What a wonderful, busy, fun-filled Christmas we had. This last week has certainly been a busy one. Erik's mom and dad arrived on the 20th and his sister and family on the 21st...and ever since, we have been on-the-go! Here is just a brief re-cap of our week:
Monday evening we had a mini piano recital performed by Connor, here at our house. He had his piano recital the week before but because Papa and Gramma were not in town to see him then, we decided to have him perform at home while they were here. His piano teacher joined us and accompanied him on piano as he sang "All is Well" and also played while he read the Christmas story. Connor played Angels Voices, Sonatina in C Major and a rag time version of Jingle Bells. We also had a little sing-along of some of our favorite Christmas songs. We had such a nice evening with family and friends and I'm thinking this could be a new Christmas tradition.
We saw The Blindside again. We normally don't see a movie twice in the theatres but Erik's family hadn't seen it and since it was such a great movie, we didn't mind going again.
We made lots of lefse!! Sooo good. And the boys made cookies with Papa.
Had an awesome Christmas Eve Eve Service at church (our church had service Wed. and Thur. night).
Got lots of shopping done, did some bowling, took many bike rides around the neighborhoods, played many games of Sorry and so much more.
Christmas Day we had the kids do their stockings after they woke up, had a yummy breakfast then opened some fun gifts. Connor got a new camera and already has taken many pictures and videos. Carter too got a camera/video camera (a very simple version) and has taken some very interesting photos...such as a strangers shoe, a handicap sign, garbage can and many more. I love it! For Carly, it was all about her baby. She got a new baby doll, doll bed and a stroller for baby. She also got a grocery cart with lots of food for it. She loves it and pushes it all over the house!! She even puts her baby doll in the seat. Too cute! Later that afternoon we headed over to Tim and Tanya's to spend time with ALL the family. The guys and kids did the annual jumping in the pool. This year the temp was 48!! Our day was full of fun but the best part was being with family! That is what I enjoy the most!!
I think I covered most of it. It's hard to believe that Christmas is over and we are just a few days away from 2010. What a year we have had and so thankful for all the Lord has done!
Will post pictures soon.
