We’ve got some great new pictures in the new Nov – Dec 2007 Family photo album, including a trip to Underwater World at the Mall of America, playing in class at ECFE (Early Childhood and Family Ed), preparing for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and getting out during the first big snowfall of the season.

We also went to Joe’s company Holiday Party on December 1 at the fabulous Varsity Theater in Minneapolis. It was a 70′s disco theme party, complete with a great, well-known local cover band called Boogie Wonderland, and it was a ton of fun. Most of the crowd, including Joe and me, dressed the part in all its cheesy glory, and everyone got out on the dance floor – or even on stage (yep, that is me on stage with Heather, the wife of one of Joe’s coworkers). The pictures are a bit grainy/fuzzy given the lighting in the room, but the Dow Jones Holiday Party album will give you an idea of the fun that was had by all.

Tags: family outing, holiday, Joe, Karen, party, playtime, work event

Here are the photos we’ve added from the last month or so:

• Karen’s day at the MN State Fair with Mom and Dad B: Family July-Aug 2007 album
• A new Family album – Sept-Oct 2007 – which includes fun with hats, shoes, brooms/vacuums, shades, magnets, climbing and noisy kitchen stuff
• New pics in the 2007 Friends album from the birthday party of one of Karen’s college roommates

Tags: family outing, friends, Grandma Pat, Karen, Papa Bob, playtime

We spent a week at the Wisconsin Dells at the end of July with Karen’s parents at the end of July. Sadly, Cole couldn’t join us for this trip, but we had a great time.

We spent a lot of time relaxing in the condo at the resort, which was something all the grownups needed. The resort, Wilderness on the Lake, was really nice. They had some nice water play areas there, although the boys – particularly Zach – weren’t too sure about it because they didn’t like the spraying water. Alex warmed up to it after a while and really had a good time.

While they weren’t too excited about the water, the boys loved the trains at the Riverside and Great Northern Railway, a organization that both Joe and Dad B belong to, and the deer park, a Dells institution where you can walk among and feed deer. They also had a blast at Paul Bunyan’s, a family-style restaurant where we celebrated Dad B’s birthday. Here Zach and Alex had corn on the cob and fried chicken on the bone for the first time – they really liked that and did really well. Zach finished one cob of corn and made a good dent on another!

Joe and I also got a little time alone and played a couple of fun rounds of mini golf.

Check out the Dells 2007 album in the Vacation album for all the great pics.

Tags: Dells, family outing, train, vacation