts. |
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| Audra showing her new favorite thing to do. |
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| One final Packer game with Dad for the season. Opening day is 75 days away. |
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| To celebrate the end of 2012 we went Sledding! |
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| We also took the kids to the Monona Terrace for US Bank Eve. Plenty of Bouncing, Bubbles and Confetti for all. Happy New Year!!! |
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| The Christmas Time Tradition Continued with a trip to Olbrich Gardens to see the Holiday Express display. |
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| First Christmas Stop was Grandpa and Grandma Lobenstein's in Dodgeville |
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| Cousin Luke on gift distribution. |
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| Grandpa Gary proudly displays Luke's first novella. (Not sure if there is a chapter on ATV safety.) |
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| Audra with baby Audra. Making her Aunt's on Grandma Joan's side happy. |
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| Next destination is Watertown for the Phelp's Family Christmas. |
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| Holiday Hugs |
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| Tivoli Island Bridge, Watertown WI |
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| Winter Wonderland Watertown |
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| Tracking Santa in 2012 via the Samsung S III Grady and Audra with Alex and Daniel Molcan at Mullen's in Watertown |
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| Ho Ho Holy Shenanigans |
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| Santa's Youngest Apprenctice |
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| Reindeer Food to attract Santa and his crew. |
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| Reindeer Eat Glitter? |
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| Santa's gift from Grady who is ready for the Big Guy. |
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| Look who came... |
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| Audra proudly shows off her new Fairy Stickers in her room. |
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| Recovering from Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Phelp's Cabin in Mercer. Brooks is Bear Hunting! |
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| Sledding in Mercer, WI |
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| The week before Christmas we received a nasty blizzard. Our area enjoyed 20 to 10 inches of heavy wet snow and 50+ mph winds. Hilllary got two days off of work, which she spent home alone with the kids. |
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| Meanwhile Ryan got two free nights at the Radisson and 3 full days of severe weather coverage at work. |
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| Ice Station Peacock (WMTV NBC 15) was home to many as we covered the storm. |
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| Once the storm wrapped up UW introduced their brand new Head Football Coach which we covered LIVE. |
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| Cousin Luke, Audra and Grady camping out watching Elf. (Note this is the 2nd post in a row with Will Ferrall) |
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| Popcorn and a Movie |
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| Children's Church and Audra gets a lift from Pastor Scott. |
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| The first snow the season. Luke and Audra helped Dad shovel. |
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| Grady and his fellow Sea Turtle Swimming Lesson classmates. |
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| The traditional Bags O' Candy graduation treat! Congrats to Grady who is on to level 4. |
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| Thank you to Aunt Michelle, Uncle Rick and Cousin Luke for inviting Grady and Audra (her first movie in the theater) to see Rise of the Guardians at the Stoughton Cinema Cafe. |
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| Krtek the Mole meet Audra the Shifty. We met him at the Czech Museum in Ceder Rapids. Grandma Barb's cousin is a tour guide. We visited while visiting the Iowa relatives for Christmas. Check it out if ever in Ceder Rapids. http://www.ncsml.org/ |
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| Krtek meets Grady's elbow. |
