Cory is really like basketball this season. Here he is "catching some air" during practice. I also got him to agree to a photo shoot afterwards. I really enjoy watching his team play and I hope he continues to play for many years to come. They had a hard game tonight, but they kept the lead and ended up winning against Martin County West.

The New Chef

Ben had to make a meal for a Health class this trimester. He grilled pork chops, made real mashed potatoes, came up with the meal plan by himself, and did all the work himself. It was really nice to have a night off from cooking! We now have proof that he knows how to plan a meal, cook the meal, and clean up afterwards! We will be requiring it of him more often! His meal turned out really good and it tasted as good as it looked!

Basketball Beauty

We have a new basketball player in the house! Morgan goes to basketball practice with other little girls on Saturday mornings from 10-11:30. This morning I caught her in action!! She is already learning how to use the backboard to make shots and knows that she has to push hard to get the ball all the way up to the net! She says she really likes baskteball, except they have to run when their team doesn't "win" by making 10 baskets faster than the other teams! She is a good sport though and I look forward to many years of watching her play!!

Maren turns 11 on January 8, 2008! We were all excited to celebrate her birthday, but not as excited as she was! She got a new bike that she is anxious to get outside and ride. When the weather is nice she rides her bike to school every day. She was riding mine from when I was 20 years old (it's a little ancient, but still works), but her dad found her a new bike at a good price when we were shopping on New Year's Day. She got it a little early, and it is resting in our basement until the sun comes out, but she is very excited about it. She picked a supper of homemade pizza and angel food cake for dessert.

Look at those smiles!!!! We went to Todd and Carrie's house in Glenwood for a Stensrud Christmas in early January. Todd taught Cory how to drive a snowmobile. This is a picture I happened to catch of the boys BOTH smiling and having a great time after Cory talked Ben through the mechanics of snowmobile driving! Guess what they want now!?!? I pray for no more snow for the season so they could see how useless it would be to have a snowmobile. Do you think it will work? They sure had a great time! Todd made a path on the acreage that he has and they drove and drove until they were exhausted.

Grandpa Emil and Grandma Karen Malakowsky are now the proud owners of a Wii!! They had experienced the game when they were in California for Dalton's confirmation so all of their children and families chipped in and got them a game of their own. We are now the only family on the Malakowsky side without a Wii as we chose to get the boys cell phones instead. It was a wise choice because it is easier for me to keep tabs on them now!!

The Malakowsky nieces in pink

The Malakowsky sister-in-laws spent Thanksgiving, 2007, together in the Twin Cities and came upon these cute matching pink shirts for the girls to wear for Grandma Karen. Grandma loves to see her girls be girls! They were being silly when they were posing for this picture.