The Kassel Family Project Life 365

I was working on organizing the basement today and I came across a box filled with these – our engagement announcement, wedding invitations, all the cards from our wedding, and a picture of our wedding cake.  I had a great time sharing all these with Laura.  What a great trip down memory lane (even if I…

Andy took John to the Mizzou Men’s basketball game for some father-son time.  Unfortunately, Mizzou lost, but it was a close game and the men in my life enjoyed themselves.  John even got to have Cookie Dough Dippin’ Dots for dinner! In the meantime, Laura is having a little sleepover fun with Gretchen.  I have…

John had a play date today with one of his best friends, Caleb.  The boys played a lot of XBox and Wii and just had a great time.

Andy has been providing our local tree rats, otherwise known as squirrels, with corn and peanuts.  At first, only one squirrel repeatedly came back, but we are now up to three.  There is always one that sits on our deck to eat.  Another one figured out the new squirrel feeder pretty quickly while the third one…

Andy and I took the “furniture plunge” today.  We took advantage of Ashley Furniture’s five-year, interest-free financing and bought a sofa, two chairs with ottomans, two end tables, coffee table, and floor rug for our living room.  The furniture will be delivered on January 7 and the floor rug will ship directly to our house. …

Merry Christmas family and friends!  It was great to celebrate Christmas in our new home this year.  Our day started at about 6:30 am when John woke up.  We sent him to wake up Laura and she bounded out of bed ready to open presents.  We started with the stockings where the kids learned that…

It was a busy Christmas Eve.  We began the day by saying goodbye to our Elf on the Shelf, Chippy.  Every year, Santa lifts his magic for just a few minutes so that the kids can hug and kiss him goodbye.  We are always sad to say goodbye to Chippy for the year, but it…