Countdown to Christmas

On Tuesday night we went down to the high school to watch the Winans Elementary School Christmas Program, "Surfin' Santa."Santa takes a tropical vacation...
Heidi singing in the chorus.

Addie singing in the chorus.

Daddy & James in the audience.

After the program, Daddy took us out ofr yummy soup at The Pickle Barrel. It was a fun night!

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Today (Thursday) was the first day of Christmas vacation. We decided to finish up our servic projects, which are also our Christmas gifts to Grandma & Grandpa Melin.

First we went to visit Addie's adopted Grandma Mayme at the nursing home, but she was in the hospital today.
There was a sweet dog there, though, keeping the residents company.

Addie hung snowflakes and left a note on Mayme's bed.

Heidi made little toys for cats at the animal shelter (she took old socks and stuffed them with fluff and catnip).

Here are the kids delivering the toys to the animal shelter.

They let Heidi take the toys in to the cats.

All three kids had fun playing with the cats.

Heidi is such a sweet animal lover!

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After the shelter, we went to Town & Country market to get some Dole Fruit Bars (coconut & pomegranate--YUM!) on sale for our treat today. On the way out we saw our long-lost friends, Kelli, George, & Gracie Tyner (who moved to Billings last year). The kids freaked out--it was fun to see them. Now we are home watchign Christmas movies, playing dinosaurs, baking tollhouse cookies, waiting for Christmas to come! Hope you're VERY MERRY today, too!!!!