Another New Adventure

Well, another new adventure has begun for our family.  Chad's job with Schreiber Foods has moved our family north to West Bend, Wisconsin.  It's a much different climate than what we are used to.  We have seen snow already twice, with one of them being on Halloween.  The temperatures this week are starting to drop into the twenties for the highs and its still only November.  It's crazy!  The kids are starting their fourth week in school and are having a lot of fun!  Addison is a 2nd grader at Fair Park Elementary and her sweet teacher's name is Mrs. Nannetti.  Rhyder is in his last year of preschool and also has a sweet teacher, Mrs. Gross.  They definitely miss their schools in Missouri and all of their friends, but they are adjusting well.  We are making our way around the town and are loving that we have way more conveniences than we had in Clinton.  We've found the grocery stores, the home improvement stores, and KOHLS and HOBBY LOBBY!  We've experienced our first hockey game and saw the West Bend Bombers.  I think it will be something that we will continue to do since the kids enjoyed it. The kids are starting a learn to skate class starting the end of November and Addison is starting her new gymnastics class at the YMCA tomorrow.  We're enjoying everything so far now that we are not surrounded by moving boxes.  Who knows what the future holds for our family, but we'll enjoy everything we can while we're here because we won't be here forever!

Taking a hay ride at the pumpkin patch

The Milwaukee Bucks mascot, Bango on the hay ride

The snow on the ground on Halloween

The West Bend Bombers

Playing at the park

The leaves changing colors in front of our house

Trick or treating in our neighborhood

Snow Days

We had a winter storm blow through Clinton on Thursday morning and we got 8 inches of snow with some freezing rain.  It kept us out of school on Thursday and Friday so we were stuck at home for several days.  Because we were here at home, we came up with some fun activities to do. 

Our house and yard covered in snow

Addison made cakes with her Easy Bake Oven while Rhyder took a nap

Our Steve Spangler Science experiment using milk, food coloring, dawn dish soap and q-tips.

 

Adding the food coloring to the milk

 

We covered the q-tip in Dawn soap and placed it in the middle of the milk

 

Watched as the colors swirled around and began to mix together

 

Painting to make butterflies

 

Our finished butterflies

 

Tent camping in the middle of the living room

 

 

 

Sledding behind the four wheeler

 

 

Kearney Children's Museum

We weren't able to spend Valentine's Day all together with Chad still working in Nebraska, so that weekend, the kids and I packed up all our things and headed to Nebraska to surprise Chad.  Addison got out of school early on Friday, so we got to leave around noon and then she was off for President's Day so we were able to stay until Monday morning.  We made the 6 hour trip through the rain and snow and got to Kearney around 6:30.  Chad was so surprised to see us.  We spent Saturday seeing the Schreiber plant, doing some shopping, visiting the childrens museum, and dining at the best Thai restaurant I have ever been to.  Sunday, we spent the day in our pajamas watching movies, making pizza, taking naps, and hanging out.  It was a great relaxing weekend.  We were sad to have to go.  Here are some pictures of the Kearney Children's Museum.  It was an amazing place to visit.  We spent over two hours playing in the museum and the kids didn't want to leave.

The sunset on the way to Kearney

Working in the construction zone

Learning about gravity

 

Playing with all things water

 

 

"We've been working on the railroad"

 

 

Learning all about being a firefighter

This is Addison's head and hands

Being a palentologist, digging for dinosaur bones

 



 

Working in the bank

 

 

Daddy being silly in the Post Office

Buying food in the supermarket and ringing up each other's groceries

 



 

At the theater, Addison, the princess is being chased by the alligator

 

...and again, being chased by the dragon!

On the farm, riding the tractor

Climbing the rock wall

Being a football player

Cheering for her team!