Happy Birthday Nedra!!

We'd like to wish Eric's Aunt Nedra a Very Happy Birthday today!! We hope you have a wonderful day:)

Christmas 2010

Matthew and Brittany
Melissa, Andrew, and Uncle Dan:)

Making cookies at Grandma's house

The Heath girls with grandma and grandpa

The Heath family

Another Christmas has come and gone------we travelled to Jackson on the 23rd to spend Christmas with mom and dad. We had a nice time together. On the 26th we celebrated the Smith family Christmas in Shakopee. Today, we drove from Shakopee to Watertown (thanks for the great directions, Jimmer)! Courtney took her figure skating test today and she passed! She is now in Basic 6. We hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday season and a Blessed 2011. We'd like to mention two special people who passed away this week. My Uncle Cueball, who was a kind, gentle person and Dan Steinkamp, who was like a father to Eric. They will be missed dearly by all who knew them. Please keep their families in your thoughts and prayers.

You Can't Cancel Christmas!

The girls performed in our church play of "You Can't Cancel Christmas!" Courtney played Madi and the Innkeeper. While Kelsey was Noah and a Shepherd. They both did a great job! Here are some photos...

Blades of Hope for Christmas

The girls had their skating expo today entitled, "Blades of Hope for Christmas." The figure skating club hosted a free will donation that will go to a family affected by breast cancer. The girls both performed solo Christmas routines. They refused or should I say-one sister failed to cooperate with the other one to perform a routine together. Courtney chose, "All I Want for Christmas, " by Mariah Carey. Kelsey's choice was, "Last Christmas." They both did a great job. I didn't get any photos on the ice, because I was videotaping-but I did take some pictures of them in the club room before the performance. Tomorrow is their Christmas program at church......it has been a busy weekend!

Jackets

I think Courtney looks like a teenager already!!

Kelsey shoveling the driveway.....

I have not been a very good blogger lately........it has been a long week. On Monday, I stayed home from school with Kelsey. She was running a temp., I took her to the clinic and the doctor gave her a shot for tonsillitis. On Tuesday, I received a call from school that Courtney was sick, a trip to the clinic and she had fluid in her lungs and tonsillitis. On Wednesday, Kelsey had surgery-tubes put in her ears. Today, we woke to a foot of snow........Eric and I had a snow day and the girls were 2 hours late. Saturday is our skating Expo in Watertown and Sunday is the Christmas program at church.

I wanted to get a picture of their new skating jackets that Grandpa and Grandma Smith bought them for Christmas------they are very nice!

Have a good weekend everyone!

Surprise!

Courtney enjoying the snow
Kelsey posing

The Fashionistas-Maya (Mindy's daughter, Hannah, and Emmalee)-they love dressing up in Courtney and Kelsey's clothes

The Birthday Cake

Eric surprised me on Friday night with a birthday party! He took me out that evening saying we were going to go out for supper. We drove around for awhile, when he said that we had to go back home because he forgot his wallet. When we got back, there were five other cars in the driveway-----so I knew something was going on! It was a really nice evening spent with friends, everyone brought something so it was like a big potluck:) What a guy........

The girls were dismissed early on Friday due to the snow we received (7+ inches)-they made the most of it and went sledding:) Mom and dad are coming up tomorrow to attend Kelsey and Courtney's school music concerts. We are looking forward to their visit.

Thanksgiving 2010 continued

Thanksgiving 2010

The Heath Girls
Miranda

The Smith Boys---Matthew, Sam, and Tyler

The Heath Family

Here are some photos from our Thanksgiving in Sioux Falls. We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving 2009

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our family and friends:)
From The Heath's

Fun Turkey Treats....

As mentioned in my prior post....here are photos of the turkey treats that we made. I baked 4 dozen chocolate cupcakes, and frosted them. Then, we used 5-8 candy corn and stuck those in a double stuf oreo for the feathers (we had to use less because we were running out). Then, we decorated the turkey face (a nutter butter cookie) with icing. I think they turned out really cute! The girls are looking forward to taking the treats to school:)

Happy Anniversary Dan and Laurie!

We'd like to wish Dan and Laurie a very Happy Anniversary today! We hope you have a great day:)

We are spending a quiet afternoon at home. Courtney is at a friend's house, Kelsey and Eric are putting up the Christmas tree! I baked some cupcakes and we are going to decorate them to look like turkeys:) I will post a finished picture when we are done! The roads are pretty icy...we did make to church, but that's it for today. Have a good week everyone!!

Kelsey and the Solar System

Kelsey made a project at school displaying the order of the planets in the solar system. I was surprised that she is learning this in 2nd grade. I remember studying the planets in 4th grade with Miss Grieger! Kelsey is very proud of her project and wants to hang it up on one of our walls:)

Happy Birthday Jamie!

We'd like to wish our cousin and nephew, Jamie a very Happy 17th Birthday tomorrow! We hope you have a great day:)

Happy Birthday Danielle!

We'd like to wish our niece and cousin, Danielle a very Happy Birthday today!!

Figure Skating...

Yes, figure skating season has begun in the Heath household---from October to March we travel I-29 to Watertown on Saturdays for the girls to take lessons. Kelsey passed into Basic 3 last week and Courtney is in Basic 5. Their first competition is December 12th in St. Cloud, then they will compete January 15th in Willmar, February ?? in Wahpeton, North Dakota, March 12th in Watertown and March 19th in Alexandria. So....mark your calendars and come watch them skate:) Last night the girls had Kylie and Jalen spend the night----so after lessons, we took all of the girls to Open Skate. They stayed on the ice for almost 2 hours...it was fun to watch them! Have a good weekend:)

Happy Birthday Matthew!

We'd like to wish our nephew and cousin, Matthew a very Happy 21st Birthday on Friday! We love you!!

Happy Halloween 2010!

Happy Halloween!
The kids and their pumpkins

Kylie and Kelsey

Kelsey and her cupcakes

The Skull Cake!

Happy Halloween! Kelsey is a devil this year and Courtney is the bride of Frankenstein. We attended another pumpkin carving contest yesterday afternoon. Kelsey's pumpkin won 'Most Spooky,' and Courtney's pumpkin won the award for 'Most Cool.' There were five families and fourteen kids in attendance. We made cupcakes and a 'Skull' cake for the girls' Halloween parties at school. Have a good week everyone:)

Happy Birthday Mike!

We'd like to wish Mike a very Happy Birthday today:)

Snow!

We had about 2 inches of snow accumulate last night + strong winds. So everyone in the Heath household enjoyed a few more hours of sleep this morning as we had a 2 hour late start. We had to dig out the snow pants, winter coats, hats, gloves, and boots but the girls seemed to enjoy it:) Here are some photos for you...

Kelsey....

Kelsey and Skittles
Kelsey and her friend Lexi playing dress up:)

Here's a few cute photos of Kelsey. She will be having tubes put in her ears on November 17th. She has conductive hearing loss in both ears!!

On a positive note....my runner placed 49th out of 131 runners at state. It was a fun experience to be at the state cross country meet. We went and saw the movie 'Paranormal Activity,' last night in Mitchell. I would not recommend it---but the boys liked it.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend!!