Crazy clouds...

Hi everyone! Spent a few days in Merrillan and now driving down to see
the Ennesser family in Chicago area for Thanksgiving. Really neat day
outside. If you look just off my bottom ear, you'll see some very
interesting clouds. There is a small formation where perfectly
horizontal bands are hiding among the rest of the puffy clouds. Joe
saw a cool crocodile head about an hour ago. I love clouds!

More cows and two horses

Another shot at Uncle Darrick and Aunt Karen's farm. Here we are by a
bunch of cows and a few horses. Cousin Andrea is hanging out with
them. Her horse is the lighter brown animal in the middle of all the
cows. Andrea and Michael showed us all the animals and told us their
names.

It is a beautiful day out today! It was so fun to watch Gus see the
animals and hear the cows say, "moooooo!"

Sharpshooter K-dog!

Here I am at Aunt Karen and Uncle Darrick's farm in Taylor. Aunt Karen
shot this deer right away this morning. One shot from 200 yards...the
rest of the family is going to be jealous!

Chilly morning

Back in Minneapolis we woke up to a chilly morning! It was 18 degrees
when Joe took the doggies out. You can see the remnants of the weather
yesterday with the ice and snow on our patio chair. Winter is coming!

Snow Flurries!

On our way back to Minneapolis we stopped in Merrillan to wish Papa T
happy birthday. Here we are getting off I-94 at the Merrillan exit.
You can see a few snowflakes in the air and some snow on the
ground...one of the first snowfalls of the season. Awesome!

Class of 2005?!?

Here we are driving around Madison after going to the cave. We noticed
the car in front of us had a license plate that said "RX 05" - perhaps
a pharmacist that graduated in 2005? Before I came into Joe and Anne's
life, Joe almost came to UW Madison for pharmacy school. He would've
graduated in 2005...maybe the person in the car in front of us
would've been Joe's classmate had he come to Madison for pharmacy
school. How cool is that?!? Anne loves asking the "what if" question!

Cave of the Mounds

Hi everyone! Here I am outside of Madison at Cave of the Mounds. We
(Joe, Anne, Gus, and I) came down to stay in Madison to meet Papa E
and Therese. They came up from Chicago for a wedding.

The cave is so beautiful! I'm so glad I was able to see it! The tour
guide noticed Anne taking pictures of me, and asked if I was Flat
Stanley! How funny is that!!

Voting again!

Here we are outside of our new polling place. It is the nicest place
we have ever voted! It was at a coffee house called Open Book. No
lines and they took care of us quickly, even though we had to
register. Anne was number 1,243 to cast her ballot here. I like that
Anne and Joe vote to try to keep our country great...

Mall of America

Here I am at the Mall of America with Joe, Anne, and Gus! I'm by a
dog/bunny creature named Austin. Not sure who that is, but with Gus in
our lives, I'm sure we will figure it out someday! We took Gus on a
bunch of rides and had a Cinnabon...it was so fun!