Happy New Year!

Chris and I are planning on going out for supper tonight with some friends and then over to their house for games. Thank you so much Cathy and Dale for keeping the kids for a few days so we can get some things done around the house and go out and celebrate the new year!

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Brielle's New Hair Style

Brielle came home from daycare with a new hair style. It looks like she went to Jamaica on a vacation!

Christmas 2011

Happy Holidays! We had a great Christmas. We hosted Christmas Eve and Day for my family this year. My parents and sister came to our place, and we opened gifts Christmas Eve afternoon. I made a ham and all the fixings for supper on Christmas Eve. They stayed overnight, and my Grandma Vune drove down on Christmas Day. I made scalloped potatoes and ham for lunch. We played cards in the afternoon. On Monday, we went to Chris' mom and Dale's house and celebrated with the Chose family. We all had a good time playing games, eating, and opening gifts. Thanks for all the gifts!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

School Holiday Program

Cade and Paige had their holiday program at school last night. They both did a good job, and it was fun to watch.

I thought this poinsettia was so pretty.

Sunday School Christmas Program

Today the kids had their Sunday School Christmas program. Cade had a reading part, Paige was an angel and sang "Angels We Have Heard on High", and Camden was supposed to sing "Away in a Manger", but he was pretty shy and didn't do any singing. Grandma Cathy, Dale, Grandpa John, Grandma June, and Trisha came for the program.

Where do your mom and dad work?

I just had to share this funny story: At daycare yesterday, Camden's teacher went around to each child and asked where their parents worked. Camden replied with, "My mom goes to the high school, and my dad goes to the college"! His teacher thought it sounded so funny, as did we, that she had to write that on his daily sheet that he brings home. We got quite the chuckle out of that!

We Saw Santa!

Tonight we went to see Santa at NDSCS. This is an annual tradition for us. The kids told Santa what they wanted for X-mas, and Santa gave them a gift bag full of goodies. Brielle was pretty unsure of Santa right away and clung tight to Mommy, but soon wanted to sit on Santa's lap and get a "treat". Camden had a lot of questions for Santa (What are your reindeer doing?, Do you really go in the sky?). The kids then decorated a Christmas cookie and made a chef hat. On the way home, Brielle kept saying, "My Santa!".

Decorating Christmas cookies

Brielle in her chef's hat