Christmas

Unfortunately they deleted the Blogger app from the iPhone system so I can no longer blog from my phone.  I ALWAYS create posts from my phone so I suspect blogging will be even slower going forward.  It's so easy to blog from my phone because that's where all my pictures are so I was extremely sad to find out that this app is no longer supported by the iPhone.  Looks like I need to either switch to an android phone or move to a different blogger platform.


Anyway, let's look back to a happy, peaceful time....CHRISTMAS!!  We had such a glorious Christmas even though I was under the weather a bit.  I wasn't able to smell or taste any of the yummy Christmas scents or flavors BUT I was so incredibly grateful that the worst of my sickness was a few days prior to the celebrations!  And it was WAY better than last year when both Dave and I got the stomach flu on Christmas night and my mom had to drive down in a snowstorm just to watch the kids so we could rest.  We have such amazing family.


We celebrated December and Christmas with some snowball fights, snow walls for protection during the snowball fights and of course building frosty.

Caleb had fun playing with my Hallmark houses.  He noticed there was a bank that needed guards to protect all that money.

Christmas Eve, we had Dave's family over for the Packers/Vikings game.  Zoe and I were surrounded by purple and gold but the Packers managed to pull off a win.  We watched football, ate food, drank, celebrated and enjoyed each other's company.  Could it get any better than this?!?  It was such a lovely evening.  Oh and look at Zoe and Kaylin in their matching purple dresses.  How cute...thanks Grandma Lala!!

Can you tell this girl is from Wisconsin?!  She snagged some beer and apparently drank some of it...naturally she liked it.  LOL.  Or maybe she just liked the fact that she was drinking something wasn't for kids.

The beer had an affect on Zoe and she was up for a couple hours that night which didn't make for the best early morning rise but nonetheless we woke up early to celebrate CHRISTMAS!!!  Dave sang the usual "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" song and the kids raced downstairs to open the countdown to Christmas door from my mom.  They had such a fun time with this during all of December.  After, we opened presents and Caleb was so excited about his new ice skates and Zoe was just excited about everything.  It was a great morning and the two of them looked so cute in their Christmas jammies.

After breakfast, we headed to Wisconsin...."over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go".  We sang that song as we drove over the bridge between MN and WI.  Again, we enjoyed food, family and celebration.  Those king crab legs were DELICIOUS!!  Super grandma took the kids outside to play for a little bit even though it wasn't the best of weather.  I was so tired from Zoe being awake the night before so I slipped downstairs for a quick nap and I think I spied Dave taking a quick snooze too.  Zoe came back inside and had a great time combing Uncle Bud's hair and putting chapstick on him too.  She just adores him.  Ummm doesn't Zoe look just like my mom in the picture below?!  It's like she has a miniature version of herself sitting on her lap!

Overall it was a LOVELY Christmas.  The time and spirit of giving and being with those we truly love.  We have been so blessed with such amazing families!!  Merrry Christmas everyone and Happy Birthday Jesus!!