The Manning Family

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Surprises abound!

Last week, one of the irises, obviously confused, put forth many blossoms. It has withstood the wind and rain and now, the snow. We are certainly not bored with the same old, same old here in South Dakota.

Updates from the far North

After a cool and much appreciated summer, we have transitioned into fall. There is a crispness to the air and the leaves are turning to their fall colors. Then, just to keep us guessing, Mother Nature blesses us with a different form of precipitation. We are grateful that this is a quickly passing decoration that only portends what is likely to come later; much later if we have anything to say about it.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Cello Day V

Cello Day V was on March 14th, this year, but I hadn't seen that someone posted video of it on Youtube until just this week.

Enjoy!

-Andrew

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Spring in South Dakota

Last week gave us temps in the mid 50's for two days thus tempting our sensibilities about the anticipated change from winter to spring. We awakened this morning, in a slight panic about not remembering to "spring forward", to a winter wonderland of light, fluffy snow which did not cause any sort of panic. However, by 3pm this afternoon, the warm sun reduced the white cover to nothingness. To spark a memory of spring, we only need look inside at the prolific blooms of our indoor garden- orchids, African violets and poinsettas galore!

Friday, December 26, 2008

Christmas in Milwuakee!

Maria, Andrew & Liam have a white Christmas in Milwaukee, Wis!

Nick takes a rest after presents are opened on Christmas Morning.

Jordan, Natasha, Nick and Angela digging into their presents.

Angela, Nathan, Ben, Maria and Trent discussing the finer points of opening presents.

Trent is jubilant as he hosts his own Christmas party. Everyone brought three things with which to decorate the tree. The decorations included Gumby, a Beer Can and a Godzilla Pinata.