The doldrums of winter have taken over.....

We are terribly embarrassed because we haven't done a blog entry since August of 2008! It's been almost half a year since we've logged into the blog. It has been quite busy! Robert went off to Poland for the semester, and we both were extremely focused on the kids. Melanie also became completely obsessed with baking loaves and loaves of Challot. Isn't it beautiful? This was the challah at our New Year's dinner, and it was Melanie's first attempt at challah. It was amazing! She is now the weekly supplier for the Congregation in Wausau.


After Challah came winter. It's been a long, cold, snowy winter. I don't think that anyone thought it could get worse than last winter, but it did. Melanie has commented over and over that a "nice Jewish retirement home in Boca is looking better and better each year!"

Lorie tried to keep sane by starting banjo lessons in Wisconsin Rapids. Her teacher is "Banjo Bob". She's actually learning Jewish music on Banjo! We're hoping that she can elevate the not-so-popular form of music called "Jewgrass". I think there'd be a nice following....

Well, we promise that there will be more to come.... don't quit on us yet. We'll have lots of stories to tell this year... we promise!