We're Expecting!

Yes, it's true...we're expecting another baby. The due date is Aug. 11. I'm feeling very tired and nauseous on and off throughout the day at times. I had an ultrasound at 6.5 weeks and saw a heartbeat. Pray for another full-term baby!

Christmas 2008

Sunday School Program

The kids did a great job performing at their Sunday School Christmas program on Sunday. It was called "Miracle on Main Street".

Our Lucky Night

Chris and I had a busy weekend with his work Christmas party on Friday night, then the Circle of Nations Christmas party on Saturday night, and then the kids' Sunday School Christmas program on Sunday. Finally it's time to rest....or not?? Anyway, at the Circle of Nations Christmas party, Chris and I were lucky winners. Chris first of all won $104 playing Bingo. Next, my ticket was drawn for a really cool purse, flat wallet, crystal manicure file, and snowflake purse hanger set...which was worth $80! Then after that, my name was drawn for a Philips 6 megapixel webcam worth $60! Plus, the prime rib and ham dinner was excellent! So, we had a pretty lucky night! We were thinking that we should have stopped and bought a lottery ticket on our way home! :)

Here's the loot we won at the Christmas party!

"Ashes, Ashes, All Fall Down!"

Camden loves for us to sing "Ring Around the Rosies" for him. His part is "Ashes, Ashes, All Fall Down"!

Digging Out after the Blizzard!

We're not sure exactly how many inches of snow we got, but it was a LOT! There's no school today, so we're staying warm inside. We won't be going out in this -15 degree weather! Chris went to work at noon today. He got 1/2 the driveway cleared out. I heard there could be more snow on the way...let's hope not!

Paige's Gingerbread House

Santa Visit

Tonight we took the kids to visit Santa at NDSCS. Camden wasn't sure what to think of Santa. He did OK for the first while but then he started crying a little bit, wanting Mommy to "rescue" him. He liked holding the candy cane that Santa gave him. Cade and Paige told Santa what was on their lists. Cade and Paige also got to wear chef hats and decorate cookies, courtesy of the Culinary Arts students.

School Christmas Concert

Cade and Paige had their school Christmas concert tonight. They both did a great job singing. Grandpa John, Grandma June, and Grandma Cathy all came to watch.

Cade singing with his 2nd grade class.
Paige singing with her kindergarten class.

Ready for the concert!
Being silly!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Even though we're not wishing for snow, it doesn't quite look right without it...especially for our outside reindeer. If you look closely, you can see that there's one bulb burned out above the garage. Chris has been anxious to get back on the roof to replace it. We put extra lights on our Christmas tree this year, which we like better.

Cade's new bedroom set

Cade got a new bedroom set, and he loves how his room looks now. Chris and I ordered a new bedroom set, which we'll get delivered next Wednesday, so we decided to move our old set downstairs for Cade to have. It's nice to have that big job done! Thanks for the help Jason!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Bite Victim

Poor Camden was bitten today at daycare. He was playing with a toy that another child wanted, so that child bit Camden on the back. They wrote up an incident report that we got. The bite mark luckily didn't break the skin. They said they gave him ice and TLC. He seemed his usual self tonight, so that was good. We feel so bad that he was bitten today....poor baby!

A Game of Joker

Grandma Cathy came to visit today. The kids wanted to show her how to play the game "Joker" that was made for us by Great Grandpa Storhoff. We've had the game for quite a few years but just recently showed the kids how to play. They caught on quickly and have been enjoying playing it. Hope you liked the game Grandma because I'm sure you'll be asked to play again sometime!

Pomegranate

"We're eating a pomegranate for the first time!"

5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Poor Paige

Paige stayed home today as she was running a fever and not feeling well at all. She was showing symptoms of a urinary tract infection, so because I had 3 meetings today, Chris took her to the doctor. Her urine sample showed what we suspected, a urinary tract infection. She's on antibiotics 3x a day for 7 days. She HATES taking any kind of medicine, so this will NOT be fun the next week. Chris took the whole day off to stay home with her. She took a good nap today but was still running a fever tonight. Hopefully she can go to school tomorrow. She hasn't eaten much at all. Today she had some Cheerios and that was about it. She also threw up twice so hopefully she won't get dehydrated. Chris has had 2 days off in a row this week as he had off for Veteran's Day.

Congrats, Rock Obama!

Have you heard the news: "Rock Obama" will be our new President (according to Cade & Paige)! We got a hoot out of their pronunciations of Barack Obama!

Happy Halloween!

The kids had a good Halloween. Camden stayed back with Mommy and helped hand out candy to the trick-or-treaters. He really enjoyed watching all the kids come to the door. Cade and Paige enjoyed going trick-or-treating around the neighorhood. They came back with plenty of candy. Grandma Cathy came and enjoyed taking them trick-or-treating. We only had around 150 trick-or-treaters this year. Normally, we have around 250. Our high school football team was playing an important game out of town, so we're pretty sure that's why we didn't have the numbers that we usually have (Our team won, so we're on to State....Go Cowboys!). We have enough candy at our house to last a LONG time! Happy Halloween!

