The PAST NINE DAYS, in which we celebrate Christmas everyday in every way...
Last Friday, Rich and I had Thai food for lunch at a new-ish restaurant right near his office. It was delicious.
See? It was really good and really generous--it made 2 meals.
Niles came, too, and nibbled on tofu. This is also the last time I remember having my beautiful wedding ring on my finger. It has been lost ever since, and yes, we are a little sick about that but fairly sure it's somewhere in our house. *sigh*
Later that night, we went out to the ranch and had Addie's belated birthday party.
There was some break dancing to Beastie Boys
There was some Christmas-crafting--making ornaments and snowglobes--in our jammies, of course.
Busy little bees!
See? It was really good and really generous--it made 2 meals.
Niles came, too, and nibbled on tofu. This is also the last time I remember having my beautiful wedding ring on my finger. It has been lost ever since, and yes, we are a little sick about that but fairly sure it's somewhere in our house. *sigh*
Later that night, we went out to the ranch and had Addie's belated birthday party.
There was some break dancing to Beastie Boys
There was some Christmas-crafting--making ornaments and snowglobes--in our jammies, of course.
Busy little bees! Addie, Dakota, Azalea, Izzi, and Hailey
Izzi with her snowglobe
Later there were gifties
And silliness
And snuggling watching The Christmas Story (dubbed from Norwegian)
Izzi with her snowglobe
Later there were gifties
And silliness
And snuggling watching The Christmas Story (dubbed from Norwegian)Hailey, Sarah, & Izzi
Addie, Dakota, Azalea
Sister McCalla read the kids a story after breakfast
James & Heidi in the crowd-o-kids
Addie, Dakota, Azalea***
The next morning was our church Christmas Breakfast
Sister McCalla read the kids a story after breakfast
James & Heidi in the crowd-o-kids***
After the breakfast, we went to Bozeman to shop and play
Heidi & Addie were silly a lunch at Taco Bell
Niles & James
Addie bought this cute hello kitty wallet with her birthday bucks.
We saw alpacas at the mall.
There wer beautiful things made from the alpaca wool, but even the littlest brown wool baby hat I wanted for Niles was $53! Sorry, we'll have to stick with our cheap synthetics for now.
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On Monday night, Daddy came home from work with a fun new toy from Germany. It's a little smoker. It resembles a nutcracker, but it burns incense inside and the smoke comes out its mouth.
It smells pretty good and the kids love it.
Here's Niles watching the excitement making a silly face.
I took requests for this week's dinners, so we had french dip sandwiches with veggies for dinner on Monday night.
Addie made these turtles for our treat packages.
For family night we made Christmas s'more kits.
mini-chocolate bar, snowman peep, 2 graham crackers.
Tuesday the 13th was St. Lucia Day, so we had Uncle Mike over for dinner and ate Lucy buns. That's also the day the dryer died. That's also the day I saw the orthopedic doc and she diagnosed my tendonitis and ulnar neuropathy in my right arm. You know, the one I DO EVERYTHING WITH!? *sigh*
This is how Addie looked the next morning.
My boy James was so cute with all his friends.
My friend Kim was so cute with all the kids' gift bags and cards
There are about 100 kindergarteners in 5 classes now at the primary school, so it was quite the extravaganza.
After the breakfast, we went to Bozeman to shop and play
Heidi & Addie were silly a lunch at Taco Bell
Niles & James
Addie bought this cute hello kitty wallet with her birthday bucks.
We saw alpacas at the mall.
There wer beautiful things made from the alpaca wool, but even the littlest brown wool baby hat I wanted for Niles was $53! Sorry, we'll have to stick with our cheap synthetics for now.***
On Monday night, Daddy came home from work with a fun new toy from Germany. It's a little smoker. It resembles a nutcracker, but it burns incense inside and the smoke comes out its mouth.
It smells pretty good and the kids love it.
Here's Niles watching the excitement making a silly face.
I took requests for this week's dinners, so we had french dip sandwiches with veggies for dinner on Monday night.
Addie made these turtles for our treat packages.
For family night we made Christmas s'more kits.
mini-chocolate bar, snowman peep, 2 graham crackers.(I can email the pdf for the labels if you want to make some)
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Tuesday the 13th was St. Lucia Day, so we had Uncle Mike over for dinner and ate Lucy buns. That's also the day the dryer died. That's also the day I saw the orthopedic doc and she diagnosed my tendonitis and ulnar neuropathy in my right arm. You know, the one I DO EVERYTHING WITH!? *sigh*
This is how Addie looked the next morning.On the 14th we went to the library for the Polar Express party in our jammies, but I forgot my camera.
It was fun, and while we were gone, Rich replaced my dryer for me. Merry Christmas to me. *sigh*
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On Thursday I went to help with the kindergarten craft fair.
My boy James was so cute with all his friends.
My friend Kim was so cute with all the kids' gift bags and cards
There are about 100 kindergarteners in 5 classes now at the primary school, so it was quite the extravaganza.That night, we went out to fast food dinner and came home to watch the original "Miracle On 34th Street" on Netflix. During the movie, Santa Claus came to our neighborhood on a fire engine and gave the kids presents. So they all finished the movie snuggling with new stuffed animals.
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On Friday we had our Primary Christmas Party, "Jesus is the Light of the World." The kids visited several different country booths and learned how Christmas is celebrated all over the world.
Sister Weisgerber read them a story then talked about our traditions in the USA. Then the Primary teachers hosted booths from the countries where they served their misisons (or in our case, from whence our ancestors came).
Puerto Rico
Germany
Niles with Aunt Jenn Claar
Finland
Nativity
That's me in SWEDEN, telling kids about geography and St. Lucy.
Brother Petry served his mission in Puerto Rico and St. Martin
Brother Roberts taught the kids about Native American culture and how Christianity has impacted their culture.
Brother Jeffrey talked about Christmas in Bavaria, Germany
Brother Westenskow talked about Christmas in France where he served with Elder Neil L Anderson.
(Addie was dressed as St. Lucy).
Sister Weisgerber read them a story then talked about our traditions in the USA. Then the Primary teachers hosted booths from the countries where they served their misisons (or in our case, from whence our ancestors came).
Puerto Rico
Germany
Niles with Aunt Jenn Claar
Finland
Nativity
That's me in SWEDEN, telling kids about geography and St. Lucy.
Brother Petry served his mission in Puerto Rico and St. Martin
Brother Roberts taught the kids about Native American culture and how Christianity has impacted their culture.
Brother Jeffrey talked about Christmas in Bavaria, Germany
Brother Westenskow talked about Christmas in France where he served with Elder Neil L Anderson.(Addie was dressed as St. Lucy).
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See? Told ya it was like a hurricane of holiday activity this week.
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