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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! This post is quite unrelated to New Year's, as we didn't really do anything to celebrate. It was nice to have a day off of work in the middle of the week. Brynn and I hung out and I got some things done around the house. We made it out to Wal-mart to get some more supplies for her upcoming birthday party. Dana is under the weather with a cold, so he just rested today.

2013 was such a great year for our family with our Disney trip in February (we are still talking about how much fun we had and are ready to go back again! Though no plans to do so yet), Dana started working at Case New Holland, another great time spent at Swan Lake, my sister and I took our New England trip and more fun times with family and friends. We are excited for 2014!

This past Sunday we celebrated Christmas with Dana's dad's side of the family at Grandma Froemming's place. We had a great time visiting with the cousins and catching up with the rest of the family.(Grandma Froemming is Brynn's birthday buddy.)

The great-grandkids all do a gift exchange among themselves. Brynn got a Barbie.

All of Grandma's great-grandkids, except for the two who live in Colorado.


Brynn got this pack of letters and numbers from Santa. She has been having lots of fun with them in the tub. She spelled "Brynn will be six" tonight. Then she peppered the entire bath with them and asked me to take a picture.

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theweckerlys said…
Haha, love that last pic!
January 1, 2014 at 9:15 PM
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