Great websites for X-mas shopping

Here are some great websites for helping you do your X-mas shopping. I prefer Overstock but have ordered from Smart Bargains, too.

http://www.overstock.com/

www.smartbargains.com

Minneapolis Mini Vacation

Since we didn't have school on Thursday or Friday due to MEA, we decided to take Cade and Paige to Minneapolis since they've never been there before. We did a lot in the 2 days that we were there! We first went to IKEA where Cade and Paige enjoyed playing in the supervised childcare facility for 1 hour while Chris and I shopped. They especially enjoyed the ball pit. I was excited about my extra long willow branches purchase. After shopping at IKEA, we went to the Mall of America. Once there, we went straight to Nickelodeon Universe. The kids really enjoyed going on rides. Cade has outgrown the "little kid rides" and is on to bigger and better rides. He begged to go on the 2 wildest rides, but we wouldn't let him. We did let him go on 2 rides that Chris and I would have never have gone on after he begged and pleaded that were pretty wild. He never got scared or queasy one bit (we're not sure where he gets his ride ability from as Chris and I both get sick on rides). After we were done at Nickelodeon Universe and we had a bite to eat, we went to Underwater World. We all really enjoyed all the sea animals swimming all around us. The kids and Chris even got to pet a stingray! We were pretty tired afterwards, so we decided to check into our hotel and swim a little before bedtime. The kids were sound asleep soon after their heads hit their pillows. The next morning, we headed to the Children's Museum and spent a few hours there. The kids loved it there. After that, we did a little shopping before heading home. We all had a good time on our mini vacation.

---NICKELODEON UNIVERSE---

Cade on the roller coaster that took him
all over Nickelodeon Universe-he loved it!

Cade on the Splat-o-Sphere that took
him up very high and dropped him down.

Paige on the mini version of the
Splat-o-Sphere...the Wonder Pets ride.

Paige enjoying the carousel.

Mommy & Paige on the balloon ride.

Paige meets Spongebob!

LegoLand

---UNDERWATER WORLD---

Paige touching the stingrays.

Daddy & Cade touching the stingrays.

---CHILDREN'S MUSEUM---

The kids playing in a Chinese restaurant.

Paige playing "doctor" with Mommy
being her patient while Cade checks out
what it's like to use crutches.

The kids playing with clay.

Cade experimenting with the water exhibit.

Paige driving the Metro bus.

Making a music video...maybe they'll be future
American Idol contestants??

The kids in the Ball-o-Rama Room.

Mealtime is SO much fun!!

Camden has recently begun taking off his bib at mealtimes. Tonight, he went even further-he almost took his entire shirt off! He also likes taking his DIRTY hands and rubbing them in his hair. Needless to say, he went right into the bathtub after he was done eating!

School Pictures

Camden Is Walking

Camden is 'finally' walking quite a bit. He just wasn't interested in walking until now. He still

gets around by crawling but is walking more and more. He is so proud of himself when he walks from one person to the next. He's also sporting a new, short haircut.

Camden's Strange Sleeping Position

Camden has a very strange sleeping position as you can see below. Many times when we lay him down, he rolls over and goes right into this position. I'm surprised he's not stiff and sore in the morning!

Separation Anxiety

Camden is very much a "Mommy's boy" and has been exhibiting some separation anxiety lately, especially when being dropped off at daycare. Every morning, he cries when being dropped off at daycare. His teachers say that he quickly stops crying after we leave, so that makes us feel a little better. We're hoping soon that he'll get used to daycare and will be excited to go each morning. When he was younger, he would go to anyone, but now he doesn't like being held by strangers.
UPDATE: Yay...for the last 2 days, Camden hasn't cried when being dropped off at daycare. Hopefully we're over that stage!

Back in the comfort of Mommy's arms.

In Memory of Rodney Storhoff

A memorial service for Rodney Storhoff, 56, Valley City, ND will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 13, 2008 at St. Petri Lutheran Church, rural Nome, ND. Rev. Bradley Edin will officiate and burial will be in St. Petri Cemetery. He died on September 8, 2008.
A prayer service will be held at the Oliver-Nathan Funeral Chapel on Friday, September 12, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.

Rodney Jerome Storhoff was born on March 12, 1952, at Mercy Hospital, Valley City, ND, to Edmund and Phyllis (Thoreson) Storhoff, Nome, ND. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Petri Lutheran Church. Rodney graduated from grade school in Nome, ND. He graduated from Fingal High School, Fingal, ND, in 1970. After graduation, he enlisted in the ND Army National Guard and served for 6 years.

Rodney was employed by Melroe, Gwinner, ND and started driving truck for Beyers/LaFarge, Valley City, in 1978, where he was employed at the time of his death. His favorite pasttimes were spending time with his family, especially his son, daughter-in-law, and 3 grandchildren. Rodney enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing, and playing cards.

Rodney is survived by his son Chris (Tanya) Kelsen, 3 grandchildren, Cade, Paige, and Camden of Breckenridge, MN, his parents, Edmund & Phyllis Storhoff, Nome, ND, 5 brothers, Jim (Marilyn), Mike (Patsy) Nome, ND, A. Paul (Cherie) Fargo, ND, Percy (Brenda) Kathryn, ND, Bruce, Valley City, 1 sister Betty (Ken) Koslofsky, Fingal, ND, several nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Adolph & Tena Storhoff, George & Agnes Thoreson, and one niece.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Oliver-Nathan Funeral Chapel of Valley City. Online guestbook and information are available at http://www.oliver-nathanchapel.com/.