Joe, John, and Becky made the trip down from Mt. Prospect this weekend. We hung out Saturday afternoon, and Joe, John, Amy and I went to the Bears vs. Rams game today.
I knew there would be a big Bears crowd at the game, but I was surprised at how lopsided the fans were in support of the Bears. The crowd sounded like a home game, and a LOUD chorus of Bear Down broke out on the concourse after the game.
The first quarter was exciting, but by the end of the quarter the Rams were done, and the rest of the game was pretty boring. Some pictures from the game...
Urlacher brings the D to the line 
Superfans
A virtual home game for the Bears - look at all the orange
Orton leads the team down the field
Joe and Jon
We spent a VERY cold night in Clayton at the County's tree lighting. We didn't wait in line to see Santa after the kids and Paul rode on the horse drawn carriage. Instead, we went to dinner at Wasabi! The hot Miso Soup was just the ticket since we were freezing! We'll catch Santa in a few weeks at the Kirkwood train station.
Mom and the offspring.
Last week, Emily's Brownie troop visited the St. Louis Ronald McDonald House near Children's Hospital to learn more about what they do for whose children are in either Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital or St. Louis Children's Hospital.
In addition to visiting and learning more, the girls brought the residents of the Ronald McDonald House fresh baked goods to snack on. 
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Congratulations to my Mom and Dad for their debut performance with the Chicago Bulls Swinging Seniors dance team...
Today Emily's school had its annual Turkey Trot. This year, because Emily is a 3rd grader, she was able to run off campus through the neighborhood. "LOOKIN' GOOD Emily!!!"
When we moved to this house, the two front yard trees were taken out because construction destroyed the trees. So, last fall we headed to a local nursery to pick out a new tree. We looked at trees before the trees were in full color and hoped for the best. As you can see below, our tree, while still small, had outstanding color! Good choice Kreidlers!
BIG day today. Good luck to all the candiates, especially our neighbor, Eric Schmitt, who is running for State Senate for our district! Paul voted this morning and at 5:50 am the line in our small town wrapped around City Hall! He went running and then went back and stood in line.
It should be an interesting night!
P.S. Thanks for Jodie Allen of j.allen photography + jodified designs for the graphic!
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