We went to Mark and Barb’s. They’ve been hosting for at least ten years now, and it’s always a great day–delicious food, easy going company, just perfect. There were gifts for the kids. This tree is quite a beauty. It was cut fresh about a month ago and still looked amazing. After all these years […]
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This is a new tradition, only a couple years old. Turns out, after the Christmas Eve party, people are a lot more lively than they will ever be in the morning. And Santa is very delighted to stop by earlier rather than late. So late in the night, like midnight, we gathered to open Santa
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We brought Heidi’s kids to church with us because of work schedules and getting to the hospital to be with the tiny sister. That works. It was fun. Here’s everybody, cooperating for a picture. The one in the striped leggings only agreed to be in the picture at all because of the hair dryer. These
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Yesterday was our family Christmas party. Same party as every Christmas. The food was delicious, the company easy-going. Joe’s mom is in the red shirt–it was nice she was there with us. There were gifts. Heidi’s little baby is still in the hospital, but getting much better. The sisters helped open her Christmas gifts. That
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A bunch of us made it to the Preschool Christmas Program, and it was very sweet. She’s enjoying Christmas, even made it to Santa–cautious, but willing. At preschool they made little nativity sets using a shoe box and decorated wooden pegs. After school she showed it to Heidi and talked about the characters. The angel
So this was a couple weeks ago when John and Dannell’s Christmas tree went over, water everywhere, glass breaking, huge, disappointing mess. John’s 1987 Minnesota Twins World Series ornament broke, but I found another one on ebay. Dan said he was going to sell his to John. Funny. Anyway, they moved on from that disaster,
Some kids slept over because it was their parents company Christmas party. So we had a party of our own here, very fun. They had energy. This is their very favorite. These girls played American Girl Dolls for a long time upstairs. At bedtime we changed the sheets in James’ room, all fresh beds and
Kari was home for the weekend, and so was James. It was a great weekend. This girl stayed and helped bake cookies. Others were invited too, but she was the only one, so we put her to work. She’s good. Her cooky dough skills are getting up there. The gingerbread? I’ve baked this for decades,
Heidi and I had lunch with my mom on Monday. She cooked, so delicious. There was a Facebook thing a while ago about your favorite place to eat. I felt like it was a restaurant choice, but immediately I thought, “My Mom’s!” This Santa and his wife were very cute, though their singing was annoyingly
It was the Christmas program at their school, as lovely as always. Our guy is the tall blonde one over to the right in the plaid shirt. These things make him nervous, which kind of makes him extra adorable. This guy has taken up the violin and this group played beautifully. And then his guy’s
