Christmas in pictures. Also- PLEASE VOTE on the gingerbread houses- leave a comment on the blog of on facebook about your favorite. Thank you.
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For Christmas, my Mom and Dad and Courtney came up to our house. This is at a local restaurant we went to on the first night they were here |
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| After eating at the restaurant we got on this boat and traveled across Lake Coeur d'Alene to the North Pole (even though we were technically traveling south--I'm not sure how that works). In the North Pole we saw Santa and it turns out that all of our kids are on the nice list. It was a fun night. |
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| We have a lot of snow up here right now, and sledding was a popular activity. It started out with the run down the stairs that Jackson and Grandpa made. |
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| The nearby golf course had some better hills |
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| On Christmas Eve we had a big dinner before sending the kids off to bed. Also, Rachel interpreted a Christmas Eve church service that night, and my Mom/Dad/Courtney got to go watch her. |
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| Christmas Morning before opening presents |
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| Evelyn at the new piano we got. |
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| Just goofing around with their new underwear |
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Rachel worked hard this year to make stockings. They turned out great! These will be in our family for many years.
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| This was actually before Christmas, but we didn't put pictures up yet. Rachel has spent hours this year ringing the Salvation Army bell with each of our kids. Unfortunately I could not find a picture of Addy. Of all the kids, Jackson got the most into it, and I am sure he set a record for how much he collected. Afterword, we were walking around Walmart and he would go up to random strangers and ask them if they saw him ringing the bell. If they said no, he would say "Oh. That's too bad. It was pretty awesome," and then just walk away. It made me smile. |
Gingerbread house contest- Please vote by leaving a comment in the blog or on Facebook. Thank you.
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| Gingerbread House A: Traditional log cabin in the forest. Rock chimney, snowman and firepit in the front. A skating rink and lamp pole round it out. |
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| Gingerbread House B: Modern high-rise with roof-top garden, walkway, and landscaped gardens including stream. |
Great Stocking photo. Love the headphones and Evelyn at the piano. Underwear party!!! Great sledding fun. I liked the large gingerbread. Don't remember if I voted. Love you all.
ReplyDeleteGreat Stocking photo. Love the headphones and Evelyn at the piano. Underwear party!!! Great sledding fun. I liked the large gingerbread. Don't remember if I voted. Love you all.
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